The 8th Regional Development Australia Northern Inland Innovation gala dinner and awards was held at the Glen Innes Services Club on Friday, November 20. Guyra Shire Council received a Highly Commended award in the Professional and Government Services category.
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For a council of its size and resources, Guyra Shire’s community communication and engagement tools were judged to be impressively innovative.
The Council’s online community consultation portal, myGUYRA.com, and mobile App were in-house creations. The App can be used to pay rates, make an enquiry or read Council news.
The winner in this category was IT security consultancy, Whitehack of Armidale. Glen Innes Severn Council was also a finalist for their off-stream water storage project and the quarry business, known as Glen Innes Aggregates.
The overall RDA Northern Inland Innovation of the Year Award went to Lively Linseed from Mullaley. The event was attended by over 130 people, from Mungindi to the Liverpool Plains and across to Tenterfield. Guest speaker was UNE’s Professor David Lamb, whose Smart Farm project won the 2014 Innovation of the Year in Moree.
It was an extremely competitive awards program, with more than 60 entries received; each being a positive, commendable story, according to RDA Northern Inland Chair Russell Stewart.
“The level of the entries this year was particularly high. Every winner was pretty special. Aussies don’t like to blow their own trumpet and these awards have recognised outstanding regional innovators who have generally been quiet achievers until now,” said Mr Stewart.
