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“Meet and Mingle” for Warren VIEW Club at Friday Mudgee gettogether By LOCAL NEWSDESK Visting the famous winegrowing and top dining town of Mudgee in the Central Tablelands for a “Meet and Mingle” event with the local club, was the highlight of Warren VIEW Club’s trip last Friday, August 1. Guest speakers at the meeting were VIEW National Manager, Maryanne Maher, and VIEW National President, Elizabeth Birch, with Warren VIEW Members in attendance including President, Sue Harvey; Treasurer, Pauline Serdity; and Zone Councillor (NH03), Lorraine Falkiner-Smith. “A large number of Mudgee and district VIEW members and guests attended and enjoyed a lovely lunch, and listening to our two prominent guest speakers,” Mrs Falkiner-Smith said.
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JAMIE CHAFFEY MAIDEN SPEECH
Reversing population decline, “disastrous decision-making”
By DAVID DIXON Reversing the population decline in western NSW towns like Warren will be the greatest test of his time in the Federal Parliament, new Member for Parkes, Jamie Chaffey said in his maiden speech last week. “Disastrous decision-making” by remote politicians in Canberra, poor environmental policies impacting farmers, youth suicide and mental health issues, and the “tyranny of distance” were other issues Mr Chaffey spoke about in the traditional parliamentary introduction for new members. He also touched on his personal struggles, family domestic violence, and the stepfather who remains an inspiration to him to this day. However, it is the special challenges faced by people in the bush that was the major focus of his address. “Many of the communities in the Parkes electorate have been faced with the challenge of population decline over the past decade,” Mr Chaffey said. “Growing the population
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Reversing the population decline in western NSW towns like Warren, will be the greatest test of his time in the Federal Parliament, new Member for Parkes, Jamie Chaffey said in his maiden speech last week. PHOTO: SUPPLIED.
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throughout the electorate, will be my biggest challenge during the time that I serve,” he added. Offering as an example of how policy changes in Canberra impact the lives of people in the bush, he spoke about a “young couple” who had just bought a house in a country town a number of years’ ago. “The young couple were unaware that the government changes were about to gut the local timber industry. “The local abattoir would soon be on its knees, as well as the local mining industry, causing a huge reduction in the town’s population.” Government decisions, he claimed, had “squarely and severely impacted the economy of that town”. “That town was Gunnedah, and that young couple was my wife, Judy, and I. “We have unforgettable lived experience of the personal hardship that follows disastrous decision-making by government,” he said. Continued page 4
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