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.
Marine Stingers – “A Marine Stinger Prevention Project” Robert McClelland, Attorney-General with Ian Day and David Kain from the Queensland Ambulance Service
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
SA Councils – “Community Floodsafe Program” Robert McClelland, Attorney-General with Judith Bleechmore and Lyn Little from the South Australian State Emergency Service
Geelong – “SafeStart Childhood Injury Prevention Project” Robert McClelland, Attorney-General with Frank Giggins and Kylie Fisher from the City of Greater Geelong
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
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
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
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.
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 |
Monash Uni – “The Safer Community Project” Robert McClelland, Attorney-General with Bronwyn Drake and Sally Trembath from Monash University
Safe without sight – “Safe Without Sight Program” Robert McClelland, Attorney-General with Susie Sim from Association for the Blind in WA
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
After the Emergency – “After the Emergency” Robert McClelland, Attorney-General with Andrew Coghlan and Catherine Gearing from Australian Red Cross
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.