10 December 2007
HREOC 2007 Human Rights Medal and Awards
The following winners and highly commended awards were presented at the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission’s 2007 HUMAN RIGHTS MEDAL AND AWARDS ceremony in Sydney today.
HUMAN RIGHTS MEDAL
Winner: Mr Jeremy Jones AM
Highly Commended: Mr Mark Bin Bakar
COMMUNITY AWARD (INDIVIDUAL)
Winner: Dr Jamal Rifi
Highly Commended: Ms Pat Rix
COMMUNITY AWARD (ORGANISATION)
Winner: Northern Land Council
Highly Commended: The House of Welcome
RADIO AWARD
Winner: Positive Teens produced by Julie Kimberley – ABC Radio National, Life Matters
Highly Commended: A Light at the Door produced by David Busch – ABC Radio National, Encounter
PRINT MEDIA AWARD
Winner: Dead Men Working (series) by Matthew Moore and Malcolm Knox, Sydney Morning Herald
Highly Commended: The Face of Islam (series), Peter Kerr (Commissioning Editor), Sydney Morning Herald
Highly Commended: Voices from the Heart of the Nation (series), Warlpiri Association in partnership with Reconciliation Australia and News Limited, published in The Australian
TELEVISION AWARD
Winner: The Circuit, produced by Ross Hutchens and Colin South, Media World Pictures, screened on SBS Television
Highly Commended: Torture (two part series) produced by Morag Ramsay and Sally Neighbour, screened on Four Corners, ABC TV
Highly Commended: Liyarn Ngarn, produced by Patrick Dodson, Lingiari Foundation, screened at the Bunjilaka Museum, Melbourne
ARTS NON-FICTION AWARD
Winner: Alone on the Soaks – The Life and Times of Alec Kruger, by Alec Kruger and Gerard Waterford
Highly Commended: Journeys with the Black Dog, edited by Tessa Wigney, Kerrie Eyers and Gordon Parker
LAW AWARD
Winner: Redfern Legal Centre
For further information see http://www.humanrights.gov.au/about/hr_awards/
Media contact: Brinsley Marlay (02) 9284 9656 or 0430 366 529
