Deadline: 15-Jan-23
Nominations are now open for the 2023 Western Australian Multicultural Awards that will recognise individuals and organisations for their outstanding contributions to multiculturalism and culturally and linguistically diverse (CaLD) communities in Western Australia.
Award Categories
- Twelve awards will be presented across eleven categories that celebrate multiculturalism in WA:
- Outstanding Individual Achievement Award
- Youth Award
- Community Organisation Awards
- Culturally and linguistically diverse (CaLD)
- General
- Business Award
- Public Sector Award
- Arts Award
- Sportsperson of the Year Award
- Local Government Award
- Laksiri Jayasuriya Lifetime Community Service Award
- Sir Ronald Wilson Leadership Award
- Premier’s Community Response and Recovery Award
Eligibility Criteria
- Nominations are invited from any member of the Western Australian community.
- Self-nominations are accepted for some awards and not others. Please check the eligibility criteria for each award.
- Nominations must meet the eligibility requirements and selection criteria for the category.
- You can nominate the same person or organisation for more than 1 category, but they can only receive 1 award.
- Past winners of a Multicultural Award are eligible for an award in the same category, but not for the same project.
- In the individual categories, nominees will not be eligible for awards recognising achievements that were directly related to their employment in the public sector.
- The Office of Multicultural Interests may move a nomination into another category if deemed more appropriate.
Judging Criteria
- An independent judging panel will be appointed by the Minister for Citizenship and Multicultural Interests to identify winners.
- Judging will be based on the response to the four nomination questions.
- The Office of Multicultural Interests reserves the right to ask for further information and to make additional inquiries.
- The judging panel may move a nomination into another category, if deemed more appropriate.
- The decision of the judges is final. No further correspondence will be entered into.
For more information, visit Government of Western Australia.