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The Nationals member for Lowan Hugh Delahunty is inviting businesswomen in the Lowan electorate to enter the 2012 Telstra Business Women’s Awards.
“Here in western Victoria we have impressive businesswomen and the Telstra Business Women’s Awards is a wonderful way of recognising their achievements and contributions to our communities,” Mr Delahunty said.
“In the 18 years the Telstra Business Women’s Awards have been running thousands of women from a diverse range of professions and walks of life have been recognised through the awards and gone on to be mentors to others in the attainment of their life goals,” Mr Delahunty said.
“The Telstra Business Women’s Awards are an opportunity to reward inspirational business women throughout western Victoria who have had a positive impact on the local community,” Mr Delahunty said.
Finalist and winners will be recognised for their achievements and share in more than $200,000 in cash and prizes.
The three categories in the 2012 Telstra Business Women’s Awards are:
Commonwealth Bank Business Owner Award
Hudson Private and Corporate Sector Award; and
White Pages Community and Government Award.
There are also two specialist categories: Nokia Business Innovation Award and marie Claire Young Business Women’s Award.
To nominate or enter complete the form available at www.womensawards.com or pick up a nomination form from Mr Delahunty’s offices at 114 Firebrace Street, Horsham telephone 5382 0097 or 44 Gray Street, Hamilton telephone 5571 9800
The Telstra Victorian Business Women’s Awards Gala will be held on 20 September 2012.

The 2012 Victorian Disability Sector Awards are currently open and Western Victorians are being encouraged to nominate a member of the community or organisations who demonstrate excellence in service and a commitment to be development of people with a disability.

The Nationals Member for Lowan, Hugh Delahunty said the awards celebrate and acknowledge those people who have a passion and vision to the advancement of people with a disability to achieve their life goads, through upholding their rights and choices in a way that promotes inclusion.

“It is important that we recognise this essential network of people and organisations who on a daily basis are supporting people with a disability and their cares.”
“These awards recognise the efforts of those individuals, teams, organisations and businesses for the significant contribution they are making to enriching the lives of people with a disability,” Mr Delahunty said.

Community Services Minister, Mary Wooldridge, said the continued efforts of disability support workers, volunteers and businesses are important in helping ensure people with a disability can achieve their goals and participate within the community.

“These awards provide a unique opportunity for this commitment and valuable community contribution to be acknowledged and honoured.”

Members of the public can make a nomination in eight different award categories including: Support Worker (Individual); Support Worker (Team); Client Services Worker; Leadership; Emerging Leader; Volunteer; Business Supporting Disability and Lifetime Achievement Award categories.

Nominations close 7 March 2012 and ward winners will be announced at the disability Sector Awards ceremony on Thursday 26 April.

For guidelines and nomination forms visit http://www.dhs.vic.gov.au/disabilityawards

The Nationals member for Lowan Hugh Delahunty is reminding residents of the Lowan electorate that the 2011 Telstra Business Award nominations close on 4^th April, 2011.

“I encourage residents to publicly recognise outstanding local businesses by nominating them for the 2011 Telstra Business Awards,” Mr Delahunty said.

“Some of the most innovative and successful businesses in Victoria can be found right here in western Victoria,” Mr Delahunty said.

“The Telstra Business Awards provide a great opportunity for small and medium local businesses to gain recognition on a national stage for all the hard – and excellent – work they do in and around the community.”

Awards are offered in the following categories:

• Business Owner Micro-Business Award (businesses with up to 5 employees)

• MYOB Business Award (businesses with five to 20 employees)

• Panasonic Australia Medium Business Award (businesses with 20 to 200 employees)

• AMP Innovation Award (for businesses that have successfully introduced an innovation)

• Yellow Pages Social Responsibility Award (for demonstrated leadership and contribution to the environment, people, education or the community; and

• Telstra Regional Business Award (for businesses located outside metropolitan Melbourne)

 

Entrants will also receive a business health check to help them focus and plan their future.

Mr Delahunty said this is the 19th year Telstra has run the awards recognising excellence in small and medium business both nationally and in every state and entrants would vie for a total prize pool of $500,000.

To nominate visit www.telstrabusinessawards.com or phone 1800 262 323. Nominations close on 4^th April 2011

The Nationals member for Lowan Hugh Delahunty is inviting leaders and innovators within the Lowan electorate to nominate for the DPI Science Awards so emerging and existing talent can be acknowledged and rewarded.
 

“These awards promote the central role of science, innovation and the application of new technologies to ensure the future and development of the Victorian economy,” Mr Delahunty said.

 

“With specific awards for students, primary producers or those working in collaboration with DPI who are championing an innovative solution to an environmental, social or economic issue affecting Victoria’s primary industries, communities or environment, it is worth having a further look to see if you are eligible.

 
Mr Delahunty said people can nominate themselves or be nominated by friends or peers.

 
The Award categories are:

• The Hugh McKay Future Farming Award
• The Nancy Mills Postgraduate Award
• The Daniel McAlpine DPI Science Award
• The SM Wadham Practice Change Award

 
“Joint winner of the Samuel Wadham DPI Practice Change Award 2009 was ‘The Break’ Seasonal Climate Risk project team' lead by Mr Chris Souness from DPI Horsham,” Mr Delahunty said.

 

‘The Break’ is an e-newsletter which has played a leading role in disseminating the physical drivers of Victoria’s climate, primarily to cropping farmers, since January 2006. Since then, the newsletter has grown significantly, with a current distribution of more than 2,200.

 

Nominations are currently open, and close Monday, 23 August 2010.  Finalists will be announced in September, and the awards ceremony will be held on 5 October 2010.

 
“The DPI Science Awards are a great opportunity to nominate, and thereby recognise, a strong leader or an innovator within the science field, or a primary producer or team that can demonstrate practical adoption of environmental solutions,” said Mr Delahunty.

 

Further information about the awards can be found at www.dpi.vic.gov.au, or by contacting Mr Delahunty’s offices at 114 Firebrace Street, Horsham telephone 5382 0097 or 44 Gray Street, Hamilton telephone 5571 9800.

The Nationals Member for Lowan, Hugh Delahunty is encouraging western Victorians to say “thank you” to their local GPs by nominating standout doctors for a Victorian Rural Doctors’ Award.

 

Communities can nominate a doctor who has made an outstanding contribution to rural and regional communities, or worked in rural and regional health for less than two years and demonstrated strong community engagement, or has contributed 35 years or more service to rural communities.

 

“The annual Doctors’ Awards acknowledge Victoria’s regional and rural doctors and their families, for their dedication and commitment to our communities,” Mr Delahunty said.

 

“Many of Victoria’s doctors sustain our regions and so the awards give communities an opportunity to show their gratitude.”

 

Nomination applications and guidelines can be found at www.rwav.com.au/awards and close on 30 July, 2010.

 

Mr Delahunty said that general practitioners and other specialists who work in rural and regional Victoria are also eligible for the annual awards.

 

An awards ceremony and dinner will honour this year’s Victorian Rural Doctors’ Award recipients and their families will be held in Melbourne in late October.

 

“Victorian Rural Doctors’ Award recipients come from across Victoria but last year there were no nominations from the Lowan electorate, so it would be great to give our local, hardworking doctors the recognition they deserve,” Mr Delahunty said.