The Premier’s Awards have 12 categories to showcase achievements and progress towards the NSW Premier’s priorities, and nominations can be made for both individuals and teams.  The categories are:

• Improving Government Services
• Driving Public Sector Diversity
• Creating Jobs
• Reducing Domestic Violence
• Improving Service Levels in Hospitals
• Tackling Childhood Obesity
• Improving Education Results
• Protecting Our Kids
• Keeping our Environment Clean
• Building Infrastructure
• Faster Housing Approvals
• Reducing Youth Homelessness

The most outstanding individual winner within the 12 categories is also awarded the Premier’s Award for Individual Excellence and Achievement.

The Anthea Kerr Award, which recognises future public sector leaders who are under 35 years of age, features as a standalone award this year. Nominations for the Anthea Kerr award are invited separately to the 12 categories, and it is judged against discrete criteria.

Individuals and agencies are encouraged to nominate staff, peers, projects and partnerships that showcase the excellent achievements in their organisations.

Nominations for the Premier’s Awards for Public Service open today.  Award Ambassadors will coordinate the awards program across their agencies and can advise the closing date for nominations in your agency.  Please contact your Awards Ambassador for this closing date – find your agency’s ambassador.

Finalists will be announced on the Premier’s Awards website in October 2017.  Winners will be announced at the awards ceremony on Wednesday 1^st November 2017.  Further information on the awards, including a list of Awards Ambassadors and details of categories, criteria and how to nominate, is available at www.publicserviceawards.nsw.gov.au.

Graeme Head
Public Service Commissioner