The Voting for the 2008 Australian Business awards will consist of 4 stages.

The Initial collection of companies and names will be nominated via an E Mail format or through the Website. From this we will gather a list of potential winners who will then get judged by our panel. Once judging has been completed a short list of 3 will be put onto the Website for final On Line Voting.

• Stage 1
  Please use the On-line voting section that is on the right hand section of the page.
  The Section allows you to select the category that you want to vote for (you can vote for all the Categories if you like but only once per category), the company you want to put forward along with the reason for voting.
  You will also need to add your E Mail address so that we can track the voting.



• Stage 2
  All the company's / individuals that have been put forward will be sent to the judges for short listing. The judges will then discuss and vote themselves and come up with a top 3 within each category. The only 2 areas that will not be judged on by the public vote is the Entrepreneur of the Year and The Personality of the Year. This will be decided by the judges and announced on the night.



• Stage 3
  The 3 shortlisted Companies will be put onto the web site for final on-line voting. These votes will go to an external auditor who will collate the results on behalf of the Australian Business Awards 2008.



• Stage 4
  The results will be announced on the night of 19^th of November at the first Annual Australian Business Awards with each award winner being presented by Rove McManus and the award sponsor.