2007 AUSTRALIAN SAFER COMMUNITIES AWARDS

New! Information about the 2008 Australian Safer Communities Awards.

The ceremony for the presentation of awards to national winners and highly commended was held at Parliament House on Thursday 14 February 2008.  Please refer to the booklet for more information for a full list of winners and check out our photo gallery for all the pictures.

Download (PDF) 2007 Australian Safer Communities Awards: Recognising People and Organisations for Best Practice and Innovation in Emergency Management

See a list of national winners.

Read the press release about the Awards from the Attorney-General Robert McClelland (new page)

See what happened in the 2006 Safer Communities Awards. (new page)

Australian Safer Communities Awards State and Territory contacts

2007 – Safer Communities Awards – National Awards at a glance

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AUSTRALIAN SAFER COMMUNITIES AWARDS

Do you have a project that improved safety in your community?

Is your project innovative in the community safety field?

Then the Safer Communities Awards are the recognition you are looking for.

The Australian Safer Communities Awards are sponsored by Emergency Management Australia (EMA) in conjunction with States and Territories. They recognise best practice and innovation by organisations and individuals that help to build safer communities across Australia.

The awards cover all aspects of community safety in the context of emergency management – risk assessment, research, education and training, information and knowledge management, prevention, preparedness, response and recovery and work on two levels. State and Territory winners are decided and recognised first, and they in turn become finalists for the National Awards.

Who Can Enter?

The Awards are designed to recognise and encourage best practice and innovation across Australia’s emergency management sector, business, local government and community organisations. Any organisation can enter.

All entries must be submitted through State or Territory coordinators.

Entries which have a community safety focus (for example a road safety program), which may not necessarily be easily classified as pre or post disaster, may be considered independently of the two categories and seven streams but must be clearly identified as only entering the community safety award category.

Rewards for Winners

Safer Communities Award winners are recognised throughout the emergency management sector for their outstanding achievement, innovation and professional standing.

State and Territory winners will receive a plaque and a certificate at a special ceremony and will be widely promoted in their home State or Territory.

The National Awards are presented at a ceremony in Canberra in early December. These winners will gain national and local publicity.

EMA will consider helping fund the further development of winning projects which have the potential for wider application.

National winners may use the Australian Safer Communities Awards logo in their letterhead and promotional material upon application to EMA.

For more information on the Awards visit phone the EMA Awards Coordinator on 03 5421 5241 or 0408 407 154, or for State and Territory entries, contact the organisation listed below.

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State and Territory Co-ordinators

WA | TAS | QLD | NT | ACT | NSW | VIC | SA

Western Australia
Quinta LaRosa
Community Development Officer
Community Development Portfolio
Fire and Emergency Services Authority
480 Hay St
Perth WA 6000
08 9323 9419
email: quinta.larosa@fesa.wa.gov.au

Tasmania
Sharon Sherman
Community Safety Manager
State Emergency Service
L1, 47 Liverpool St
Hobart TAS 7000
03 6230 2709
email: Sharon.sherman@ses.tas.gov.au

Queensland
Joanne Mitchell
Public Relations Officer
Department of Emergency Services
GPO Box 1425
BRISBANE QLD 4001
07 3109 7232
email: jmitchell@emergency.qld.gov.au

Northern Territory
Rob Romaldi
Northern Territory Emergency Service
PO Box 2630
Alice Springs NT 0871
08 8951 6684
email: rob.romaldi@nt.gov.au

Australian Capital Territory
Jan Biciancin
Manager,
ACT Emergency Services Agency
PO Box 104
Curtin ACT 2605
02 6207 8214
email: jan.biciancin@act.gov.au

New South Wales
Sue Slater
Office for Emergency Services
L12, 52 Phillip St
Sydney NSW 2000
02 8247 5919
email: Susan.Slater@oes.nsw.gov.au

Victoria
Fatima Mohamed
Office of the Emergency Services Commissioner
GPO Box 4356
Melbourne Vic 3001
03 8684 7924
email: Fatima.Mohamed@justice.vic.gov.au

South Australia
Chris Brown
SAFECOM
GPO Box 2706
Adelaide SA 5001
08 8204 9373
email: Brown.Chris5@saugov.sa.gov.au

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