Wagga veteran recognised after Indigenous army program achieves 100 per cent success

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• Wagga Wagga business development manager Tony O’Halloran has been named Outstanding Employee at the 2026 Riverina Murray Business Awards. He runs an Indigenous development program for First Nations applicants hoping to join the Australian Army.
• He said his most recent session had a 100 per cent success rate, with all participants graduating with a certificate and vocational qualification and all but two going on to the Army. Halocell Energy, also based in Wagga Wagga, won Business of the Year.
• The winners will now compete at the NSW Business Awards in Sydney on 30 October.