Awards & recognition

Cairns Regional Council has been recognised by the following nominations and awards.

Awards & recognition 2011

Inclusive Community Champion Award for All Abilities Playgrounds

Council has won the Spinal Injuries Association's Inclusive Community Champion Award for the All Abilities Playgrounds at Edmonton and Mossman. More...

Sister Cities

Cairns Regional Council has been recognised for its commitment to its international bonds at the Sister Cities Australia National Awards. More...

Engineering award for tennis centre

The Cairns International Tennis Centre received a Highly Commended award at the 2011 Institute of Public Works Engineering Qld Division Excellence Awards. More...

Babinda Harvest Festival 2011

Babinda Library has won the Babinda Harvest Festival 2011 Best Decorated Premises Award at the Babinda Harvest Festival on Saturday June 4. More...

2011 Healthy Queensland Awards

Cairns Regional Council's Cairns West Strategy has been praised for its approach to increasing safety and community wellbeing at the 2011 Healthy Queensland Awards. More...

Economic Development Aust.- QLD Awards for Economic Development Excellence

Cairns Regional Council's Tropical Innovation Awards won the 2011 Economic Development Australia - QLD Awards for Economic Development Excellence More...

2011 National Awards for Local Government

Cairns Regional Council won the 2011 National Award for Local Government in the category of Regional Innovations for the Tropical Innovation Awards Project. More...

Skill 360 Australia Training Awards

Six Cairns Regional Council staff won various awards at the Skill 360 Australia Training Awards. More...

LGMA Qld Excellence Awards 2011 - Award for Excellence in Innovation

Cairns Regional Council's CBD South Flood Mitigation project won the Award for Excellence in Innovation at the 2011 LGMA Queensland Excellence Awards. More...

LGMA Queensland Management Challenge

Cairns Regional Council's "Cairns’ational" team placed 2nd in the 2011 LGMA State Management Challenge. More...

Rick Hansen Difference Maker Award

Council’s Access and Equity officer, Ian Chill, received the Rick Hansen Difference Maker Award at the 2010 Spinal Injuries Association Inclusive Community Champions Awards. More...

Awards & recognition 2010

Australian Tennis Awards finalist

Cairns International Tennis Centre was a finalist for the Australian Tennis Awards held in Melbourne in December 2010. More...

timeOUT Editor's Award

The Cairns Festival, Tanks Arts Centre and Cairns Indigenous Art Fair won the timeOUT Editor's Award for Excellence in Entertainment and the Arts. More...

Best Entertainment Venue 2010

Tanks Arts Centre again won the 'Best Entertainment Venue' at the timeOUT awards for 2010. More...

Centre Management Award for 2010

In November 2010, Earlville Library won the Stockland Cairns- Centre Management Award. More...

State Engineering Excellence Awards

Cairns Regional Council was recognised for its engineering innovation and excellence at the 2010 Institute of Public Works Engineering Qld Division Excellence Awards. More...

Cleaner Seas Award

The Cleaner Seas Alliance picked up it's second award on Friday, September 17 2010. More...

National Disability Award

In November 2010, Cairns Regional Council scored top honours in the Local Government Award category of the National Disability Awards held at Parliament House in Canberra. More...

Inclusive Community Champion Award

In November 2010, Cairns Regional Council won an Inclusive Community Champion Award from the Spinal Injuries Association. More...

State Disability Action Week Award

Council leads in Disability Action Week Awards. More...

Queensland Safer Communities Award

In 2010 the West Cairns Safety Patrol was awarded a Queensland Safer Communities Award. More...

Landscape Queensland Apprentice of the year

Council’s Jessica Armbrust won the Landscape Queensland Apprentice of the Year Award at the 2010 Landscape Queensland Construction Excellence Awards. More...