Silver Sponsor

Joanne Pulis, Acting Emergency Response Service Manager accepting the award from Tony Craven.

Micro-Organisation-Private for Profit- Gold Award

Orica Emergency Response Unit (Victoria) : The Orica Emergency Response Service (ERS) operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, providing telephone advice and assistance to callers in emergency situations involving the products and/or facilities of subscribing client companies. Emergencies handled include, human and animal poisonings; leaks and spills; transport incidents; site incidents; security incidents; technical advice (eg product quality, safety, reactivity) and crisis management

Peter Meinig, Managing Director accepting the award from Tony Craven.

Small Organisation - Private for Profit- Gold Award

Paradigm Software Pty Ltd (Victoria): Paradigm Software is an Australian owned software research and development company based in Melbourne , Australia . The company has been in operation since 1991 and specialises in compliance software for standards relating to Quality, OHS and Environmental management systems.

We supply to small, medium and large organisations in both service and manufacturing industries within Australia and around the world. Over the past 15 years, our products have been implemented into more than 1,200 companies worldwide and scrutinised by about 4,000 third party auditors.

Our aim is to continue to deliver innovative leading edge software solutions that help our customers operate efficient cost effective management systems and maintain our reputation as a reliable, technically competent resource to all our customers.

Paradigm Software's passion for good business excellence has been achieved by implementing our own product (Paradigm II) to maintain our ISO9001 management system as well as achieving the National Gold Award Hall of Fame status.

Diane Bowman, National Quality Manager receives the award from Tony Craven, while John Demetre, Group General Manager looks on

Medium Organisations - Private for Profit- Gold Award

Equity Transport Group Pty Ltd (Victoria): Equity Transport Group Pty Ltd is a National of limousine organisation that is synonymous with reliability, convenience and superior quality. All Equity Transport Group clients receive the most professional, reliable and unsurpassed chauffeured limousine service available.

With the Equity Transport Group vision, "For the Highest Standard of Excellence" comes a purpose to provide an integrated service and chauffeured vehicle package, personalised to satisfy individual client needs by consistently enhancing each Company Member's commitment to knowledge, performance and client care through a quality culture.

Mark Blayney-Managing Director receives the award from Tony Craven

Medium Organisations - Private for Profit- Silver Award

Carr Civil Contracting Pty Ltd (Western Australia) was established in 2002 following the purchase of Colin Carr Earthmoving and Plant Hire, which has been operating in the Pilbara region since 1986. The company has continued to operate as a privately owned entity based in Karratha and has expanded their operations with depots in Onslow and Carnarvon.

Carr Civil Contracting focuses on the delivery of conventional and innovative earthmoving, concrete and bulk material haulage solutions. It is their aim to meet the needs and expectations of their customers with nil harm to people or the environment.

They have a reputation for safe effective production techniques and low-cost solutions servicing a diverse range of projects. Their client base extends from mining companies, federal and state government agencies, local authorities through to the private sector.

The company has developed specific expertise in the manufacture of road and heavy vehicle pavements, bulk earthworks, dams, levees, cartage of bulk materials, site remediation and with the introduction of a concrete division into the business can now offer a comprehensive civil and mining package to their clients.

Graem Kelly PSM, Chief Executive Officer walks off after receiving the award from Tony Craven.

Medium Organisations - Not for Profit- Gold Award

Robinvale District Health Services (Victoria): Robinvale District Health Services is a "Multipurpose Health Service" operating in country Victoria . It provides high quality health and welfare care to locals in emergency, acute, residential aged and a broad array of primary health services.

During 2006, RDHS began a program to upgrade its management systems to bring about full integration of all standards and guidelines; this will untimely eliminate waste and duplication of effort, and bring about increased customer satisfaction. Implementation is well under way. Integrated management systems switches the focus from quality practiced within the various departments to the very organisation itself. The integrated management system is a management strategy to get the organisation working to its maximum effectiveness and efficiency.

Steve Cappadona, Quality Management Coordinator, admires the plaque while Tony Craven looks on.

Large Organisations - Not for Profit- Gold Award

Royal Automobile Club of Queensland Limited (RACQ) (Queensland): The Royal Automobile Club of Queensland (RACQ) is a mutual association that has actively supported motorists for more than 100 years.

