Graduates of the Year Awards 2026 Winners

 

Madeline Lester Australian Graduate of the Year

 

Jannah Abdellatif

University of Technology Sydney (NSW)

The jury noted: Jannah’s practice works at a global register while holding a lens to the multicultural reality of Australia - a culturally aware perspective on power, privilege and heritage that is lived rather than observed. In awarding the Madeline Lester, the jury recognised not only what has been made but the position from which it is made. The range of this emerging oeuvre is already significant, and the jury has no hesitation in anticipating the impact Jannah will go on to have on our industry, here and globally.

 
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Australian Graduate of the Year
PLACE — Higher Education 

Xiaoni Bai 

RMIT University (VIC)

Australian Graduate of the Year
PLACE — Vocational

Anneliese Cook

Sydney Design School (NSW)

Australian Graduate of the Year
USE — Higher Education

Christina Chen

University of New South Wales (NSW)

Australian Graduate of the Year
USE — Vocational

Olivia Grace

North Metropolitan TAFE (WA)

Australian Graduate of the Year
INTERACT — Higher Education

Maali Sabir

University of New South Wales (NSW)

Australian Graduate of the Year
INTERACT — Vocational

Lily Hindle

North Metropolitan TAFE (WA)

Australian Graduate of the Year
CONVEY — Higher Education

Jannah Abdellatif 

University of Technology Sydney (NSW)

 

Australian Graduate of the Year
CONVEY — Vocational

Isabella Lam

Billy Blue College of Design at Torrens University (NSW)

 
 

State and Territory Winners