Milestone moments

I saw the excitement in your faces, and it reminded me of all the late nights and tireless efforts that brought us to this moment. And how everyone in our group, over so many years, played their vital role in making the group what it is today.

Our awards nights started in the 1980s when our network started to grow throughout Queensland. The original format was very similar to what it is today. A special night - black tie - with a range of awards and some speeches. We learned early on to keep the speeches to a minimum, as awards nights are essentially to celebrate our members rather than for corporate speak. My father, Alan, loved the awards night so much, though his jokes would sometimes cause us a few problems!

As we expanded interstate and into New Zealand, the groups that joined us didn’t do awards nights like we did. How fantastic it was then to introduce our awards nights to them, and to celebrate their success. It showed these new members that we wanted to not only recognise and celebrate their success, but we also wanted to challenge them to be at their best with us. “More than just a brand” is something we have always strived to be, and our awards nights are a key part of being just that.

One of the biggest changes to our awards nights happened in the 2000s when award winners would bring their whole teams with them on stage. Our stages needed to get bigger as a result!

It is so appropriate that in this edition of The White Report we detail all the award winners who were celebrated at our events. There are so many categories now - and how great it is that all aspects of what we strive for are recognised on the night. Whether that be in sales, property management or administration, and also recognising the volume of activity as well the quality of our work in our customer satisfaction awards. Again, to all of our award winners, I extend my sincere congratulations.

Some of the results now being achieved are simply breathtaking. Whether that be sales agent's volumes, business sales' volumes or growth in property management businesses - our members are now doing things that we did not think would ever happen. Can you imagine what Ray and Alan would think of some of these performances?

Thank you for being part of an incredible journey. Here’s to many more successes together in the future!