Australia Day Awards 2025 - Nomination Form

How to Nominate

• Nominations must be received by midnight, Sunday 24 November 2024.
• Nominations must be accompanied by supporting information providing a clear understanding of the nominee’s achievements and reason for nomination.
• Citizen of the Year and Young Citizen of the Year must include a biography of the nominee.

Eligibility

• Nominees must be Australian Citizens and reside in the Wagga Wagga Local Government Area.
• Individuals and organisations cannot nominate themselves.
• Members of the Australia Day Community Committee are unable to nominate for any award.
• Walk of Honour nominees must have resided in the Wagga Wagga Local Government area for at least 5 years.
• Only the Walk of Honour Award can be granted posthumously.
• Sporting Associations may nominate one member only for the Ted Ryder Sports Memorial Award.
• Selection for the Awards will be made on the basis of service to the local community in any field considered appropriate by the Selection Committee and may also take into account acts of compassion, generosity, bravery, etc.
• Nominees must have contributed significantly to the local community over and above what is normally expected from their paid employment/business.
• If a nominee has received a taxable income for work in a related area, please explain in detail why their nomination should be considered.
• Unsuccessful nominees may be re-nominated in subsequent years by filling out a new nomination form, previous year’s nomination forms will not be accepted.

Assessment

• All nominees who meet the criteria of the award will be notified and invited to the Australia Day Awards Ceremony to be held on Saturday 25 January 2025 where the successful Award Recipient will be announced.
• Award recipients will be selected at the discretion of the Selection Committee. If nominations for a particular category are unsuitable, the Committee reserves the right not to select an Award recipient or consider the nomination under another category.
• The Selection Committee reserves the right to obtain more information about each person from whatever source appropriate.
• The decision of the Selection Committee shall be final and no correspondence will be entered into on the subject of decisions made.

Please contact Council on 1300 292 442 or via email australiaday@wagga.nsw.gov.au.

Hard copy nominations can be submitted in one of the following ways:

• via email to australiaday@wagga.nsw.gov.au
• via post, marked CONFIDENTIAL, Australia Day Awards, PO Box 20, Wagga Wagga NSW 2650