TravelSmart National Workplace Challenge
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TravelSmart National Workplace Challenge winners for 2008
Trek Bicycle Australia generously provided great prizes for the 2008 TravelSmart Workplace Challenge brought to you by TravelSmart Australia, TravelSmart Victoria and TravelSmart SA. Registered workplaces in every state and territory have been recognised for outstanding participation and all will receive a commemorative certificate. The following workplaces received Trek prizes for their contribution.
Organisations with the largest number of registered participants Australia-wide for 2008
First: Telstra
Second: CSIRO
Third: National Australia Bank
Largest % of staff riding to work on National Ride to Work Day 2008 on worksites with:
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Less than 25 employees
ACT - Legal Office ANU, ANU, and CANFaCS Inc., Mitchell; NSW - Grafton City Cycles, Grafton; NT - NT Working Women's Centre, Darwin; Qld - wisdom2wealth, Toowong; SA - SA Unions, Wayville; Tas - Department of Transport and Regional Services; Vic - Australian Red Cross Blood Service, Warrnambool; WA - Job Futures Ltd., Melville.
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25-99 employees
ACT - Bovis Lend Leaase, Canberra City; NSW - Cowra Council, Cowra; NT - CSIRO, Winnellie; Qld - Landscape Architecture Consultancy, Palm Beach; SA - Streaky Bay Area School, Streaky Bay; Tas - Gandy and Roberts, Hobart; Vic - Connolly Environmental, West Melbourne; WA - Coffey Projects, Subiaco.
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100-249 employees
ACT - Department of Climate Change, Barton; NSW - Port Macquarie-Hastings Council, Port Macquarie; NT - Menzies School of Health and Research, Casuarina; Qld - Telstra, Brisbane; SA - Environmental Protection Authority, Adelaide; Tas - Forestry Tasmania, Hobart; Vic - City of Greater Geelong, Geelong; WA - LandCorp, Perth.
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250+ employees
ACT - Department of Finance and Deregulation, Parkes; NSW - CISRA, North Ryde; NT - no registered workplaces eligible for this category; Qld - CQ University, Rockhampton; SA - Department of Environment and Heritage, Keswick; Tas - CSIRO, Battery Point; Vic - Lonely Planet Publications, Footscray; WA - Department of Health - Western Australia, East Perth.
Each catergory winner will receive a prize hamper from Trek Bicycles Australia containing three Nike bike jerseys.
Best Workplace Photos 2008
Australian Capital Territory - Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, Canberra
New South Wales - Julie Leask, the Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead
Queensland - Matt Davis, QDPI, Toowoomba
South Australia - Arden Herr, Streaky Bay Area School, Streaky Bay
Victoria - Telstra - 90 Collins Street, Melbourne
Western Australia - Stuart Crombie, Forest Products Commission, Rivervale
*NT and Tas not represented in this category as there were no entries that complied with the published conditions
Best Workplace Stories
New South Wales - Julie Leask, the Children's Hospital at Westmead of Westmead
Northern Territory - Ruby Lindberg, Northern Territory Department of Health and Families of Tiwi
Queensland - Matt Davis, QDPI of Toowoomba
South Australia - Chris Peake, WorkCover SA of Adelaide
Western Australia - Roland Parrotte, LandCorp of Perth
*ACT, Tas and Vic are not represented in this category.
The TravelSmart Workplace Challenge is proudly bought to you by TravelSmart Australia, TravelSmart Victoria, the Government of South Australia and Queensland Transport.
