{"id":274506,"date":"2020-09-02T18:34:38","date_gmt":"2020-09-02T08:34:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=274506"},"modified":"2020-09-21T23:25:01","modified_gmt":"2020-09-21T13:25:01","slug":"nominations-open-for-australia-day-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2020\/09\/02\/nominations-open-for-australia-day-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Nominations Open For Australia Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_251541\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-251541\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20200125awards1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-251541\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20200125awards1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20200125awards1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20200125awards1-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-251541\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Then-mayor Keith Campbell, centre, with Junior Citizen of the Year Brenna Prendergast and Citizen of the Year Mark Beil at the 2020 South Burnett Australia Day awards<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>September 2, 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Now&#8217;s the time to start thinking about the people in the local area who have achieved the most over the past 12 months.<\/p>\n<p>Both the South Burnett and Toowoomba councils have opened nominations for their 2021 Australia Day awards.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The South Burnett award categories are:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Citizen of the Year<\/li>\n<li>Young Citizen of the Year<\/li>\n<li>Community Organisation of the Year<\/li>\n<li>Lifetime Achievement Award<\/li>\n<li>Volunteer of the Year<\/li>\n<li>Junior Cultural Award<\/li>\n<li>Senior Cultural Award<\/li>\n<li>Local Achiever Award (Town &amp; Rural)<\/li>\n<li>Junior Sportsperson<\/li>\n<li>Senior Sportsperson<\/li>\n<li>Sports Administrator\/Coach\/Official Award<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The official South Burnett awards ceremony will be held on the eve of Australia Day, January 25, at Wondai Town Hall.<\/p>\n<p>Further information about the award categories and how to nominate is available on Council\u2019s <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.southburnett.qld.gov.au\/community-information\/council-events\/australia-day\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The closing date for nominations is 4:30pm on Friday, November 13.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>* * *<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>The Toowoomba award categories are:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Citizen of the Year (older than 26 years)<\/li>\n<li>Young Citizen of the Year (no older than 26 years)<\/li>\n<li>Cultural Award<\/li>\n<li>Sports Award (Junior and Senior)<\/li>\n<li>Community Group \/ Event of the Year<\/li>\n<li>Citizen of the Year &#8211; Aboriginal &amp; Torres Strait Islander.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Nominations can be submitted online on the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tr.qld.gov.au\/australiaday\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TRC website<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The cut-off date for nominations in October 31.<\/p>\n<p>Cr Geoff McDonald said the exact format of TRC&#8217;s 2021 Australia Day celebrations remained unclear due to the pandemic but Council was determined to host community functions if possible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now&#8217;s the time to start thinking about the people in the local area who have achieved the most over the past 12 months.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":251541,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[22,3],"tags":[1131],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - 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