Nominations For 2025 Wagga Wagga Australia Day Awards

The 2025 Australia Day Community Committee is excited to announce that 13 residents across five categories have been nominated for the 2025 Wagga Wagga Australia Day Awards, recognising their generous contribution to the community.

Mayor of the City of Wagga Wagga Councillor Dallas Tout said Council was pleased to receive nominations including Citizen of the Year, Young Citizen of the Year, Environmental Citizen of the Year, and Walk of Honour inductee.

"These nominees have worked with great dedication, devoting time and energy into making Wagga Wagga a better place for all of us to live," Cr Tout said.

"It is wonderful to see them being recognised for the outstanding work they do for our community."

The thirteen nominees are:

• Haylee Burkinshaw
• Zita Denholm
• David Dunn
• Uncle Hewitt and Aunty Dot Whyman
• Lylah Howard-Jenkins
• Joshua Hunt
• Gregory Johnson
• Saba Nabi
• Peter Quarmby
• Michael Redgrave
• Leanne Scott
• Robyn Weedon

The city's Australia Day Awards Ceremony will be held at the Wagga Wagga Civic Theatre on Saturday 25 January from 6pm.

Free general admission tickets to the ceremony are available through the Wagga Wagga Civic Theatre booking office in person, over the phone by calling 02 6926 9688 or online at www.civictheatre.com.au

Families and friends are also invited to come together for a series of events at the Riverside precinct, starting with the Wiradjuri/Wiradyuri and First Nations 'Murun-dhu' - I Live, I Breathe event on Saturday at 5pm, and on Sunday morning, Australia Day, to enjoy the traditional free community breakfast and Citizenship Ceremony.

Following the conclusion of the citizenship ceremony, residents can stroll over to the CSU Riverina Playhouse for another 'Murun-dhu' - I Live, I Breathe event.

The Murun-dhu community events have been organised by Mawang Gaway in partnership with the 2025 Australia Day Community Committee and supported by Wagga Wagga City Council.