Topic: awards

Bundaberg-based CQUniversity engineering lecturer Dr Ramadas Narayanan has been recognised with a national teaching award as part of the prestigious Australian Awards for University Teaching.

Wendy Johnston is one of the few women in the Bundaberg Region to ever receive the prestigious Surf Life Saving National Medal.

Childers ambulance officer Gary Cotterill has received the prestigious Ambulance Service Medal (ASM) in the Australia Day 2021 Honours List in recognition of 42 years’ service.

Neil Musch has dedicated a lifetime to emergency response and training, a service which was recognised with an OAM on the 2021 Australia Day Honours List.

Watch the Bundaberg Regional Council Australia Day Awards and Citizenship Ceremony, held on Tuesday morning 26 January 2021 at the Multiplex.

The Bundaberg Region’s 2021 Australia Day Award winners have been announced with Nathan Freeman named Citizen of the Year.

Angela Everist has been recognised through the Australia Day Achievement Awards for her contribution to the Spotted Dog Tavern and Federal Backpackers fire disaster response.

A multitude of initiatives has landed Council’s Information Services Librarian Stephen Harris a Queensland Library Achiever of the Year award.

Bundaberg educator Karen Seary has been named a national champion for change in recognition of her work at CQUniversity.

International award-winning biotechnologist and environmental engineer Simon Tannock has moved his successful AlgaEnviro business to the Bundaberg Region.