The Australian Peace Prize was an annual award presented from 2006 to 2009 to an Australian citizen or resident, or to a group based in Australia, for outstanding contributions towards peace. It was awarded by the

Peace Organisation of Australia The Peace Organisation of Australia was a non-profit and non-religious organisation based in Melbourne, Australia which was active from 2005 to 2009. Its stated objective was the promotion of world peace through education. The organisation was est ...

.Australian Peace Prize
The first prize was awarded in 2006 to Dr

Helen Caldicott Helen Mary Caldicott (born 7 August 1938) is an Australian physician, author, and anti-nuclear advocate. She founded several associations dedicated to opposing the use of nuclear power, depleted uranium munitions, nuclear weapons, nuclear w ...

. The most recent prize was awarded in 2009.

Prize winners

* 2006: Dr.

, paediatrician and anti-nuclear campaigner, "for her longstanding commitment to raising awareness about the medical and environmental hazards of the nuclear age". * 2007:

Julian Burnside Julian William Kennedy Burnside (born 9 June 1949) is an Australian barrister, human rights and refugee advocate, and author. He practises principally in commercial litigation, trade practices and administrative law. He is best known for his st ...

QC, Melbourne barrister, "for his staunch opposition to mandatory detention and the Pacific Solution, and for doing all in his power to assist refugees fleeing war and persecution in their homelands". * 2008: Rev.

Tim Costello Timothy Ewen Costello (born 4 March 1955) is an Australian Baptist minister who was the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Advocate of World Vision Australia. Costello worked as a lawyer and served as mayor of St Kilda. He has authored a num ...

, chief executive of

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in Australia, "for his commitment to peace and social justice, in particular for his work on poverty alleviation and gun control". * 2009: Senator

Bob Brown Robert James Brown (born 27 December 1944) is an Australian former politician, medical doctor and environmentalist. He was a Australian Senate, senator and the parliamentary leader of the Australian Greens. Brown was elected to the Australian ...

, Federal Parliamentary Leader of the

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, "in recognition of his longstanding commitment to peace, non-violence and global justice."

References

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Prize winners

See also

References