2025 Community Citizen of the Year Award Recipients
Take a look at our 2025 recipients
See photos of the recipients here.
Names and photos are published once they are announced and submitted.
Council | Citizen | Young | Senior | Group/Event |
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Albany | Jennifer McRae | Felicity Ericsson | Steve Marshall | Two Rivers Garden Group |
Armadale | Samantha Saffioti | Dexter Moyo | Nalin Jayawardena, Angi McCluskey |
Kelmscott Agricultural Society, Wednesday Warriors |
Ashburton | D'Arcy Pickering, Tapapa Lewis, Hayley Norris, Kylie Spencer |
Jaimie Bravington | Fortescue National Football League, The Pilbara Bruthas, Pannawonica Pythons Football Club, Onslow Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Group |
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Bayswater | Kara Perrin, Alison Scott |
Rodrigues Niyongere | Greg Elliott | Maylands Historical and Peninsula Association Inc |
Boddington | Graeme Reynolds | |||
Bridgetown-Greenbushes | Lisa Pratico | Matilda Miller | Didith Atkin | Bridgetown Greenbushes Tourism Association |
Broome | Bernadette Egan | Ash Schaffer, Ash Schaffer |
Di Vomiero | |
Busselton | Sarah Barclay | Drew West | Robert Guelfi | Go Blue For June Campaign |
Canning | Linda Ross | Bryzlyn Sin | Monika Wong | Rossmoyne Riverton Shelley Community Sewing (for Charity) |
Carnamah | Sandie Wallace | |||
Carnarvon | Amosa Sipili | Lachlan Ellis | Dennis Wade | Carnarvon Old Bastards |
Chittering | Shelley Walter | Peter Louden | Celebrating 25 years of the Chittering Landcare Centre | |
Cockburn | Maureen Fisher-Sim | Atlas Pillinger | Lucia Scata | Treeby Community Association |
Coorow | Hannah Smyth | Kevin Scarr | ||
Cottesloe | John Robertson | Don Howe | Cottesloe Surf Lifesaving Club | |
Cue | Naydene Robinson, Michelle Lowen |
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Cunderdin | Courtney Thomson | |||
Dandaragan | Judy Carter | |||
Dardanup | Brendan Putt | Tyler Brown | Kaye Holmes | Shire of Dardanup Youth Advisory Group |
Derby/West Kimberley | Kierin Thompson | Lionel Marr | Fred Russ | CWA Derby/West Kimberley Air Branch |
Donnybrook-Balingup | Garry Davis | Khloe Watson | Damien Cameron | Balingup Medieval Carnivale |
Dundas | Doreen Peckham | |||
Esperance | Lyne Kidd | Rod Taylor | The Esperance Fundraising Group | |
Exmouth | Kylie Showman | Hugo Lengele | Sharon Lister | Exmouth Community Garden |
Fremantle | ||||
Gingin | Sue Hicks | Dylan Bak | Tom Cabassi | Lower Coastal Community Association (LCCA Bus Group) |
Gosnells | Rodney Glossop | Emily Dutton | Allen Holloway | Sam's Spares |
Greater Geraldton | Celeste Larkins | Tempany Rehu | Anne Dixon | Binmaga Dance Group, Just Raptors |
Harvey | Dean Mullins, Kathryn Bufton, Glenys Chambers, Michael Papalia |
Josephine Marston | Holly Nutley | Yarloop Country Women’s Association, The Leschenault Men’s Shed |
Irwin | Trish Parker | Cassandra Baxter | Margaret Rossiter | Dongara Denison Surf Life Saving Club - Surf Patrols |
Joondalup | Christina Papafilis | Aimee Wright | Roger Howell | Dolphin Program - Sorrento Surf Life Saving Club |
Kalamunda | Wayne Garwood | Leo Russel | Thomas Hogg | |
Karratha | Carl Wangemann | Fern Van Beek | Dereka Van Beek | The Northwest Multicultural Forum and Festival 2024 |
Katanning | Joel Anyon, Katherine Anderson |
Paul Bradley | Australian National Shearing & Wool Handling Sport Shear Katanning | |
Kellerberrin | Chris Turich | Paige Tiller | Richard Marek, Doreen Dowding |
100 years of Harness Racing in Kellerberrin |
Kulin | Derek Young, Yvonne Bowey |
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Lake Grace | Walter (Wally) Newman, Annette Argent |
Latisha McGlinn | Christopher Harvey | Newdegate Machinery Field Days, Lake Grace Reconnect |
Mandurah | Chris Stickland | Brooke McIntosh | Sue Edge | Zonta Club of Peel |
Manjimup | Luke Carr | Nicholas Vince | Jenny Macdonald | Northcliffe 100th Anniversary Celebration |
Melville | Emma Charlton | Mike Nichol | Melville Youth Steering Group | |
Merredin | Daina Sutherland | Tom Downsborough | Julie Townrow | Burracoppin Daffodil Day Committee |
Moora | Brendan Pratt | Adeline Chapman | David Brown | Watheroo Primary School Closure Event |
Morawa | Mia Andrews | John Lloyd | Morawa Tigers Sports Club Ladies Day | |
Mosman Park | Brooke Sumner | Anne Pickard | The Mighty Camelot Community Choir | |
Murray | Tanya Langford | Mervyn Williams | Murray Toy Library | |
Narembeen | Sheree Thomas | Joan Cusack | Bin to Bin Marathon (Hurt to Help) | |
Narrogin | Vicki Chadwick | Mia Ewen | Colin Ward | Divine You |
Nedlands | Scott Bailey | Anaia Kakulas | Janet Millar | Melon Hill Bushland Group |
Northam | Jessica Joy | Zoe Blurton | Brenton Haynes | Northam Town Team |
Perenjori | Tara Bradford | St John Ambulance Perenjori | ||
Perth | Joe Tuazama | Zoe Cornelius | Sandra Cornell | Volunteer Coordinators - Read Write Now |
Plantagenet | Deb Smith | Maggie Shanklin | Karlup Animal Sanctuary | |
Port Hedland | Jacinta Behrend | Betty Steer | Janet Stewart | Hedland Bushfire Brigade |
Ravensthorpe | Christopher Biddulph | Gabby Tempero | Beatrice Boyd | Munglinup Community Group |
Rockingham | Stephenie Fielding | Mia Hendy | Gordon Murdoch | Cycling Without Age Rockingham |
Serpentine Jarrahdale | Bruce Hilliard | Casey Nikola | Margaret Ward | SJ Farmers Market |
South Perth | Maryann Tsai | Dillon Monteiro | Linda Deutsch | Southcare Inc |
Stirling | Carol Marinkovich | Peyton Maguire | Douglas Simpson | Friends of Inglewood Triangle |
Swan | Loren Pratt | Katie Williams | Roma (Middle name is 'Penny') Winmar, Sophie Jakotic |
Midland Meals |
Three Springs | Kylie Yeo | Angela Addison | Susan Sinfield | Three Springs MEEDAC, A Meal For U |
Toodyay | Kylie Burton | Zoe Harrington | John Pearce | Toodyay Raceclub Inc |
Wagin | Kath Powell | Peter & Cindy Oldfield | Wagin's Bush Fire Brigades | |
Waroona | Michael Simpson | Robyn Sutton | Waroona Historical Society & Museum, STEMathon |
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Wyalkatchem | ||||
York | Monique Hutchinson | Helen Grainger | Healthy Self Wellness York |