2017 Winners
Quick Links
Creating Jobs
This award category recognises those who have worked on programs, initiatives, innovations or improvements that have contributed to the creation of new jobs in NSW (supporting the Premier’s priority to create 150,000 new jobs by 2019).
Teams
- Easy to do business
Service NSW, DFSI Better Regulation, The Office of the NSW Small Business Commissioner, Department of Premier and Cabinet
Finance, Services and Innovation, Industry, Premier and Cabinet
Delivering Infrastructure
This award category recognises those who have worked on programs, initiatives, innovations or improvements that contribute to key metropolitan, regional and local infrastructure projects being delivered on time and on budget (supporting the Premier’s Priority on Delivering Infrastructure).
Teams
- Wynyard Station Upgrade
Transport for NSW, Novo Rail Program Alliance
Transport
Making Housing More Affordable
This award category recognises those who have worked on programs, initiatives, innovations or improvements that lead to more housing approvals being determined within 40 days or support state-led rezoning for 10,000 additional dwellings on average per year in appropriate areas to 2021. (supporting the Premier’s Priority of Making Housing More Affordable).
Team
- More Homes in Hornsby Shire
Hornsby Shire Council
Nominated by Planning and Environment
- Reducing red tape to facilitate investment in our community
Port Stephens Council
Nominated by Planning and Environment
Tackling Childhood Obesity
This award category recognises those who have worked on programs, initiatives, innovations or improvements that lead to a reduction in overweight and obesity rates of children (supporting the Premier’s Priority to reduce overweight and obesity rates of children by 5% by 2025).
Team
- Aboriginal Go4Fun
NSW Office of Preventative Health and partners
Health
Improving Education Results
This award category recognises those who have worked on programs, initiatives, innovations or improvements that increase the number of NSW students in the top two NAPLAN bands (supporting the Premier’s Priority to increase the proportion of NSW students in the top two NAPLAN bands by 8% by 2019).
Team
- Curiosity and Powerful Learning
St Johns Park Public School
Education
Individuals
- Lorraine Bradwell
Principal
Woonona Public School
Education
Protecting Our Kids
This award category recognises those who have worked on programs, initiatives, innovations or improvements that reduce the number of children and young people re-reported at risk of significant harm (supporting the Premier’s Priority to decrease the percentage of children and young people re-reported at risk of significant harm by 15% buy 2019).
Team
- Child Abuse Squad
NSW Police Force
Justice
Improving Service Levels in Hospitals
This award category recognises those who have worked on programs, initiatives, innovations or improvements that lead to more patients going through emergency departments within four hours (supporting the Premier’s Priority to achieve 81% of patients through emergency departments within four hours by 2019).
Teams
- Bridging Vast Distances with Value Critical Care Model
Western NSW Local Health District
Health
Individuals
- Dr Andrea Issler-Fisher
Advanced Trainee Burns and Reconstructive Surgery
Concord Hospital, Sydney Local Health District
Health
Reducing Youth Homelessness
This award category recognises those who have worked on programs, initiatives, innovations or improvements that support more young people to successfully move from Specialist Homelessness Services to long-term accommodation (supporting the Premier’s Priority to increase the proportion of young people who successfully move from Specialist Homelessness Services to long-term accommodation to more than 34% by 2019).
Team
- Youth Housing Options Program (YHOP)
Hume Community Housing Association, CORE Community Services, Yfoundations
Nominated by Family and Community Services
Reducing Domestic Violence Reoffending
This award category recognises those who have worked on programs, initiatives, innovations or improvements that reduce the number of domestic violence perpetrators who re-offend (supporting the Premier’s priority to reduce the proportion of domestic violence perpetrators reoffending
by 25% by 2019).
Teams
- Safer Pathway
Legal Aid NSW, NSW Police, Women NSW, Victims Services at the Department of Justice
Justice, Family and Community Services
Driving Public Sector Diversity
This award category recognises those who have worked on programs, initiatives, innovations or improvements that contribute to supporting public sector diversity, including increasing the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and women in senior leadership roles in the government sector (supporting the Premier’s priority to double the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in senior leadership roles, and increase the proportion of women in senior leadership roles to 50% in the government sector by 2025), building the foundations and enablers for a diverse and inclusive workforce, or showing outstanding inclusive leadership that develops future leaders.
Team
- Employ-my-ability
Sydney Local Health District, Jobsupport
Health
Individuals
- Glenn Primmer
Head of Strategic Change and Workplace Culture
Create NSW
Planning and Environment
Keeping our Environment Clean
This award category recognises those who have worked on programs, initiatives, innovations or improvements that contribute to reducing the volume of litter in the state (supporting the Premier’s Priority to reduce the volume of litter by 40% by 2020).
Team
- Cessnock Reserves Litter Reduction Strategy
National Parks and Wildlife Service, Office of Environment and Heritage
Planning and Environment
Improving Government Services
This award category recognises those who have worked on programs, initiatives, innovations or improvements that contribute to improving customer satisfaction with government services (supporting the Premier’s priority to improve customer satisfaction with key government services every year, this term of government to 2019).
Team
- Ability Links NSW
Ability Links providers, Family and Community Services
Family and Community Services
Individuals
- Andrew Dinger
Station Duty Manager, Kingsgrove Station
Sydney Trains
Transport
ANTHEA KERR AWARD
The Anthea Kerr Award was established in 2013 in honour of Anthea Kerr who passed away suddenly after 16 years of outstanding service to the NSW Government sector. The then Minister for Finance and Services highlighted her service in Parliament and stated that an award in her honour would be established to help outstanding public servants develop their careers.
In recognition of Anthea’s outstanding contribution and as a testament to her memory, the Public Service Commission sponsors the Anthea Kerr Award for Individual Excellence as part of the Premier’s Awards. The Award seeks to recognise future public sector leaders and is awarded to a maximum of two individuals each year. The award is given in recognition of outstanding effort and commitment in the NSW Public Service. The recipient(s) of the Anthea Kerr Award receive an individually customised professional development program to assist them in accelerating their career.
Winner
- Dr. Andrea Issler-Fisher
Advanced Trainee Burns and Reconstructive Surgery, Concord Hospital
Sydney Local Health District
Health