2023 Local Government Excellence Awards Winners

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Emerging Leader of the Year

Maddy Clyne

Recreation Facilities & Program Coordinator

Leeton Shire Council

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Asset and Infrastructure

Projects over $1.5 million - Population over 150,000
Winner: Lake Macquarie City Council | The Weir Bridge
Highly Commended: Northern Beaches Council | Mona Vale Surf Lifesaving Club and Amenity Facilities

Projects over $1.5 million - Population under 150,000
Winner: Griffith City Council | Griffith Regional Sports Centre Development
Highly Commended: Lithgow City Council | Wolgan Valley Alternate Access Construction

Winner: Burwood Council | The Grant Park Inclusive Play Space - Because play is for everyone
Highly Commended: Randwick City Council | Randwick Environmental Park Boardwalk (REP) & Outdoor Living Classroom – Discovery @ REP, LEARN, PLAY, EXPLORE, PRESERVE.

Borderless Communities

Community Development

Population under 150,000
Winner: Warrumbungle Shire Council | Rise and Shine it's Time to Dine Meal Voucher
Highly Commended: Willoughby City | Hi Neighbours – Creating Cohesive and Resilient Vertical Communities

Community Partnerships

Population under 150,000
Winner: Byron Shire Council | The Mullumbimby (Mullum) Recovery Centre
Highly Commended: Port Stephens Council | Karuah Place Plan and implementation

Customer Experience

Winner: City of Newcastle | TRuST - CX Transformation Program
Highly Commended: Wollondilly Shire Council | Wollondilly Library Increased Outreach Service Amidst Building Construction Works

Environmental Leadership

Winner: Byron Shire Council | Main and Clarkes Beach Dune Recovery Project - Working with Mother Nature (Byron Bay)
Highly Commended: Wagga Wagga City Council | Wagga Wagga Urban Cooling Strategy 2022 - 2052

First Nations Community Partnership

Winner: Orange City Council | Orange Crown Land Negotiation Program
Highly Commended: Georges River Council | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voices

Innovative Leadership

Population under 150,000
Winner: Randwick City Council | Working with communities to create a Greener Randwick through our 'Plant with Us' program
Highly Commended: Leeton Shire Council | Implementing Automated Meter Reading and Remote Sensing Technology in Leeton Shire

Organisational Diversity and Inclusion

Winner: City of Parramatta | We Belong - Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Strategy
Highly Commended: Sutherland Shire Council | ShireABILITY Art Award

Partnerships and Collaboration

Winner: Woollahra, Waverley and Randwick Councils | The 3-Council Regional Environment Program
Highly Commended: Wollongong City Council | Increasing Cyber Maturity and Resilience Across the Illawarra Shoalhaven

People, Workplace, Wellbeing

Highly Commended: Penrith City Council | In-house and custom-built Capability Framework

Risk Management

Winner: Orange City Council | Work Health Safety Management System – Risk Profiling Matrix
Highly Commended: Cumberland City Council | The Digitisation and Process Uplift of Risk Assessments at Council

Special Project Initiative

Highly Commended: Northern Beaches Council | Forestville Library 24/7

Population over 150,000
Winner: Bathurst Regional Council | Central Tablelands Collections Facility (CTCF) 
Highly Commended: Shoalhaven City Council | Shoalhaven Recovery into Resilience Project

Supporting Local Enterprise

Highly Commended: Ku-ring-gai Council | Better Business Partnership