Phil DONATO MP State

Member for Orange

Palliative Care End of Life Care

End of life care is an area of health I’ve strongly and consistently advocated for, having successfully persuaded the NSW Government to reinstate a dedicated inpatient palliative service at Orange. The district is rapidly growing, and so is it’s need to expand palliative care services. I recently met with passionate members of Orange Push for Palliative, Janice Harris and Jenny Hazelton, to discuss the future expansion of palliative services.

Orange Fire Station

Diesel and chemical particulate contamination of clothing, lack of adequate ventilation, confined work areas, leaking roof, pigeon faeces contamination, patch-up repair jobs with weight-limited rooms, no dedicated female amenities - are just a few of the issues I saw firsthand in my tour of the old Orange Fire Station last week. The station hasn’t demonstrably changed from when it was designed for horse and cart! I’ve sought a new fire station for Orange, and even have facilitated meetings with Orange City Councilwho’ve graciously offered a suitable site, but still we wait for commitment from the Government. Not good enough!

Exceptional support for Eugowra

It was a great turn-out on Saturday at Eugowra Showground with Orange Ex Services Club and representatives of the Rotary clubs of Orange on hand to deliver $1250 vouchers to each affected household of the Eugowra community. Nearly $388,000 was raised by a combination of the Orange community, Orange Ex Services Club and the wider clubs community of NSW. Well done and thank you to all those generous people, businesses and organisations that donated.

Orange Hospital Interns 2023

them are locals, which is great to see - and there are even a few from abroad! Hopefully they enjoy the local lifestyle and call it home for the long term.

with EMILY THOMPSON