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Winners
Human Rights Medal
The prestigious 2010 Human Rights Medal has been awarded to Thérèse Rein for her longstanding work along side people with a disability.
Young Human Rights Medal Award
The young peoples Human Rights Medal won by 25 year old Jack Manning Bancroft for his work with young indigenous Australians.
Law Award (sponsored by The Law Council of Australia)
Northern Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency: Since early 2006, NAAJA has been providing high quality, culturally appropriate legal aid services to Aboriginal people in the Top End of the Northern Territory.
Community (Organisation) Award
GetUp!: A national independent, grassroots community advocacy organisation that gives everyday Australians opportunities to get involved in holding politicians to account on important issues has won the Community (Organisation) Award.
A Highly Commended certificate was also awarded in this category to the Immigrant Women’s Support Service. This Brisbane based community organisation provides free, confidential support and assistance to women and their children from non-English speaking backgrounds who have experienced domestic and/or sexual violence.
Community (Individual) Award (sponsored by iHR Australia)
Nina Funnell: In 2007, Nina Funnell was violently attacked and indecently sexually assaulted while returning to her Sydney home. Since then, Ms Funnell, from Huntleys Point, has become a public advocate in Australia and abroad.
Print Media Award (sponsored by Vibe Australia)
The Grass is Always Greener... by Chris
Graham, National Indigenous Times
(18 March 2010): This
article focuses on the Ampilatwatja people of Central Australia and
the
impact on them of the Northern Territory intervention.
A Highly Commended certificate was also awarded in this category to Victorian based Stephen Lunn, from The Australian newspaper for his National Disability Insurance Scheme series.
Literature (non-fiction) Award (sponsored by The Co-op Bookshop)
“It’s Still in My Heart, This is My Country” by John Host with Chris Owen from Crawley in WA: Written as expert evidence in the Western Australian native title case known as the Single Noongar Claim, this book exposes the survival of the Noongar people and their traditions, laws and customs. Published by UWA Publishing.
A Highly Commended certificate was also awarded in this category to Sandy Jeffs from Christmas Hills in Victoria for Flying with Paper Wings: Reflections on Living with Madness. This autobiography offers privileged insights into schizophrenia, as well as disturbing reflections on its causes and its care.
Radio Award
The Too Hard Basket: ABC Radio National’s ‘360 documentaries’ (12 December 2009). Explores the often taboo subject of disability and sexuality through the eyes of John Blades, who has Multiple Sclerosis.
A Highly Commended certificate was also awarded in the Radio category to Sydney-based Lorena Allan and Mark Don for No Ordinary Piece of Bush – The High Price of Coronation Hill, broadcast on ABC Radio National’s ‘Hindsight’ (4 April 2010): This program explored the battle over mining at Coronation Hill in the Northern Territory in the 1980s.
Television Award (sponsored by Avant Card)
Football United: Passport to Hope – North One Television Australia for Foxtel’s Bio Channel (Screened 23 & 30 September 2010): Dan Goldberg, Adam Kay, Thierry Bled, Scott Barnett and Lucas Sudbury. This program tells the story of Anne Bunde-Birouste’s passionate work to form a team of young Australian refugee kids from countries such as Zimbabwe, Iraq, Afghanistan, El Salvador, Jordan and Sudan to represent Australia at the World Cup in South Africa.
