Deputy Editor at the 2025 Public Sector Neurodiversity Excellence Award event
Picture above: Deputy Editor (Bear World Magazine for Australian content), Luka Musicki, with Senator kathy Gallagher, recently won 2025 Community Spirit Award at the 2025 Public Sector Excellence Award event.
On Thursday 13th November 2025, myself, the Deputy Editor, Luka Musicki, attended the Public Sector Neurodiversity Excellence Awards 2025, which is an annual event to congratulate many individual public servants and teams within each Australian Government agencies who help grow neurodiversity awareness, and improve the inclusiveness of the public sector to be accessible. Australia is lucky the only country to celebrate public servants who champion neurodiversity in goverment agencies and in the community.
Well, I was lucky enough to be the winner for the 2025 Community Spirit Award! It was in recognition of my significant contributions, commitments and support to the Public Sector Neurodiversity Community of Practice, and other diversity networks, over time. I was consistently going above and beyond, volunteering my time and technical support, and mentoring and inspiring others! I was proud of this acheivement.
Image above: being congratulated by Senator the Hon Kathy Gallagher, the Minister for Women, the Minister for Government Services, the Minister for Finance, and the Minister for the Public Service for my award.
I dedicate my award to the bear community for believing in myself and for giving me the tools that I needed to be the best person in the workplace and to give me the opportunity to strive to work through challenges.
I also got the honour to meet and chat with the Australian Public Service Commissioner, Assistant Commissioner for Diversity and Inclusion, Mr Steven Munns, proud Gumbaynggirr/Bundjalung man. It was great to chat about what we can do to make the public service more streamline via digital platforms and training, and how to have more diverse in our workplace to embrace and respect talented staff members.
Image above: a copy of my certificate that I received from the Public Sector Neurodiversity awards.
I am proud to work with Bear World Magazine that strives to provide an inclusive workplace to help bring stories from various bears in the spotlight to showcase a positive view of the bear community, and the communities that it supports to ensure that there is a harmonious environment for people to be themselves.
