APMAB Awards

The Australasian Police Multicultural Advisory Bureau Awards are proudly sponsored by Adult Multicultural Education Services.

• Winners of the 2005 APMAB Awards
• Winners of the 2004 APMAB Awards
• Winners of the 2003 APMAB Awards

APMAB Awards Nomination form and brochure

For electronic submission please download either the word or rtf versions, complete and return via email. See below for closing dates.

• Microsoft Word version (71kB)
• Rich Text Format version (469kB)
• PDF version (suitable for printing only)(302kB)

What are the Australasian Police Multicultural Advisory Bureau Awards?

The Awards have been set up to recognise police members, both sworn and non-sworn, who have contributed significantly to the development and advancement of partnerships between police and Australia's culturally diverse communities. The Awards aim to demonstrate, by example, the tangible benefits and positive outcomes of establishing harmonious relations between police and the multicultural community.

The Awards will provide those selected with national recognition for their role in establishing and enhancing harmonious relations between police and culturally diverse communities in their own State/Territory.

If you know of any police member, sworn or non-sworn (either an individual or team), who has contributed significantly to the advancement of positive relations between police and culturally diverse communities, please let us know by nominating them for an award.

A formal presentation will be held in each State/Territory and the successful individual/team will be presented with an award.

Who can nominate?

Nominations for an award are encouraged to be submitted by both police and community members. The Bureau strongly encourages nominations be accompanied by letters of support from peers and community members which acknowledge the contribution the individual/team has made to furthering harmonious community/police relations in a multicultural Australia.

Who can be nominated?

Individual police members, both sworn and non-sworn, or a team of police personnel can be nominated.

What is the judging panel looking for?

Successful nominees should be able to demonstrate achievement in one or more of the following hallmarks of excellence:

• Innovation: pro-active and imaginative strategies that increase understanding, communication and trust between police and diverse communities.
• Leadership: motivate and encourage fellow police members to increase their understanding and awareness of issues encountered by culturally diverse communities.
• Enterprise: new ways of establishing positive relations between police and culturally diverse communities.
• Foresight: implement pro-active strategies to avert or reduce potentially difficult situations or strategies that have the potential to prevent or reduce crime.
• Sustainability: establish elements within a project or activity which will ensure that the project or activity takes on a life of its own after the initial input of resources and effort.
• Learning: readiness to improve continually to meet the changing needs of culturally diverse communities.

How to nominate

Complete the nomination form including information addressing the criteria and email to info@apmab.gov.au; or mail to:

Australasian Police Multicultural Advisory Bureau
PO Box 415
Melbourne VIC 3005
Telephone (03) 9603 8341

APMAB Awards Nomination form and brochure:

• Microsoft Word version (71kB)
• Rich Text Format version (469kB)
• PDF version (suitable for printing only)(302kB)

For electronic submission please download either the word or rtf versions, complete and return via email.

What are the selection criteria?

• What significant contribution has the individual/team made to the development of innovative programs, projects, or events to improve understanding and trust between police and diverse communities?
• How has the individual/team implemented innovative strategies to increase police understanding of diverse communities?
• What contribution has the individual/team made to the development of strategies which help reduce or prevent crime?

Responses to each question must be no longer than 250 words. Please ensure that any supporting documentation is attached to the nomination form, i.e. testimonies from peers or community members.

What is the closing date?

Please contact the Australian Police Multicultural Advisory Bureau for the closing date.

03 9603 8341 or

email info@apmab.gov.au