Award Categories and Eligibility:
¤ Australia Day Award: (Citizen of the Year) To
be eligible, the person must have demonstrated outstanding
contributions to the community.
¤ Australia Day Youth Citizen Award: To be eligible,
the person must have demonstrated outstanding contributions
to the community and be aged 25 years or under as at January 26.
¤ Australia Day Excellence Award: To be eligible,
the person must have demonstrated excellence, in either
a paid or unpaid capacity, thus providing an inspirational role
model for others to follow.
¤ Australia Day Volunteer Award: To be eligible,
the person must have demonstrated a noteworthy contribution
in a volunteer capacity within the community.
¤ Australia Day Junior Volunteer Award: To be
eligible, the person must have demonstrated a noteworthy
contribution in a volunteer capacity within the community and
be 18 years or under as of the 26th January.
¤ Australia Day Community Event of the Year Award: To
be presented to the most outstanding community event during
the calendar year of 2007.
¤ Australia Day Sports Award: To be eligible,
the person must have demonstrated sporting achievement
and contribution in the sport or recreation arena.
¤ Australia Day Junior Sports Award: To be eligible,
the person must have demonstrated sporting achievement
and contribution in the sport or recreation arena and be 18 years
or under as of the 26th January.
¤ Australia Day Sports Administration Award: To
be eligible, the person must have demonstrated a significant
contribution to sport in the area of administration in a voluntary
capacity.
¤ Australia Day Cultural Award: To be eligible,
the person must have demonstrated outstanding achievements
and contributions in the cultural arena.
¤ Australia Day Junior Cultural Award: To be eligible,
the person must have demonstrated outstanding achievements
and contributions in the cultural arena and be 18 years or under
as of the 26th January.
Australia Day Environmental
Award: To be eligible, the person must have demonstrated outstanding achievements and contributions in the environmental arena.
Australia Day Junior Environmental
Award: To be eligible, the person must have demonstrated outstanding achievements and contributions in the environmental arena and be 18 years or under as of the 26th January.