South Burnett Regional Council Announces 2025 Australia Day Award Recipients

South Burnett Regional Council announced its 2025 Australia Day Award recipients at the region’s official awards ceremony in Blackbutt on Saturday 25 January 2025.

Congratulations to the following 2025 Australia Day Award recipients:

 

2025 Australia Day Ambassador

Dr Tim Baker

Dr Tim Baker is a distinguished leadership development expert, organisational development consultant, and author of 19 books. His commitment to practical and human-centered solutions has sparked a new era of thought in the industry.

Tim’s expertise has been shared in over 2,800 seminars, workshops and keynote addresses, reaching over 50,000 individuals in 13 countries across 21 industry groups.

His academic credentials include a PhD in organisation development, and behavioural science and education degrees. Tim’s thesis was awarded the prestigious Emerald/EFMD Outstanding Doctoral Award in 2007, earning him a High Commendation.

His clients include Boeing, Singapore Airlines, Unilever, SAP, Lenovo, IBM, and MASTECH Asia Pacific. Tim has worked with varied clients, from the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra to Al Safi Foods in Saudi Arabia.

Ambassadors become guests of honour and participate in activities as diverse as the communities they visit. The Program is one of the longest running and most successful national Australia Day programs sending high achieving Australians to over 300 community celebrations nationwide every Australia Day. Ambassadors are past recipients of the Australian of the Year Awards, sportspeople, scientists, businesspeople, actors, and community workers who contributed greatly to the community.

Dr Tim Baker is proud to be an Australia Day Ambassador and looks forward to joining the celebrations in the South Burnett.

Previous South Burnett Australia Day Award Winners

Want to step back in time? Access previous South Burnett Australia Day Award Winners below:

• 2024 South Burnett Australia Day Award Winners
• 2023 South Burnett Australia Day Award Winners
• 2022 South Burnett Australia Day Award Winners
• 2021 South Burnett Australia Day Award Winners
• 2020 South Burnett Australia Day Award Winners
• 2019 South Burnett Australia Day Award Winners
• 2018 South Burnett Australia Day Award Winners (PDF)
• 2017 South Burnett Australia day Award Winners (PDF)
• 2016 South Burnett Australia Day Award Winners (PDF)
• 2015 South Burnett Australia Day Award Winners (PDF)
• 2014 South Burnett Australia Day Award Winners (PDF)
• 2013 South Burnett Australia Day Award Winners (PDF)
• 2012 South Burnett Australia Day Award Winners (PDF)
• 2011 South Burnett Australia Day Award Winners (PDF)
• 2010 South Burnett Australia Day Award Winners (PDF)
• 2009 South Burnett Australia Day Award Winners (PDF)