| Best Album | Best Song |
| King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard – "Rattlesnake"*A.B. Original – "January 26"*Cable Ties – "Say What You Mean"*RVG – "A Quality of Mercy"*The Smith Street Band – "Death to the Lads" |
| Best Male | Best Female |
| Paul Kelly*D.D Dumbo*Dan Sultan*Remi*Tim Rogers | Jen Cloher*Ali Barter*Freya Josephine Hollick*Meg Mac*Tash Sultana |
| Best Band | Best Emerging Artist |
| King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard*A.B. Original*Cable Ties*RVG*The Teskey Brothers | The Teskey Brothers*Alexander Biggs*Amyl and the Sniffers*Cable Ties*RVG |
| Best Live Act | Best Festival |
| King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard*A.B. Original*Cable Ties*Cash Savage and the Last Drinks*The Peep Tempel | Meredith Music Festival*Boogie Festival*Golden Plains*Laneway*Sugar Mountain |
| Best Venue | Best Venue |
| Corner Hotel, Richmond*170 Russell*The Croxton Bandroom*Forum Theatre, Melbourne*Melbourne Recital Centre | The Tote, Collingwood *The Curtin*The Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood*The Old Bar, Fitzroy*Howler |
| Best Regional Venue | Best Regional Venue |
| Workers Club, Geelong*Baha, Rye*Barwon Club, Geelong*The Eastern Hotel, Ballarat*Karova Lounge, Ballarat | Theatre Royal, Castlemaine*The Bridge Hotel, Castlemaine*Meeniyan Town Hall, Meeniyan*Music On The Hill, Red Hill*Pier Bandroom, Frankston |
| Best Regional Act | |
| Cosmic Psychos*Benny Walker*Coda Chroma*D.D Dumbo*Freya Josephine Hollick | |
| Best Blues Album | Best Country Album |
- Fiona Boyes – Professin' the Blues
- *Benny & The Fly By Niters – Watch Yourself
- *Dan Dinnen – Keep on Stirrin' the Pot
- *Lloyd Spiegel – This Time Tomorrow
- *White Lightning – Mongrel Blood
| Raised By Eagles – I Must Be Somewhere*Big Smoke – Time Is Golden*Freya Josephine Hollick – The Unceremonious Junking of Me*Matt Joe Gow – Seven Years*Small Town Romance – Small Town Romance |
| Best Soul, Funk, R'n'B and Gospel Album | Best Jazz Album |
| The Teskey Brothers – Half Mile Harvest*Cookin' on 3 Burners – Lab Experiments Vol 1*Lance Ferguson – Raw Material*The Meltdown – The Meltdown*Silver Linings – So Good to You | Brenton Foster – The Nature of Light*Fem Belling – Now Then*Paul Grabowsky/Mirko Guerrini/Niko Schäuble – Torrio!*Senegambian Jazz Band – Senegambian Jazz Band*Speedball – We Have Moved |
| Best Hip Hop Album | Best Electronic Act |
| A.B. Original – Reclaim Australia*Birdz – Train of thought*Must Volkoff – Aquanaut*Pez – Don't Look Down*Remi – Divas & Demons | Client Liaison*Dom Dolla*Harvey Sutherland*The Journey*KLLO |
| Best Heavy Album | Best Aboriginal Act |
| Divide and Dissolve – Basic*Batpiss – Rest in Piss*Clowns – Lucid Again*Dødknell – Hatred. Absolute*Mammoth Mammoth – Mount the Mountain | A.B Original*Archie Roach*Benny Walker*Birdz*Dan Sultan |
| Best Global or Reggae Album | Best Experimental/Avant-Garde Act |
| Lamine Sonko and the African Intelligence – Afro Empire*Amaru Tribe – Amaru Tribe*The Bombay Royale – Run Kitty Run*George Telek, David Bridie & Musicians of the Gunantuna – A Bit Na Ta*Papa Chango – The Lost Moon of Bellaris | Winter Sound School / Bridget Chappell*Byron Scullin*James Hullick*Miyuki Jokiranta*Nat Grant |
| Best Folk Roots Album | |
| The Mae Trio – Take Care Take Cover*Jed Rowe – A Foreign Country*Jordie Lane and The Sleepers – Glassellland*Leah Senior – Pretty Faces*Sophie Koh – Book of Songs | |