The It's Time To Talk campaign was named as the NSW winner of the 2009 Australian Crime and Violence Prevention Awards, sponsored by the Federal and State Governments and the Ministerial Council for Police and Emergency Management.

It's Time To Talk was used to raise local awareness about domestic violence as a crime and to encourage reporting of incidents. A variety of information was produced to support the campaign which was translated into a number of community languages.

Mayor of Bankstown, Councillor Tania Mihailuk, attended a ceremony at the NSW Parliament house on June 23, 2010, to accept the award and $5000 from NSW Police Minister, Michael Daley MP.

Councillor Mihailuk said "Council is honoured to be acknowledged through this national award as the auspicing body for this important community project."

"These awards recognise best practice initiatives which reduce violence and crime in the community. It's Time To Talk has helped encourage greater reporting of domestic violence to Police through better informing the community about the issues."

"I would like to thank the partners of the project for their involvement, including Canterbury Council, NSW Police, the Bankstown and Canterbury Domestic Violence Committees, and the NSW Department of Community Services which provided initial funding."

A total of 42 projects across Australia were acknowledged through the 2009 Awards.