Previous winners
The Premier’s Awards for Excellence in Public Service Delivery winners and highly commended for each category are listed below.
2011
Strong
Winner: Knowledge
Based Research and Business Project
- Science Partnership and Awareness Team
Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation - Environment and Resource Sciences
Department of Environment and Resource Management - Project Services – Health, Law and Order Portfolio
Department of Public Works
Highly commended
Land Access Policy Framework
- Mining and Petroleum Industry Policy Division
Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation
Green
Winner
Digital Diagnostics
- Crop Protection Systems
Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation
Highly Commended
Implementation of the Delbessie Agreement – Engaging and Serving Communities
- Rural Leasehold Land Officer Assessment Teams
Department of Environment and Resource Management
Smart
Winner
Learning – Pathway to Potential
- Serco Borallon Correctional Centre Education Team
Department of Community Safety
Healthy
Winner
Electronic Patient Journey Boards
- Patient Flow, Access Improvement Services
Queensland Health
Highly Commended
End-of-Life Care Project
- Clinical Policy Team, Access Improvement Services, Centre for Health Care
Improvement
Queensland Health
Fair
Winner
Delivery of the Nation Building Jobs Plan – Social Housing Initiative
- Nation Building Jobs Plan – Social Housing Initiative Project Team
Department of Communities and Department of Public Works
Policelink Project
- Policelink Branch
Queensland Police Service
Highly Commended
Mornington Island Restorative Justice (MIRJ) Project
- Dispute Resolution Branch
Department of Justice and Attorney-General
Disaster Management
Winner
Queensland Floods and Cyclone Yasi crisis response
- Department of Community Safety
- Queensland Police Service
Operation Juliet Drew
- Toowoomba District Search and Recovery Operation in response to January 2011 floods
Queensland Police Service
Joint Winners
The following teams were awarded for their role in the evacuation of the Cairns hospitals during Cyclone Yasi.
Evacuation of Cairns hospitals during Cyclone Yasi
- Queensland Ambulance Service
Department of Community Safety
Queensland Emergency Medical System Coordination Centre (QCC)
- Retrieval Services Queensland, Division of the Chief Health Officer
Queensland Health - Queensland Ambulance Service
Department of Community Safety
The Cairns and Hinterland Health Service District’s preparation and response to severe Tropical
- Cyclone Yasi – including the evacuation of Cairns Base Hospital
Cairns and Hinterland Health Service District
Queensland Health
Highly Commended
Social Media for Emergency and Disaster Management
- Media and Public Affairs Branch
Queensland Police Service
Overall Premier’s Awards for Excellence
Queensland Floods and Cyclone Yasi crisis response
- Department of Community Safety
- Queensland Police Service
2010
Strong
Winner
Public Safety Network Project
- Queensland Police Service
- Department of Community Safety
- Department of Justice and Attorney-General
Green
Winner
A Second Colony: a second chance for the northern hairy-nosed wombat
- Threatened Species Branch
Department of Environment and Resource Management
Highly Commended
The Public Place Recycling Program
- Public Place Recycling Team
Department of Environment and Resource Management
Smart
Winner
Queensland Academies
- Queensland Academies Team
Department of Education and Training
Highly Commended
Western Corridor Education and Training Program
- Western Corridor Project Team
Department of Transport and Main Roads
Healthy
Winner
Queensland Health Surgical Services Program
- Access Improvement Service
Queensland Health
Highly Commended
Orthopaedic Podiatry Triage Clinic
- Orthopaedic Podiatry Triage Clinic Team
Queensland Health
Fair
Winner
Participate in Prosperity
- Employment and Indigenous Initiatives Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation
Highly Commended
Skirmishing the Youth
- Charleville Police Station
Queensland Police Service
Overall Premier’s Awards for Excellence
Fitzgibbon Chase
- Projects Team
Urban Land Development Authority
