Submissions open for Australia Day Awards Scheme

The Parkes Shire Council Australia Day Awards provide the opportunity to publicly celebrate, acknowledge and honor the outstanding contributions of individuals and groups working tirelessly to improve the Parkes Shire community. These individuals and groups promote the social, cultural, sporting, economic and environmental prosperity of their region through personal accomplishments, inspirational behaviors and/or successful completion of projects, initiatives or events.

Award Categories

• Parkes Shire Council delivers the Australia Day Awards at a local level and will coordinate the public nomination and disbursement for the Australia Day Awards in the following categories:
  • Community Awards:
    • Citizen of the Year Award
    • Young Citizen of the Year Award
    • Community Event of the Year Award
    • Community Lifetime Achievement Award
    • Environmental Citizen of the Year Award
    • Young Environmental Citizen of the Year Award
  • Cultural Awards:
    • The Australia Day Cultural Awards recognize, reward and encourage excellence in the performing, literary, visual and creative arts and crafts. The categories for nominations are:
      • Performance Award
      • Literary Award
      • Visual Arts Award
      • Cultural Lifetime Achievement Award
  • Sporting Awards:
    • A Parkes Shire sports person or team can be nominated in one of the following award categories:
      • Sports Person of the Year
      • Junior Sports Person of the Year
      • Sports Team of the Year
      • Coach/Trainer/Manager of the Year
      • Referee/Umpire/Official of the Year
      • Senior Sports Person or Team of the Year
      • Sports Administrator of the Year
      • Lifetime Contribution to Sport Award

Eligibility Criteria

• To be eligible for any Australia Day award, nominees must be Australia Citizens, law abiding and be seen as a community role model. Nominations will not be accepted if this baseline criteria is not met. Nominations will not be accepted posthumously. Generally, unless specifically overridden in a category such as for a junior award, a nominee must:
  • Be an Australian Citizen
  • Be a resident of the Parkes Shire Local Government Area (when nominations close)
  • Not have received the same award in the past five years.
  • Be 25 years old or older in the year that the nominations close, except for the various junior awards.
  • Not be a current sitting Councilor, nor have been in the past two years.
  • Be supported by a statement from a referee.

For more information, visit Parkes Shire Council.