2024 Winners
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The winner of the 2024 Language Services Medal is Dr Raymond Chakhachiro.
This award recognises the achievements of an interpreter or translator for the role they play in ensuring that the community of NSW has access to essential information and services.
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The winner of the 2024 Dr G.K. Harinath OAM Sports Medal is Manuel Bermejo Castillo OAM.
This award recognises the achievements of an individual or sporting code who has promoted cultural understanding and sporting endeavours within or between communities of different cultural and/or linguistic backgrounds.
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The winner of 2024 Business Excellence – Local Government Medal is Liverpool City Council.
This award recognises the outstanding achievements of a Local Government organisation that has worked to develop and support a diverse local community.
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The winner of the 2024 Business Excellence – Corporate Medal is John Holland.
This award recognises the outstanding achievements of a business in creating employment or other opportunities that value and promote diversity and inclusion.
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The winner of the 2024 Business Excellence – Not for Profit Medal is CASS Care.
This award recognises the outstanding achievements of a not for profit who has promoted diversity and inclusion in their programming.
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The winner of the 2024 Stepan Kerkyasharian AO Community Harmony Medal is Loau Donina Va’a.
This award recognises an individual’s contribution and achievement in facilitating and promoting social cohesion, understanding and acceptance between members of different cultural or faith communities in NSW.
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The winner of the 2024 Regional Unity Medal is Aye Min Nain Kawkuhtoo.
This award recognises the contribution of an individual who has significantly benefited the economic, social and cultural wellbeing and unity of a regional community. For the purpose of this award ‘regional’, is defined as being outside the greater metropolitan area of Sydney.
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The Arts and Culture Medal in honour of Carla Zampatti winner is Lena Nahlous.
This award recognises the achievements of an individual who has promoted cultural understanding and artistic endeavours within or between communities of different cultural and/or linguistic backgrounds.
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The winner of the 2024 Youth Medal is Kupakwashe Matangira.
This award recognises a person under the age of 25 who has helped create, welcome and support inter-cultural connections and understanding between people from diverse backgrounds.
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The winner of the 2024 Lifetime Community Service Medal is Tony Pang OAM.
This award recognises an individual’s commitment to community service within a migrant community. The contribution will have had a significant and lasting impact on the social or cultural wellbeing of the community that spans more than 30 years.
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The winner of the 2024 Community Languages Teacher Medal is Gosia (Malgorzata) Vella.
This award recognises the achievements of an outstanding and innovative teacher who instils knowledge and a lifelong love of language and culture in students.
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The winner of the 2024 NSW Human Rights Medal is Rosanna Barbero.
This prestigious medal recognises an individual who has made a lasting and meaningful contribution to advancing human rights in NSW.
