Australia’s 2023 Tidy Towns Sustainability Award Winners demonstrate regional Australia’s commitment to sustainability.

Keep Australia Beautiful has announced the winners of the 2023 Australian Tidy Towns Sustainability Awards.
The Western Australian finalist, Gascoyne Junction was announced as the overall winner of the 2023 Australian Tidy Towns Sustainability Awards, at an event hosted by the 2022 winner King Island, Tasmania on Friday 19 May 2023.

Running nationally since 1990, the Australian Sustainable Communities – Tidy Towns Awards have evolved to encompass projects and initiatives with a focus on environmentalsustainability and resource management to reflect a growing awareness of the importance of community-led environmental action. The Tidy Towns name has always been synonymous with community pride, cohesion and above all, community action. The awards reach beyond tourism to encourage, motivate and celebrate the sustainability achievements of grassroots rural and regional communities across Australia.

The finalist for Victoria, Euroa was awarded winner of the Resource Recovery and Waste Management, Environmental Sustainability – Energy and Environmental Sustainability Natural Environment Management categories, and joint winner with Gascoyne Junction, WA in the Environmental Communication and Engagement category.

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  The Australian Tidy Towns Sustainability Awards judging panel commended Euroa on its range of sustainability initiatives and community collaboration.
  “Recycling and waste avoidance education community events have built a community of confident recyclers ready to share their knowledge.
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  “Euroa’s microgrid initiative has succeeded because the proposal was localised to Euroand managed for local community benefit. It demonstrates how climate action has been well embraced by the Euroa community.”
  Val Southam, Chief Executive, Keep Australia Beautiful commended all the finalists in this year’s Awards.
  
  “We are fortunate to be associated with some of the most dedicated and enthusiastic people
  in the world through the Australian Tidy Towns Sustainability Awards competition, which is
  largely run by volunteers.
   
  “It is clear from the quality of projects entered in the National Awards Program that
  communities are passionate, committed, driven, and dedicated to making their communities
  special in every way.
   
  “This is the true Tidy Towns spirit.”