Author name: Dugald Saunders

A trade careers program aimed at Dubbo students in Years 7-12 will proceed thanks to funding secured by Member for the Dubbo electorate Dugald Saunders. Skillset, the largest employer of young people in trades across Western NSW, has developed the ‘Trade Up’ program to help increase its connection to trade careers and activities, along with local employers. It will also provide mentoring to help address the transition to sustainable trade careers, and local skills shortages. Mr Saunders said $90,570 has been allocated to Skillset Dubbo to run the program. “I have been in talks with Skillset for some time about […]

The new Regional Rail Maintenance Facility is one step closer to reality, with the first crews arriving in Dubbo this week to start early work at the site. Member for the Dubbo electorate Dugald Saunders said the project will create about 200 jobs during peak construction and about 50 ongoing jobs when it opens, developing the skills of local businesses and people. “Work is underway to prepare the site for major construction later this year, including clearance work, erosion and sediment control, drainage and flood control work,” Mr Saunders said. “The project will also see the straightening and repositioning of the

A pair of programs based at Dubbo PCYC that work hand-in-hand with the NSW Police Commissioner’s Riseup Program will be extended by a further 18 months thanks to almost $200,000 in funding secured by Member for the Dubbo electorate Dugald Saunders. The ‘Fit For Life’ and ‘Fit For Work’ courses, run by Senior Constable Craig Skene and Senior Constable Sally Treacey, are resilience and capacity-building programs targeting at-risk youth disengaged from work and education opportunities. Mr Saunders said the $196,546 grant will help continue the good work being done by the officers, who are attached to the Orana Mid-Western Police

Muller Park Tennis and Croquet Club will have access to full-sized croquet courts for the first time in more than two years, thanks to funding from the NSW Government’s Stronger Country Communities Fund. The club, located in North Dubbo, will receive $194,131 from the program, with Member for the Dubbo electorate Dugald Saunders proud to partner with the club on the project. “I’ve been to the club a couple of times, and the members all indicated they were very keen for a modern upgraded facility, not just for the local players, but to improve their chances of attracting events and

A photovoltaic solar energy system that will store electricity to power lights at the new Dubbo Cycle Club facility will become a reality thanks to funding from the NSW Government. Member for the Dubbo electorate Dugald Saunders announced the club had successfully applied for $78,900 in funding to install a system on the roof of the clubhouse at its recently opened complex in North Dubbo. “The NSW Government invested $4.3 million to ensure Dubbo Cycle Club has the best complex possible, and I am proud to follow that up with funding that allows the club to install solar panels that

An organisation that works with at-risk youth in the Dubbo electorate will be able to roll out some of its road safety programs thanks to funding from the NSW Government’s Stronger Country Communities Fund. Member for the Dubbo electorate Dugald Saunders announced that Youthsafe had been granted $50,997 to help participants in the PCYC’s Fit For Work program undertake the Graduated Licensing Scheme (GLS) and mentor them in the development of low-risk driving behaviours. “Youthsafe does a tremendous job with kids who have become disengaged and don’t know where they fit in to the community,” Mr Saunders said. “This program