Nomination

Eligibility

Criteria for the award

Membership of the Australian Accounting Hall of Fame may be awarded to Australian accountants who have served with exceptional distinction in any field of accounting such as public practice, business/industry, academia, the not-for-profit sector or the public sector.  Membership is determined by the members of the Nominations Review Panel who assess whether the nominee has made and exceptional and distinguished contribution to accounting in Australia and/or overseas.  Membership is also open to non-Australians who, whilst domiciled/working in Australia, are assessed to have made such a contribution.

Examples of contributions are:

  • Exceptional and distinguished service to professional accounting
  • Achieved wide-ranging recognition as an authority in a field of accounting
  • Exceptional and distinguished contribution to accounting research, literature or education

Nominations

Conditions

  • A nomination can be submitted by an individual, group of individuals or organisation
  • Membership can be awarded posthumously
  • Nominations are to be submitted annually
  • Nominations are accepted via:
    • email submission to caip-info@unimelb.edu.au, or
    • postal submission (registered or tracked) to:
      Australian Accounting Hall of Fame
      CENTRE FOR ACCOUNTING & INDUSTRY PARTNERSHIPS
      Department of Accounting  
      Level 7, 198 Berkeley Street
      The University of Melbourne Victoria 3010

      Postal submissions must be accompanied by email notification to caip-info@unimelb.edu.au with tracking number included.
      Deadline to advise postal tracking information: 17 October 2025
  • Nomination period is from 5 August to 21 October 2025
  • Nomination packs should be no more than 25 pages in total length including the form itself; any packs which exceed this length will have pages 26 and onwards deleted.

Re-nomination option (roll-over)

Any nomination previously submitted that was unsuccessful can be resubmitted for consideration in any subsequent year on written instructions from the initial nominator(s).

Pages 1 to 3 of the current Nomination Form must be completed and sent with the re-nomination request.

It is not necessary to obtain permissions from the nominee again or to include previous attachments, however new supporting material may be added.

Nomination Process

The official nomination form must be used. All sections must be completed and signed as required.  Detailed information will assist greatly with the selection process. Nominations must be submitted either electronically in Word or PDF format, or via tracked post. Postal submissions must be accompanied by email notification to caip-info@unimelb.edu.au with tracking number included.

As each individual nomination is considered alongside other nominations in what is essentially a competitive process, the Nominations Review Panel will benefit from a clear statement of the nominee's achievements and advice as to how they fulfill the criteria of distinguished contribution.

It should not be assumed that the Nominations Review Panel has a detailed knowledge of the individual concerned nor the area in which the nominee has worked. It is therefore imperative that the best possible case is made to substantiate the claim for membership.

Nominator details are not provided to the Nominations Review Panel.  To ensure anonymity any reference to the nominator must not be included in supporting documentation.

Nominations must be submitted by the close of nominations (see relevant dates above). Any material received after this time will not be included for review by the Nominations Review Panel.

The nomination packs should be no more than 25 pages in total length including the form itself; any packs which exceed this length will have pages 26 and onwards deleted. Should the nomination be successful, a citation will be produced for inclusion in the membership folder and a biopic prepared for inclusion in the brochure produced on the awards night.

Any panel member who has either nominated a potential member in the present round or is themselves a nominee or directly related to a nominee is required to stand down for that selection cycle. The Centre will as a matter of course recuse any member of the NRP who is a nominator or nominee. A decision as to whether the member of the NRP is ‘directly related to a nominee’ is a judgment that only the member can make.

Selection process

The Nominations Review Panel determines, by preferential ballot, individuals eligible to be inducted into the Australian Accounting Hall of Fame. The Centre for Accounting and Industry Partnerships reserves the right to determine the total number of inductees in any one year. Centre staff will process the electronic voting. Directors of the Centre for Accounting and Industry Partnerships retain responsibility for verifying the vote and certifying successful nominations. The meeting at which the selections are endorsed is overseen by an independent person who will monitor due process.

No order is attributed to the successful nominees in any one year as all new members will be inducted into the Australian Accounting Hall of Fame on an equal footing.