Walgett Youth Week program wins state award

Walgett Council was awarded Best Small Council with Most Outstanding Youth Week Program at the 2025 Local Government Youth Week Awards. Highlight at the event was a performance by JITA,  a 60 member Korean outh team from Sydney. Photo contributed

Walgett Shire Council has taken out the title of Best Small Council with the Most Outstanding Youth Week Program at the 2025 Local Government Youth Week Awards, held on 7 August.

It’s the second year in a row the council has received state-level recognition, having won Best Local Youth Week Program in 2024.

The award acknowledges the council’s efforts to celebrate and empower young people through an inclusive, youth-led, and culturally rich program that drew more than 2,500 participants across Walgett, Collarenebri, and Lightning Ridge.

This year’s theme - celebrating every young person’s unique strengths and recognising their power as future leaders and decision-makers - was brought to life through a program co-designed by local youth with support from schools, Elders, volunteers, service providers and Council’s Youth Week Committee. […]

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