Call for nominations for outstanding citizen’s
Mayor Clare McLaughlin, Member for Giles Eddie Hughes and Whyalla’s 2022 Citizen of the Year Award Recipients
It’s time to nominate a local who you know gives their heart and soul to the Whyalla community, ensuring they are recognised for their tireless effort and attitude to go above and beyond for the betterment of Whyalla.
Nominations for the 2023 Citizen of the Year Awards are now open, featuring four categories, with the citizen, young citizen, senior citizen, and community service awards to be presented.
Whyalla Mayor Clare McLaughlin said the awards are an important event of the year where we recognise individuals and organisations that have made significant contributions to the community, not only throughout 2021, but also across a number of years.
“The Citizen of the Year Awards are special, it’s the time that we get to publicly recognise and thank the people who give so much to our community,” Mayor McLaughlin said.
“Often the people who receive these awards are members of our community who generally don’t seek recognition, they are the quite achievers, the people who do what they do and make a difference for the love of it, so it’s vitally important that others in the community take the time to put their names forward and nominate them.’
Nomination forms are available online at the website and from, council’s civic building on Darling Terrace, and the Whyalla Public Library.
Nominations close at 5pm on Wednesday, 30 November 2022.
About the awards:
The citizen, senior citizen andyoung citizen categories reward and recognise individuals who have made a noteworthy contribution during the past year, while having regard to their previous achievements and ongoing contribution over and above normal employment duties.
Outstanding contribution and community service include areas such as education, health, fundraising, charitable and voluntary service, business, sport, arts, the environment, or any other area that contributes to the advancement and wellbeing of the community.
To be eligible, the person must be an Australian citizen, over 16 years and under 30 years of age on 26 January 2023 for the young citizen category, or aged 60 years or over for the senior citizen award.
Community service awards recognise residents who have made an outstanding voluntary contribution in the field of community service in Whyalla.
For more information on eligibility criteria and to nominate a worthy recipient visit Australia Day Citizen of the Year website.
To revisit our 2022 Citizen of the Year award recipients, watch the video below.