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Category Award & Commendation Winners 2007 National Awards for Local Government

Announced by the Minister for Local Government, Territories and Roads, the Hon Jim Lloyd MP, on 23 July 2007.

Category: Asset Management
Sponsor: Australian Government Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government
Category Winner Willoughby City Council, NSW Strategic Property Management - Something for Everyone
Category Winner - small council (under 15,000 ratepayers) Flinders Council, TAS Whitemark Airport Redevelopment
Commendation Wollongong City Council, NSW Wollongong City Beach Foreshore Improvement Works including Andrew Lysaght Rest Park
Commendation MidCoast County Council, NSW Downstream of Pipe Conditions Assessments
Commendation Coffs Harbour City Council, NSW Coffs Coast Waste Services

 

Category: Community Participation and Partnership
Sponsor: Australian Government Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
Category Winner Launceston City Council, TAS Tree of Hope: Our Children's View of the Future
Category Winner small council (under 15,000 ratepayers) Not awarded
Commendation Lismore City Council, NSW Lismore's Living Library - An Australian First
Commendation Wellington Shire Council, VIC Community Capacity Building
Commendation Thuringowa City Council, QLD Community Environment Fund - Building Partnerships Across the Townsville Thuringowa Region

 

Category: Community Water Grants Water Saving
Sponsor: Australian Government Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts
Category Winner Randwick City Council, NSW Sustaining our City - Retrofitting Randwick for Water Savings
Category Winner small council (under 15,000 ratepayers) Not awarded
Commendation Coffs Harbour City Council, NSW Coffs Harbour Reclaimed Water Strategy
Commendation Kempsey Shire Council, NSW South West Rocks Water Recycling Scheme

 

Category: Efficiency Improvement
Sponsor: Australian Government Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government
Category Winner Redland Shire Council, QLD Spatial Imaging Claims & Hazard Tracking System
Category Winner small council (under 15,000 ratepayers) Narrandera Shire Council, NSW Operational Efficiency -Continuing and Never Ending Improvement
Commendation Logan City Council, QLD "The Beetle" Mobile Auxiliary Sewer Pump
Commendation Latrobe City Council, VIC Local Laws Service Initiatives

 

Category: Health and Well Being
Sponsor: Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Category Winner City of Playford, SA Young Mums and Early Childhood Development
Category Winner small council (under 15,000 ratepayers) Cox Peninsula Community Government Council, NT Wagait Beach Community Centre
Commendation Manjimup Shire Council, WA Manjimup Regional AquaCentre - Premier Health and Wellbeing Facility
Commendation Greater Dandenong City Council, VIC Peer Education Project - Healthy Eating for children 0 5

 

Category: Increasing Womens Participation
Sponsor: Australian Government Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government
Category winner Townsville City Council, QLD Townsville City Council Women's Advisory Committee
Category Winner small council (under 15,000 ratepayers) Not awarded
Commendation Not awarded

 

Category: Information Technology
Sponsor: Australian Government Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources
Category Winner Mandurah City Council, WA The Safe Food Handling Course an innovative solution to a common problem
Category Winner small council (under 15,000 ratepayers) Liverpool Plains Shire Council, NSW Tr@ceR Electronic Document Management System
Commendation City of Swan, WA Building Application Lodgement Integration Project (BALIP) Electronic Lodgement System (ELS)

 

Category: Innovation in Regional Development
Sponsor: Australian Government Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government
Category Winner City of Salisbury, SA Out of the Ordinary - An innovative television series reflecting community capacity
Joint Category Winners small council (under 15,000 ratepayers) 1. Sarina Shire Council, QLD

2. Circular Head Council, TAS

1. The Sarina Sugar Shed

2. Marketing Far North-West Tasmania to Potential Investor

Commendation

Cradle Coast Authority, TAS

Stronger Learning Pathways Project

Commendation Thuringowa City Council, QLD Thuringowa Riverway
Commendation Port Macquarie - Hastings Council, NSW Facilitating Employment Growth through a key Business Development Program

 

Category: Local Greenhouse Action
Sponsor: Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts
Category Winner Randwick City Council, NSW Sustaining our City - Retrofitting Randwick for Energy Savings
Category Winner small council (under 15,000 ratepayers) Not awarded
Commendation City of Joondalup, WA City of Joondalup Leisure Centres - Geothermal Heating Project
Commendation West Coast Council, TAS West Coast Council Protects Pristine Environment Whilst Ensuring Financial Sustainability

 

Category: Natural Resource Management
Sponsor: Australian Government Departments of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
Category Winner Eastern Metropolitan Regional Council, WA Eastern Hills Volunteer Engagement Model - An Extensive Urban Network
Category Winner small council (under 15,000 ratepayers) Not awarded
Commendation Townsville City Council, QLD Greening Townsville Program: Facilitating Community Participation and Education in Natural Resource Management

 

Category: Planning for an Ageing Community
Sponsor: Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Category Winner Duaringa Shire Council, QLD From Mining Town to Community
Category Winner - small council (under 15,000 ratepayers) Not Awarded
Commendation Hornsby Shire Council, NSW Working with the community: Positive Ageing in Hornsby Shire
Commendation Hindmarsh Shire council, VIC Opportunity for all Ages Positive Ageing Plan Hindmarsh

 

Category: Strengthening Indigenous Communities
Sponsor: Australian Government Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
Category Winner City of Casey, VIC Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Policy
Category Winner small council (under 15,000 ratepayers) Muswellbrook Shire Council, NSW Working with ATSI
Commendation Ipswich City Council, NSW "Create Your Own Deadly Destiny" Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Employment Expo
Commendation Clarence Valley Council, NSW Clarence Valley Aboriginal Consultative Committee and Service Agreements with Council
Commendation Carpentaria Shire Council, QLD Domestic Violence - It's not our game

 

Category: Universal Design for Public Amenities
Sponsor: Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Category Winner Hobart City Council, TAS Innovative Community Friendly Design for Public Amenities, Cornelian Bay, Hobart
Category Winner small council (under 15,000 ratepayers) City of Albany, WA Technology Transfer Eco Toilet
Commendation Not awarded

 

Category: Valuing and Promoting Quality Child Care
Sponsor: Australian Government Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
Category Winner Swan Hill Rural City Council, VIC Swan Hill Rural City Council Out of School Hours
Category Winner small council (under 15,000 ratepayers) Huon Valley Council, TAS Huon Valley Children's Services: Your Child Our Future
Commendation Not awarded

 

Category: Youth Engagement
Sponsor: Australian Government Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs: Youth Bureau
Joint Category Winners 1. Pine Rivers Shire Council, QLD

2. City of Joondalup, WA

1. Amp'd Up - Xtreme Events for Young Adults

2. Mobile Youth Service - "Youth-Mobile"

Category Winner small council (under 15,000 ratepayers) Serpentine Jarrahdale Shire Council, WA SJYAC - More than a social club
Commendation Brisbane City Council, QLD Fresh Futures - Brisbane City Council 2026 Youth Visioning Project
Commendation Gosnells City Council, WA Engage not Enrage - Including Youth in Service Delivery
Commendation Port Stephens Council, NSW Drive Alive Past 25

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Last Updated: 16 April, 2008