This 200km railway project was built at the cost of $62 million and employed more than 300 people as part of the construction of the Carmichael Rail Network.

Dr Sonu Bhaskar won the Australian Global Talent and Anuradha Gupta is the Asia Impact Awaree in the 2022 Global Australian Awards.

The award recognises the achievements, leadership, innovation, and excellence in the insurance profession.

Prof. Veena Sahajwalla, Prof. Sumeet Walia and Dr Arunima Malik, have been awarded Australian Museum's Eureka Prize in Science 2022.

Vik and Anaita are passionate and "committed to removing plastic from packaging and shipping in Australia and the world."

"We commend Jaya for her truly inspiring work and congratulate her for the well-deserved accolade of Premier’s Volunteer of the Year, Dame Elisabeth Murdoch Award."

The award recognises their highly original work that introduced and developed methods for understanding the characteristic polynomial of matrices.

He is acknowledged as a world leader in the research field of semiconductor optoelectronics.

Veena is also an Australian Research Council laureate and has launched the world’s first e-waste micro-factory and a plastics micro-factory.

Each shortlisted author receives $5,000 and the winner gets $60,000 in prize money for the novel judged as being “of the highest literary merit” and which presents “Australian life in any of its phases.”