Nominations for 2024 Australia Day Awards now open

Published on 13 November 2023

Nominations for Lismore City Council’s 2024 Australia Day Awards are now open.

The Awards are held annually to recognise people who give back to the community through volunteering, community work or who excel in sports or other endeavours.

Current Lismore City Council’s 2023 Senior Sportsperson of the Year, Joshua Herne, said his award has helped him and his sport.

“My sport of Speedway and go-karts racing has gained much valuable exposure to the community from all the publicity surrounding my award,” he said.

“This has helped our sport as we continue to recover from the last three years of challenges, so it’s been well worth it.”

“It has been really nice having people in public approach and congratulate me on the award, meeting new people and gaining more confidence in my abilities”.

Lismore City Mayor Steve Krieg said this is a chance to recognise our unsung heroes who put in many hours as volunteers to make our community a great place to live, work and raise a family.

“One thing that has always stood out to me is that our community is full of quiet unsung heroes,” he said.

“The Australia Day Awards give us a chance every year to honour those passionate people who dedicate a large part of their lives to building a stronger, healthier community with no thought of personal gain.

“If you have a friend who works hard for a volunteer group, know a student who is kicking goals in life or admire a person for their work for our community, please nominate them.

“It only takes 5-10 minutes to complete an online nomination, so please get online before the deadline and nominate today.”

Mr Herne also encouraged the community to nominate individuals or groups for Australia Day.

 “There are so many people in our community who go under the radar, who achieve wonderful things and deserve to be nominated and win,” he said.

“Make sure you nominate whether it’s the sports category or a citizen because receiving the award is certainly special, and recognising the achievements of others is what the Australia Day Awards are all about.”

Categories are:

• Citizen of the Year
• Aboriginal Citizen of the Year
• Young Citizen of the Year
• Sportsperson (Senior)
• Sportsperson (Junior)
• Services in Community (Group)
• Services in Community (Individual)
• Sports Team (Group/Organisation)
• Arts/Culture
• Environment

To make a nomination, go to www.lismore.nsw.gov.au.

Nominations close on Friday, 22 December 2023.