Deadly Awards 2005
Winners of The Deadlys Awards 2005
Music
- Most Promising New Talent: Lez Beckett
- Single Release of the Year: Casey Donovan — Listen with Your Heart
- Album Release of the Year: Fitzroy Xpress — Home Sweet Home
- Band of the Year: Local Knowledge
- Artist of the Year: Casey Donovan
- Jimmy Little Award for Lifetime Achievement in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Music: Kev Carmody
- Excellence in Film or Theatrical Score: Mary G & The G Spot Band — The Mary G Show
Sport
- Most Promising New Talent: Brenton Bowen
- Outstanding Achievement in AFL: Michael O'Loughlin
- Outstanding Achievement In rugby league: Matt Bowen
- Female Sportsperson of the Year: Stacey Porter
- Male Sportsperson of the Year: Matt Bowen
- The Ella Award For Lifetime Achievement in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Sport: Lionel Rose
The arts
- Dancer of the Year: Rayma Johnson
- Outstanding Achievement in Film and Television: Wayne Blair, Director — The Djarn Djarns
- Outstanding Achievement in Literature: Stephen Hagan — The N Word: One Man's Stand (ISBN 978-1875641987)
- Actor of the Year: Leah Purcell — Stuff Happens
- Visual Artists of the Year: Gordon Hooke
- Special Presentation Lifetime Achievement Award: Justine Saunders Oa
Community
- DEST Award For Outstanding Achievement in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education: Peter Buckskin
- Outstanding Achievement in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health: Sandra Eades
- Broadcaster of the Year: Rhoda Roberts — Deadly Sounds And Awaye!, Australian Broadcasting Commission Radio
- New Apprentice of the Year: Andrew Craig