Six of the Best

Aurora Energy, the Government owned energy retailer and distributor, has once again won a national award in the Australasian Reporting Awards.
Minister for Energy, David Llewellyn, said the award to Aurora of the Gold standard in 2006 followed an assessment of reports from more than three hundred leading public and private organisations from Australia and New Zealand.
“This is the sixth year in succession Aurora has been judged at the top level in this category.
“This builds upon the company’s success in 2005, when Aurora won the top honour for Report of the Year – ahead of major corporations such as BHP Billiton, Westpac and Telstra.
“No other Tasmanian organisation, public or private, has achieved this level in the more than 50 years these Awards have been conducted.
“This award is further evidence of what most Tasmanians already know, and that is that Aurora Energy like our other Government Business Enterprises are professionally run organisations.
“Aurora has made a practice of rigorously benchmarking its performance against national and international best practice, in a range of areas of business activity.”
Mr Llewellyn said despite the fact GBEs such as Aurora are well run and providing benefits to Tasmanians, the Liberal and Green Oppositions continue to talk them down.
“I call on all members of Parliament to put petty politics aside and congratulate Aurora on its success.”