WA exporters contest national awards tonight

The national winners of the 2005 Australian Export Awards program will be announced tonight in Sydney.

The program's category winners, chosen from finalists picked from each state, will be announced. The evening will culminate in the presentation of the 'Australian Exporter of the Year' award.

Good luck to all the Western Australian entrants (in bold).

Here's a reminder of the finalists in each category:

Casella Wines Agribusiness Award

Angove's Pty Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (SA)
Australia Meat Holdings Pty Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (QLD)
Lerida Estate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (ACT)
Mulwarra Export Pty Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (NSW)
Murray Goulburn Co-Operative Company Limited. . . . . . . . (VIC)
Tasmanian Quality Foods Pty Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (TAS)
WAMMCO International . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (WA)

Greater Union / Birch Carroll & Coyle

Arts & Entertainment Award
Base Camp Productions Pty Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (VIC)
Big World Pty Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (ACT)
Blue Rocket Productions Pty Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (TAS)
Cutting Edge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (QLD)
Imagination Entertainment Pty Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (SA)
Maningrida Arts & Culture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (NT)
Storyteller Media Group Pty Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (WA)
The Wiggles International Pty Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (NSW)

Australian Education International Education Award

Central Queensland University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (QLD)
Centre For Customs & Excise Studies, University Of Canberra. . (ACT)
Macquarie University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (NSW)
Risktec Australasia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (WA)
RMIT University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (VIC)
The University Of Adelaide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (SA)
University Of Tasmania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (TAS)

AusIndustry Emerging Exporter Award

GPSports Systems Pty Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (ACT)
GroundProbe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (QLD)
Guppytraders.com Pty Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (NT)
Hastings Food Processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (NSW)
Marinova Pty Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (TAS)
Neurosciences Victoria. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (VIC)
Seed Genetics Australia Pty Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (SA)
Tyco Water Pty Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (WA)

Augment Communications
Information & Communication Technology Award

Appen Pty Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (NSW)
CEA Technologies Pty Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (ACT)
Comlabs Systems Pty Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (SA)
Hitwise Pty Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (VIC)
JadeLiquid Software Pty Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (TAS)
MetroCount . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (WA)
Redmap Networks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (QLD)

Australian Made Large Advanced Manufacturer Award

Caterpillar Elphinstone Pty Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (TAS)
Gold Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (WA)
Resmed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (NSW)
Riviera Marine International Pty Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (QLD)
Schefenacker Vision Systems Australia Pty Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . (SA)
SGE International Pty Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (VIC)

Minerals Council of Australia Minerals and Energy Award

BP Solar Pty Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (NSW)
Macarthur Coal Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (QLD)
Rio Tinto Iron Ore Pty Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (WA)
Xstrata Coal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (NSW)
Zinifex Ltd - Port Pirie Smelter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (SA)

Austrade Regional Exporter of the Year Award

Balco Australia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (SA)
Bundaberg Brewed Drinks Pty Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (QLD)
Dywidag Systems International Pty Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (NSW)
Gippsland Aeronautics Pty Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (VIC)
Spring Bay Seafoods Pty Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (TAS)
WAMMCO International . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (WA)

Export Finance and Insurance Corporation
Services Award

Cartridge World. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (SA)
GKN Aerospace Engineering Services Pty Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . (VIC)
Hydro Tasmania Consulting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (TAS)
Macquarie Bank Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (NSW)
Northern Territory Pre-Stressing Pty Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (NT)
Risktec Australasia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (WA)
Xstrata Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (QLD)
Yellow Edge Pty Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (ACT)

Commonwealth Bank
Small to Medium Manufacturer Award

ADInstruments Pty Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (NSW)
Australian Crocodile Products Pty Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (NT)
Extreme Machining Australia Pty Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (SA)
FINK Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (ACT)
Liferaft Systems Australia Pty Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (TAS)
Mt Romance Australia Pty Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (WA)
Rofin Australia Pty Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (VIC)
Russell Mineral Equipment Pty Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (QLD)

Accor Tourism Exporter of the Year

Adventure Tours Australia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (NT)
Kangaroo Island Sealink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (SA)
Magic Millions Sales Pty Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (QLD)
North Star Cruises Australia Pty Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (WA)
Qantas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (NSW)
Under Down Under Tours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (TAS)

The winners of these categories are automatic finalists for the DHL Australian Exporter of the Year Award which will be announced at the end of the evening.