Volume 25 Issue 1, 2010

2009 Australian Safer Communities Awards


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The 2009 Australian Safer Communities Awards ceremony was held at Old Parliament House, Canberra on Thursday 3 December, 2009. The Awards recognise best practices and innovations that help to build safer communities. They cover organisations and individuals working in risk assessment, research, education and training, information and knowledge management, prevention, preparedness, response and recovery. The Attorney-General, the Hon Robert McClelland MP, presented the Awards.

Robert McClelland, Ian Day and David Kain

Marine Stingers – “A Marine Stinger Prevention Project” Robert McClelland, Attorney-General with Ian Day and David Kain from the Queensland Ambulance Service

Robert McClelland, Elena Sione and Vaughan Cubitt

ACT CALD – “Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Multicultural Awareness Project” Robert McClelland, Attorney-General with Elena Sione from ACT Emergency Services Agency and Vaughan Cubitt from Australian Federal Police

Robert McClelland, Judith Bleechmore and Lyn Little

SA Councils – “Community Floodsafe Program” Robert McClelland, Attorney-General with Judith Bleechmore and Lyn Little from the South Australian State Emergency Service

Robert McClelland, Frank Giggins and Kylie Fisher

Geelong – “SafeStart Childhood Injury Prevention Project” Robert McClelland, Attorney-General with Frank Giggins and Kylie Fisher from the City of Greater Geelong

Robert McClelland, Tim Liddell, Amy Fisher, Jess Bedggood and Sam Montague

Teenagers in Emergencies – “Teenagers in Emergencies” Robert McClelland, Attorney-General with Tim Liddell, Amy Fisher, Jess Bedggood and Sam Montague from Maffra Secondary College, Gippsland

Robert McClelland, Leeanne Turner and Dawn O’Neil

Lifeline – “read–the-signs Project” Robert McClelland, Attorney-General with and Leeanne Turner from the MTAA Superannuation Fund and Dawn O’Neil from LifeLine Australia

Robert McClelland, Judy McKay and Stephen Banderson

Sundowner – “The Sundowner Project” Robert McClelland, Attorney-General with Judy McKay from the Northern Territory Human Services Advisory Council and Stephen Banderson from First Response Night Patrol

Robert McClelland and Brett Williamson

UNI NSW – RIP – “Don’t Get Sucked in by the RIP” Robert McClelland, Attorney-General with Brett Williamson OAM, Surf Life Saving Australia on behalf of University of NSW.

Robert McClelland and Cedric Manen

Migrant Resource – “Inclusive Emergency Management Project” Robert McClelland, Attorney-General with Cedric Manen from the Tasmania Migrant Resource Centre (Southern Tasmania) Inc.

Category

Entrant

Award

Name of Project

State/Territory

Government Agency

ACT Emergency Services Agency & Australian Federal Police

Winner

Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Project

State/Territory

Government Agency

Queensland Ambulance Service,

Palm Island Station

Highly Commended

Marine Stinger Prevention Project

Local Government - Collective

Collective of Mitcham, Unley, Marion, Holdfast Bay, West Torrens and Adelaide councils with SA SES as the lead agency

Winner

SA Community FloodSafe Program 2008-09

Local Government –

Single Council

City of Greater Geelong

Winner

SafeStart Project

Volunteer Organisations

Teenagers I n Emergencies Project Group

Winner

Teenagers in Emergencies

Private Sector Organisations

Lifeline Australia and

MTAA Superannuation Fund

Winner

“Readthesigns” campaign

Education, Training and Research Bodies

University of NSW

Winner

Don’t get sucked in by the Rip

Education, Training and Research Bodies

Human Services Training Advisory Council Inc / Council for Aboriginal Alcohol

Program Services

Highly Commended

The Sundowner Project

Education, Training and Research Bodies

Monash University

Highly Commended

Safer Community Project

Not –for-profit Organisations

Australian Red Cross, ANGLICARE NSW, Adventist Development & Relief Agency,

The Salvation Army and St Vincent de

Paul Society

Winner

Interagency Team Leader training – NSW Disaster recovery – Welfare Services Functional Area

Not –for-profit Organisations

Association for the Blind of WA Inc

Highly Commended

Safe Without Sight Program

Not –for-profit Organisations

Migrant Resource Centre (Southern Tasmania) Inc.

Highly Commended

Inclusive Emergency Management with CALD Communities

Projects of National Significance or

Cross Jurisdictional

Metropolitan Fire & Emergency Services Board

Winner

National Community Services Training

Packages Project

Projects of National Significance or

Cross Jurisdictional

Australian Red Cross

Highly Commended

After the Emergency - A book to help kids cope with emergencies

Robert McClelland, Bronwyn Drake and Sally Trembath

Monash Uni – “The Safer Community Project” Robert McClelland, Attorney-General with Bronwyn Drake and Sally Trembath from Monash University

Robert McClelland and Susie Sim

Safe without sight – “Safe Without Sight Program” Robert McClelland, Attorney-General with Susie Sim from Association for the Blind in WA

Robert McClelland, Doug Philpott and Kirstie Meheux

Interagency training – “Interagency Team Leader Training for Disaster Recovery” Robert McClelland, Attorney-General with Doug Philpott from ANGLICARE and Kirstie Meheux from Australian Red Cross

Robert McClelland, Andrew Coghlan and Catherine Gearing

After the Emergency – “After the Emergency” Robert McClelland, Attorney-General with Andrew Coghlan and Catherine Gearing from Australian Red Cross

Robert McClelland, Julie Harris and Rob Taylor

MFB – “A National Community Services Training Packages Project” Robert McClelland, Attorney-General with Julie Harris and Rob Taylor from Melbourne Metropolitan Fire Brigade

For more information about the Australian Safer Communities Awards (ASCA), please refer to www.ema.gov.au and select the ASCA link.