As Queensland 's peak motoring body with 1.1 million members, RACQ provides expert advice, information and assistance relating to a wide range of motoring and touring matters. An average of 800 roadside assistance calls are received every hour statewide and close to 85% of these are attended to within 40 minutes. Other motoring assistance includes personal loans and vehicle inspections for car buyers, plus technical and legal advice and insurance cover through RACQ Insurance.

For travelers RACQ provides theme park and attraction ticketing with discounts for members, maps and touring information including an online trip planner and an accommodation booking service. Particular assistance and support is provided to young drivers through the Club's innovative Learn2go and free2go programs. RACQ is also an active and vocal advocate for safer drivers, vehicles and roads with its advocacy role spanning all aspects of road safety, road funding, traffic congestion and environmental issues relating to mobility.

David Finch, Director, Project Delivery receiving the plaque from Tony Craven

Large Organisations - Private for Profit

Maunsell Australia Pty Ltd (Queensland): Maunsell was a very proud recipient this year of the National Gold Award for the second year in a row in the category for "Large for profit Organisations".

Maunsell operates across Australia , New Zealand and Asia , using a single system for project management and an intranet-based Project Delivery Framework, now adopted globally throughout parent company AECOM.

Chief Executive Officer, Richard Jackson said "Importantly, this award also reflects the active role taken by our staff and leadership teams in consistently reviewing and refining current processes to ensure our approach is both innovative and world's best practice.

In 2006, we were the first engineering consulting firm to win the Gold Awards, making these wins not only another significant achievement for our business but also another first for the Australian Organisation for Quality who administer the awards."

Speaking at the awards dinner in Melbourne on Wednesday night, Technology and Risk Director David Finch said the key to Maunsell's continued success was staff engagement.

"By managing our operations through a dedicated Project Delivery Framework, we ensure teams are providing a consistently high level of client service across all professional disciplines and project operations," he said.

Bruce Tually, General Manager, receiving the plaque from Tony Craven

Large Organisations-Not for Profit

Hunter Area Pathology Services (New South Wales): Hunter Area Pathology Service (HAPS) is a clinical and diagnostic business unit of the Hunter New England Health Service. It provides consultation, education, research and referral services to both public and private sector hospitals and community practices. It is attached to a tertiary teaching hospital and provides post and undergraduate teaching to medical doctors. It also competes in the open market for privately referred revenue, providing a variety of products and services to both medical and industrial sectors, with the purpose of reducing pathology costs to the Health Service and improving opportunities for organisational development.

HAPS is an innovative and entrepreneurial organisation and has developed and implemented products to improve patient safety and service delivery, including software eg electronically based Quality Management Systems, which support clinical outcomes and business operations. It has developed strong relationships with suppliers to ensure access to latest technology, which has resulted in competitive advantage and improved clinical outcomes.

It has a strong focus on improving the processes that underpin the strategic clinical and business goals of the organisation. This has resulted in improved delivery of services that aid clinical decision making, improved privately referred revenue streams that support re-investment into new technology and business development. In turn, this has also improved productivity and the professional development of staff.

Graem Kelly PSM, Chief Executive Officer, receiving the plaque from Tony Craven

Robinvale District Health Service (Victoria): Robinvale District Health Services is a "Multipurpose Health Service" operating in country Victoria . It provides high quality health and welfare care to locals in emergency, acute, residential aged and a broad array of primary health services.

During 2006, RDHS began a program to upgrade its management systems to bring about full integration of all standards and guidelines; this will untimely eliminate waste and duplication of effort, and bring about increased customer satisfaction. Implementation is well under way. Integrated management systems switches the focus from quality practiced within the various departments to the very organisation itself. The integrated management system is a management strategy to get the organisation working to its maximum effectiveness and efficiency.

Orica Emergency Response Unit.

Joanne Pulis, Acting Emergency Response Service Manager accepting the award from Tony Craven.

Paradigm Software Pty Ltd.

Peter Meinig, Managing Director received the award from Tony Craven.

Royal Automobile Club of Queensland RACQ

Steve Cappadona, Quality Management Coordinator, receives the plaque from Tony Craven.