FAQs

To be eligible to receive an Australia Day Award the following criteria must be met:

• All individuals must be Australian Citizens.
• Nominees for Baw Baw Shire Council’s Citizen of the Year and Young Citizen of the Year must be a resident of Baw Baw Shire.
• Nominations for the Community Group of the Year must be a registered not for profit organisation in Baw Baw Shire and have provided the community service primarily in Baw Baw Shire.
• Events nominated for Community Event of the Year must have been held within the Shire and be able to demonstrate they are organised by a not-for-profit group or organisation.
• Only one person may be nominated per nomination form.

• No self-nominations will be accepted. However, group self-nominations are accepted.

Recipients will be selected by a panel consisting of the Mayor, Councillors and Council Officers. 

The panel will consider all eligible entries against the assessment criteria and select the most outstanding nominee in each category.