NSW Resilient Australia Awards 2023
The Resilient Australia Awards celebrate and promote initiatives that build whole of community resilience to disasters and emergencies around Australia, as well as images capturing resilience in action.
The awards are managed by the Australia Institute for Disaster Resilience (AIDR). Since being established in 2000, the awards have recognised outstanding contributions in each state and territory across multiple categories, which now include: business, community, government, local government, mental health and wellbeing, school, and photography.
The NSW Reconstruction Authority is the State convenor.
The winners were announced on Wednesday, 1 November 2023.
2023 winners
Community
EMBER - The Flagstaff Group
Local Government (joint winners)
The Simtable Project - Ku-ring-gai Council
Hall Crawl - Upper Hunter Shire Council
Business
Person-Centred Emergency Preparedness (P-CEP) Certificate Course - University of Sydney
Government
NSW Department of Education - Principal Connection Days
School
Climate Change Your Tune - Living Schools
Mental Health & Wellbeing
Post-Flood Repair and Recovery Initiative – Shedding Community Workshop
Photography
Paul Lloyd - A new dawn!
Highly commended finalists
Community
- Wardell Community Organised Resilience Effort
- Iluka Community Organisation Planning for Emergencies
- Resilient Towns Initiative
Local Government
- The Mullumbimby Recovery Centre - Byron Shire Council
Government
- NSW Telco Authority - Critical Communications Enhancement Program
- NSW Department of Primary Industries - Rural Recovery Support Service
Mental Health & Wellbeing
- A collaborative, positive and preventative approach to community mental health - The Resilience Project
- Community Resilience Project - MacKillop Seasons
