Author name: Dugald Saunders

Dubbo’s Brooke Williams has been selected to represent the region’s youth on the NSW Government’s Regional Youth Taskforce in 2022. Member for the Dubbo electorate Dugald Saunders said the 23-year-old will be a wonderful advocate for youth in the Orana region. “Brooke’s already made a significant contribution to the Dubbo community through her work as a transitional property manager with Orana Support Service, and a sexual assault on-call counsellor at Dubbo Hospital,” Mr Saunders said. “On top of her three jobs, Brooke’s also a talented sportswoman, but as they say, if you want a job done, give it to a

Dubbo women of all ages will be empowered during NSW Women’s Week, thanks to a collaboration of more than a dozen government and non-government organisations (NGOs). Member for the Dubbo electorate Dugald Saunders said the NSW Government is providing $4020 to the Dubbo Violence Prevention Collective (DVPC) to host Strong Like A Girl self-defence lessons, and health and wellbeing sessions at Dubbo PCYC. “Each session will target a different age group – those under 18, 18-50, and 50-plus – to empower participants to engage with service providers on a variety of topics,” Mr Saunders said. “Women will benefit from self-defence

The construction of two new hard surface Netball Courts at Nita MGrath Ovals in Dubbo have commenced with thanks to a solid partnership between Dubbo Regional Council (DRC), The NSW State Government and the Dubbo Netball Association. The Dubbo Netball Association were successful in receiving $228,100 through the NSW Government’s Infrastructure Grants Program that will convert two grass courts into all-weather playing surfaces. DRC have engaged specialist company Sports Build to complete the work, via a competitive tender process. Sports Build have actively engaged local subcontractors where possible to provide supplies and carry out work at different stages of the

Dubbo Hospital’s nursing ranks are set to receive a boost with 30 new graduate nurses on the way in 2022. Member for the Dubbo electorate Dugald Saunders said the first intake of nurses, as well as one new graduate midwife, has already started work, with more to arrive throughout the year. Mr Saunders thanked the graduates, many of whom have already contributed to the COVID-19 workforce response as students. “Over the past few months, many of these nurses have been hard at work in our District’s vaccination and testing clinics,” Mr Saunders said. “They have done an exceptional job and