2018 Australian Women in Music Awards explained

2018 Australian Women in Music Awards
Date:	10 October 2018
Venue:	Brisbane Powerhouse, Brisbane, Queensland
Next:	2019

The 2018 Australian Women in Music Awards is the inaugural Australian Women in Music Awards. The event took place on 10 October 2018.

Nominations for the awards were open until 12 July 2018 and finalists were announced on 3 September 2018.^[1]

Queensland Minister for Women, Di Farmer said "Women make up almost half of Australians with a music qualification and half of those studying music – yet only one-fifth of songwriters are women. Women hold only 28 per cent of senior and strategic roles in key industry associations and female artists earn less in general than their male counterparts. I congratulate the Australian Women in Music Awards committee for their work towards encouraging more girls and women in to the music industry."^[2]

AWMA Honour Roll

• Helen Reddy^[3]

Lifetime Achievement Awards

• Patricia Amphlett (Little Pattie), Renée Geyer & Margret RoadKnight.

Nominees and winners

AWMA Awards

Winners indicated in boldface, with other nominees in plain.^{[4] [5]}

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Diversity in Music Award
Dr Anita Collins Louise Denson Elizabeth Sellars	Mission Songs Project Rachel Maria Cox Signal Creative
Auriel Andrew Memorial Award	Studio Production Award
Deborah Cheetham Jessie Lloyd Shellie Morris Tiddas Gina Williams	Anna Laverty Kath Naunton Becki Whitton
Live Production Award	Music Leadership Award
Robyn Jelleff Lynette Britten Kait Hall	Jen Cloher Linda Bosidis Susan Heymann
Songwriter Award	Breakthrough Artist Award
Sophie Payten (Gordi) Sarah Blasko Ngaiire	Camp Cope Amy Shark Stella Donnelly
Music Photographer Award	Film-maker Award
Wendy McDougall Tashi Hall Lisa Businovski	Claudia Sangiorgi Dalimore Gemma Lee Ruth Morris
Artistic Excellence Award	Creative Leadership Award
Ngaiire Dallas Frasca Sophie Payten (Gordi)	Zoe Hauptmann Katie Noonan Roz Pappalardo
Musical Excellence Award
Lydia Davies, Nerida Tyson-Chew Fem Belling

Notes and References

1. Web site: Last Chance to Nominate for the Australian Women In Music Awards. WAM. 10 July 2018. 19 March 2021.
2. Web site: First-Ever Australian Women In Music Award Winners Announced. Music Feeds. 11 October 2018. 19 March 2021.
3. Web site: Honour Roll. Australian Women in Music Awards. 19 March 2021.
4. Web site: 2018 Recipients Finalists. women in Music Awards. October 2018. 19 March 2021.
5. Web site: Here are all the winners of the 2018 Women In Music Awards. ABC. 11 October 2018. 19 March 2021.