{"id":336030,"date":"2023-08-21T14:46:09","date_gmt":"2023-08-21T04:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=336030"},"modified":"2023-08-21T14:46:09","modified_gmt":"2023-08-21T04:46:09","slug":"trc-calls-for-award-nominations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2023\/08\/21\/trc-calls-for-award-nominations\/","title":{"rendered":"TRC Calls For Award Nominations"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_30554\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30554\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/geoff-mcdonald-200.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-30554\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/geoff-mcdonald-200.jpg\" alt=\"Geoff McDonald\" width=\"200\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/geoff-mcdonald-200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/geoff-mcdonald-200-188x300.jpg 188w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30554\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Toowoomba Mayor Cr Geoff McDonald<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>August 21, 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Toowoomba Regional Council is inviting residents to nominate community achievers who will be considered for the 2024 Toowoomba Region Australia Day awards.<\/p>\n<p>Mayor Geoff McDonald has encouraged residents to recognise the region\u2019s volunteers and community workers for their efforts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe all know someone who contributes countless hours of assistance and run facilities or events for the benefit of fellow residents,&#8221; Mayor McDonald said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I encourage residents to nominate our true blue achievers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Nominations, which can be <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/tr.qld.gov.au\/our-region\/whats-on\/events\/15792-australia-day-awards-nominations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">made online<\/a><\/strong>, must be lodged by October 31 to allow local Australia Day committees time to review and judge the categories.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Award categories include<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Citizen of the Year (older than 26)<\/li>\n<li>Citizen of the Year &#8211; Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander<\/li>\n<li>Young Citizen of the Year (under 26)<\/li>\n<li>Cultural Award<\/li>\n<li>Sports award (senior and junior)<\/li>\n<li>Community group\/event of the year<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Inquiries about joining a local Australia Day committee or the awards can be directed to Council\u2019s Community Development Officers on 13-18-72.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Toowoomba Regional Council is inviting residents to nominate community achievers who will be considered for the 2024 Toowoomba Region Australia Day awards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":67677,"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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