QUEENSLAND AWARDS

PLACE – NAME

TITLE

MEDIUM

Daily Newspapers

1st – John Andersen

Ageing Gracefully

Townsville Bulletin

2nd – Madonna King

The Politics of looking after the Elderly - 4 Columns

The Courier-Mail

3rd – Melanie Christiansen

Don’t Make us wait

The Courier-Mail

Regional & biweekly Newspapers

1st – Toni McRae

Celebrating the Getting of Wisdom - 3 part series

HerveyBay Observer

2nd – David Hooper

Prime Time and Scoop Story

Townsville Bulletin

Television

1st – Amelia Charlton

Grey Medallion

Network 10

2nd – Chris Allen

Grandparent Carers

9 Network

3rd – Megan Pailthorpe

Cane Cutters

ABC TV

Radio

1st – Madonna King

The Value of our Elderly

ABC 612 – The Morning Show

2nd – Greg Carey

Fear, Faith & Alzheimers

4BC

3d

Ian Maurice

Senior Superstar

4BC

Print Photos

1st

Andrew Seymour

Surf Dancer 5

The Noosa Journal/Weekender Magazine

2nd

Evan Morgan

Beach bums

Townsville Bulletin

3d

Birgit Kehr

Kenilworth through the generations

SunshineCoast Seniors

Senior special newsletter articles

1st – APSL – The Comet

Helping everyday people….everyday

The Comet

2nd – Burnie Brae News

Burnie Brae launches project pantry

Burnie Brae News

3d – Casey McNeil

ChancellorPark mermaids have recipe for good health

Prime Trust release

Highly Commended

Robert Lesca

Round-a-bout Magazine

Intergenerational

1st – Birgit Kehr

Little town with a big heart

SunshineCoast Seniors

2nd – Tracey Bange

Special Connections

Buderim Chronicle

3rd – Scott Radford-Chisolm

Black Hawk Down

Townsville Bulletin

NATIONAL AWARDS

Metro articles

1st – Madonna King

The Politics of looking after the Elderly – 4 Columns

The Courier-Mail

2nd – Louise Hall & Sarah Price

Centenarians are our fastest growing age group

The Sun Herald

3nd – Belle Taylor

Secrets of the Centenarians

West Weekend Magazine

Regional & Suburban

1st – John Andersen

Ageing Gracefully

Townsville Bulletin

2nd – Lauren Mitchell

Men in Sheds

Bendigo Life

3nd – Christian Knight

Aussie, Aussie, Aussie – Profile of Warren Sheather

My Life – New England

National magazines

Equal 1st – Vanessa Warrington

Your Life Series – The age I am

Notebook Magazine

Equal 1st – Murray Johnson

Bringing them home at last

Your Life

3rd – Melissa Marino

Age brings new romance with byte

Swinburne Magazine

TELEVISION

TV News

1st – Amelia Charlton

Grey Medallion

10 Network

2nd – Nicholas Way

Masters Swimming

10 Network

3nd – Gabrielle Boyle

Ageing Research, Cochlear Implants, Brain Research

10 Network

TV > 10 mins

1st – Andrew Denton

Series of 6 programs titled Elders

ABC TV

2nd – Ian Henscke

Let’s Cook

ABC TV

3nd – Kerry Staight

School of the Air

ABC TV

TV < 10 mins

1st – Chris Allen

Grandparent Carers

9 Network

2nd – Damian Murphy

A Fair Go for Pensioners

9 Network

3nd – Andrea Nicolas

Old Folks Wii

Channel 7

Photography – metropolitan

Commended – Chris Kidd

Paper People

Sunday Tasmanian – Sunday Extra

Commended – Chris Kidd

Vlastik Skavril

Sunday Tasmanian – Sunday Extra

Photography – regional & suburban

1st – Jane Ollerenshaw

En Guarde

Leader Community Newspapers – Waverley

2nd – Carmelo Bazzano

Volunteer

Leader Community Newspapers (Free Press)

3nd – Dominique Menegaldo

Margaret is Right on Target

Easter Reporter

Radio

1st

Madonna King

The Value of our Elderly

612 ABC Brisbane

2nd

Stefan Armbuster

Stolen Wages

SBS Radio

3nd

Marcia De Los Santos

Who will look after me?

ABC Radio National

ADVERTISING

Senior Special Newspaper Articles

1st

Anita Harvey

David Bussau: Our man of the millions

The Senior – NSW/ACT

2nd

Anita Harvey

Bombs, bullets, but Gaza life goes on

The Senior

3nd

Merilyn Vale

All for the love of his mum

The Senior – Victoria

Intergenerational

Radio

Aaron Kearney

Youth 'n' Experience

ABC Radio Newcastle

Print

Angela Rossmanith

I wish I could show her my baby

Sydney’s Child Magazine

Photo

Birgit Kehr

Little town with a big heart

SunshineCoast Seniors

OPSO EXCELLENCE AWARD

Winner – Madonna King

Print – The politics of looking after our elderly                Radio – The value of our elderly

Print - The Courier-Mail;   Radio – 612 ABC Morning show

PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARDS

Photo

Patricia McIntyre

TinyTown with a Big Heart – photo by Birgit Kehr

SunshineCoast Seniors

Radio or TV

Dr Anne Ring

Enough Rope with Andrew Denton
        – episode 184 Margaret Fulton

ABC1

Advertising
Joint winners

Dr Anne Ring

Salmat Promotion

The (Sydney) Magazine, SMH monthly insert

Timothy  Nolan

Sunshine Coast (Sunshine Coast Holidays)

Saturday Age

Print

Timothy Nolan

Staging a Divine Drama article by Gary Tippet

Sunday Age