2025 will see us celebrating our Community Awards a bit differently!

We are excited to announce that for our 2025 awards, we are working with Auspire – Australia Day Council (WA) to collect nominations and celebrate our local legends.

We will still celebrate with a local celebration, and the winners will still be selected by a local panel.  We've just streamlined the process a bit!

Visit citizenshipawards.com.au from 1 September to 31 October to nominate someone in the City of Karratha for a Community Citizen of the Year Award.  

Winners will be announced on Australia Day 2025.

Categories for 2025 include:

• COMMUNITY CITIZEN OF THE YEAR

• YOUNG COMMUNITY CITIZEN OF THE YEAR (16-30 YEARS)

• SENIOR COMMUNITY CITIZEN OF THE YEAR (65+ YEARS)

• ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP (GROUP OR EVENT)

Who makes a real difference in your community?

Each year, the Community Citizen of the Year Awards give local governments around the state the opportunity to acknowledge the contribution and celebrate community engagement of people within the community.

Let’s Reflect, Respect and Celebrate community contribution across Western Australia. We’re all part of the story.

Learn more at: https://www.citizenshipawards.com.au

Eligibility Criteria  

• One nomination is sufficient for the individual to be considered.
• A person must be nominated by another person to be considered for an Award. Self-nominations are not accepted. 
• Nominees should reside or work principally within the local government authority presenting the award. 
• Awards may be granted posthumously in recognition of recent achievements. 
• Unsuccessful nominees may be nominated in future years. 
• Groups of people will not normally be eligible except when meeting the criteria for a community group. 
• A couple or partnership with equal standing for the achievement or contribution may be recognised in an individual category. 
• Sitting members of State, Federal, and Local Government are not eligible. 
• Nominations must be apolitical in their nature.
• Individuals must be at least 16 years of age on 26 January, though younger nominees may be considered for exceptional contribution. Definition of exceptional contribution is at the discretion of the local government/council selection committee. 
• Individuals can be recognised in one category only, if they cross over multiple categories, a decision needs to be made which category they will be awarded in. 
• A person may receive an award more than once in recognition of outstanding continued community contribution or involvement in a different initiative. 

Selection Criteria

Nominees for the individual award categories (Community Citizen of the Year, Young and Senior) must demonstrate active positive community engagement and meet the following criteria:

1. Significant contribution to the local community. 
2. Demonstrated leadership on a community issue resulting in the enhancement of community life. 
3. A significant initiative which has brought about positive change and added value to community life. 
4. Inspiring qualities as a role model for the community. 

Nominees for the group/event award category must demonstrate community engagement and meet any or all of the following criteria:

1. Group/event that creates community engagement. 
2. Group/event that creates initiatives for new employment. 
3. Created significant initiative that brought positive change.

Selection Guidelines

In choosing the recipients of the Community Citizen of the Year Awards, regard is given to the nominee’s achievements in the year immediately prior to receiving the award, as well as their past achievements and ongoing contribution to the community.

A nominee need only be nominated once to be considered. The number of nominations received per nominee bears no weight in their selection.

All nominees should uphold standards of conduct that will not risk placing the Award Program or Local Government’s reputation into disrepute.

Consideration should also be given to Gender, Age, Ethnicity, Cultural background and Field of Endeavour to help ensure recipients are representative of our diverse society.

Reflect, Respect and Celebrate community contribution. We’re all part of the story.