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Epesio “Eps” Hankin receives the Runner-Up Award for May 2025 from the Mulgoa Road Upgrade Alliance, representing Southern Cross Traffic.

Another Award for Eps – and Another Reminder Why Southern Cross Traffic Sets the Standard 🦺🏆

We’re incredibly proud to share that Epesio “Eps” Hankin, a standout member of our traffic management team and a proud Torres Strait Islander, has once again been recognised for his outstanding contribution to site safety and professionalism.

Eps has been named Runner-Up in the May 2025 Reward and Recognition Awards by the Mulgoa Road Upgrade Alliance – a collaborative delivery between Transport for NSW, Seymour Whyte, and Turnbull Engineering.

This isn’t Eps’ first time on the winner’s list… and we doubt it’ll be his last. On-site, he’s known not just for his calm leadership and precision under pressure, but also for quietly outshining just about everyone (including some of our site supervisors!). Jokes aside, his work ethic, cultural leadership, and commitment to safety are second to none.

Epesio “Eps” Hankin, a Torres Strait Islander traffic controller, stands alongside Bianca Smith, Stephanie Hebden, and Timothy Ferrier at the Mulgoa Road Upgrade project site. — Pictured left to right: Bianca Smith, Stephanie Hebden, Epesio “Eps” Hankin, and Timothy Ferrier – celebrating another award for Eps on the Mulgoa Road Upgrade Alliance project.

At Southern Cross Group Services, our Traffic Division supports major civil projects across NSW and Victoria. We work shoulder to shoulder with principal contractors to deliver:

Fully qualified, RMS-accredited traffic controllers
Integrated planning and real-time responsiveness
Site-ready documentation and safety compliance
A client-focused, tech-enabled delivery model tailored for Tier 1 and Tier 2 projects

If you’re seeking a traffic management partner who doesn’t just show up – but stands out – our team is ready.

📩 Let’s talk about your upcoming projects: info@scgroup.global | 1300 557 434

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SCG wins WSABE Cooee Employer of Choice Award 2017

Southern Cross Group is now the proud winner of WSABE’s (Western Sydney Awards for Business Excellence) Employer of Choice Award 2017 and also was a finalist in Business Leader category.

WSABE is hosted by the Parramatta Chamber of Commerce and recognises businesses within the Greater Western Sydney region for their outstanding achievements and success.

Also known as Cooee Employer of Choice Award, we can now put the prestigious award on the pedestal for the whole world to witness.

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St John Ambulance Awards Night

Southern Cross Group were proud to attend the annual St. John’s Cadet Awards at a recent dinner cruise in Sydney, as sponsors and strategic partners of St. Johns’, we were encouraged to see first-hand the excellent achievements of the their young trainees as they educate themselves on vital skills that may one day be called upon to save someone’s life.

Cadet’s take part in a number of proficiency badges as part of their ongoing training, and once twelve proficiencies have been obtained and a certain number of volunteer hours have been reached, Cadets are awarded with the Grand Priors Badge, one of the highest honours for cadet members. Also awarded on the night were the Peter Falkland Award for the most outstanding cadet or cadet leader and the Edeline Jenkyn Trophy for leadership, dedication and commitment to St. John.

Southern Cross Group representative and National Training and Compliance Manager, Mr. Anthony Pearce, also attended the annual Parliament House Honour Awards for Senior St. Johns members where long service medals and the coveted ‘Membership of The Order of St. John’ were handed out to the deserving individuals who had dedicated a large portion of their free time over many years to ensuring the ongoing success of the organisation. Southern Cross Group looks forward to continued endeavours with St. John, ensuring a safer community at large for all citizens.

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Stop Press: EEAA Award Announcement

Southern Cross Group are proud to announce that we have recently been recognised as a finalist in the EEAA’s 2017 Awards for Excellence in the category of ‘Best Supplier: Events’. This fantastic result is thanks to our hard work and outstanding efforts at the Sydney Exhibition Centre @ Glebe Island. Thank you to all who contributed to its success!.

As a finalist for the 2015 award of the same category, Southern Cross are hoping to take the top spot this year. We’d also like to extend our best wishes to all other finalists in every category and congratulate them on their commitment to excellence throughout 2016.

To learn more about the incredible work done by the EEAA, click here.

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Outstanding Incident Response

During a recent incident at Westfield Parramatta involving a travelator, Southern Cross Group’s Security Officers reacted swiftly to take crowd controlling measures and ensure the safety of shoppers. During this high-pressure incident, our Officers acted professionally and efficiently, diffusing the situation and contacting the appropriate emergency services. In light of their efforts and outstanding team work, we are very proud to award the following team members:

Iputake Palu
Michael Khan
Farhad Rasouli
Nate Hoeft
John Gorton
Mustafa Sinnep
Roberto Asame
Nahmatullah Wardak
Abdul Rahman

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Southern Cross Group Services win at the Western Sydney Business Awards for Excellence

Building upon our success last year, when CEO Sam Johnson won the ‘Young Entrepreneur of the Year’ award, Southern Cross is delighted to be honoured at the Western Sydney Awards for Business Excellence (WSABE) 2015 award: a win in Excellence in Business category and a finals berth in the Excellence in Innovation category.

WSABE is hosted by the Parramatta Chamber of Commerce and recognises businesses within the Greater Western Sydney region for their outstanding achievements and success.

Southern Cross Group’ victory in the Business Excellence category highlights our success in attaining significant growth and demonstrating the specific strategies and processes implemented to achieve sustainable growth in the 2014 financial year.

The Excellence in Innovation award recognises businesses that have made significant contributions to their industry through the introduction or improvement of an idea, method, technology, process or application. Southern Cross Group achieved a finalist status in this category via the implementation of industry leading practices of numerous innovations such as our proprietary IT system, C.R.O.S.S.

The evening was also a great chance to rub shoulders with other successful up-and-coming companies, entrepreneurs, and established businesses from Western Sydney. Southern Cross Group is once again grateful and humbled to be a part of such a fantastic event and we look forward to next year’s awards with an eye on the future.

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Southern Cross Group Wins OSPA Outstanding Guarding Company Award 2015

The evening of October 22nd 2015 saw the elite of Australia’s Security Industry gather at Sydney’s prestigious Westin Hotel to attend the first annual ASIAL Outstanding Security Performance Awards (OSPAs). The OSPA awards were conceived by Australia’s leading security industry body to acknowledge and reward outstanding performance and achievement in a range of categories, and Southern Cross Group Services are delighted to be the inaugural winner of the ‘Outstanding Guarding Company’ award for their security division.

In an event attended by leading security companies from across Australia, the highly respected panel of judges selected Southern Cross Group Services as the most outstanding Provider of Security Guards in Australia. Based on a criteria of extensive research on key factors that contribute to and characterise outstanding performance, the OSPA’s pride themselves on being Independent, Credible, Transparent and Respectable.

As a company that recognises that people are the core of our business and success, we feel this is a true vindication of our commitment to and focus on our frontline personnel, who form the bedrock of any successful organisation. GGM Stephen Butt (CSM) confirmed this commitment, saying: “People are our passion. We are ecstatic for our front line staff! We have great people working for us, and we are proud of our leadership programme aimed at developing our teams”. CEO Sam Johnson, who has built Southern Cross Group from the ground up over the past decade was visibly proud as he stated “We invest in people and technology and all that hard work has paid off”.

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