Few hosts read a room like James. With the polish of 15 years on ABC radio and as host of ABC TV's The New Inventors, plus the timing of one of Australia's best corporate comedians, he draws the laugh out of whatever the night throws up while keeping the run sheet humming. Informative one moment, genuinely funny the next, and never a flat spot in the room.
When Tracey takes the microphone, the whole room settles. She brings the warmth, poise and authority of a seasoned television anchor, sharpened by decades as a multiple Walkley Award winning investigative journalist. Credible, quick witted and effortlessly in command, she makes an awards night feel like the occasion your finalists deserve.
Adam is a broadcaster to his bones, from award-winning breakfast radio in Australia's toughest markets to fronting ABC TV's Epic Builds. He has traded questions with prime ministers, Hollywood stars and Nobel laureates, and once interviewed John Travolta in front of 75,000 people. Fifteen years of radio give him an obsessive focus on keeping to time, so your awards night finishes exactly when it should.
From the moment he walks on stage, Col creates the kind of connection that transforms an event. With more than 30 years of live event expertise, he has hosted conferences and gala awards nights around the world, from Paris to Beijing. Meticulous research meets spontaneous wit, so the night runs seamlessly while the audience stays with him from the first award to the last.
Gary is a stand-up comedian, actor and screenwriter who has performed everywhere from Edinburgh to New York, and a natural fit behind the microphone at an awards dinner. He keeps the laughs coming and the room warm, reads the tone of the night, and knows exactly when to land a gag and when to let a winner have their moment.
Adam is a MasterChef Australia winner who became one of the country's best known food writers and television presenters. Warm, quick and genuinely engaging, he brings an easy charm to the stage that puts a room instantly at ease, guiding an awards night along with the same care and precision he is known for on screen.
Natarsha is one of the best known news presenters on Australian television, with a career spent reading national bulletins to hundreds of thousands of viewers. That calm, credible on-air presence carries straight to the awards stage, where she keeps the night composed and moving and makes every finalist feel like the headline.
Tim is one of Australia's most recognisable radio and television voices, with more than 25 years across Nova breakfast, Nine's Getaway and live events. He hosted the ARIA Awards in 2024 and 2025, so a ballroom full of finalists and sponsors is exactly his kind of night, energetic, warm and always on cue.
