Healthy Queensland Awards
The Healthy Queensland Awards are an annual state-wide competition to find Queensland's healthiest community, Queensland's healthiest school and Queensland's healthiest workplace.
The Queensland Government, in partnership with Keep Australia Beautiful Queensland, invited all communities, schools and workplaces to enter the awards.
Winners announced
Regional award winners were announced in June 2009. The state award recipients were announced at a ceremony at Parliament House on Wednesday 26 August 2009.
Find out about the state winners and highly commended entrants.
Winners share a prize pool totalling $1 million for communities, $500,000 for schools and $100,000 for workplaces.
Prize money will go towards "healthy" infrastructure such as:
- walking and cycling paths
- basketball court
- shade structures
- sport and recreation equipment
- policies that make healthy choices the easy choices
- programs that promote health and wellbeing
Congratulations to all the state finalists, winners and highly commended entrants.
For any questions about the awards contact Keep Australia Beautiful Queensland on 07 3252 2886 or email: hqa@kabq.org.au
Last updated Thursday, August 27, 2009
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