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Holiday fun With school holidays coming to an end, families are making the most of the great weather and are out and about around the Tablelands having fun and soaking up the sunshine. Pictured are Kairi youngsters Rocco Pensini, Mia Pensini and Dylan Boyd, who made the most of their weekend having fun at the local park.
Determined to fight for life Noeline Ikin dropped a bomb shell on friends, LNP supporters and federal politics last week as she revealed she has been diagnosed with cancer. The LNP candidate that was seen as the one to finally topple long serving MP Bob Katter from the federal seat of Kennedy, has stepped down from politics to focus her attention on her health. In a statement to her electorate Noeline said: “I have loved and enjoyed the opportunity to be the Liberal National Candidate for the federal seat of Kennedy and feel enriched and grateful for the friendship and mentoring provided to me
over the last number of years by the party, especially the 'northerners' and especially Senator Ian Macdonald. I truly love the region and the people and see opportunity and growth for us and for our future. However, I have been diagnosed with Brain Cancer, grade 3 verging to grade 4. Sometimes life has turning points and this is mine, as such I need to resign as your candidate and focus on proving that a bad diagnosis does not have to mean a bad outcome – just another battle of a different type.
I am stoic in my optimism and I am still smiling – I never give up. I know with absolute certainty that Kennedy needs to be represented in government, for the sake of the region and the people that I love so much. I will help the campaign and be loyal to the region, the new candidate and to this outcome. I ask that members not get sad or dramatic of the changes that are needed, but rather harness their energy and support to a new Kennedy candidate and the battle. As I fight cancer, it would give someone like me great pleasure to see a well
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organised and successful fight for Kennedy. Expect me back down the track in some capacity for the northern region and the party. Hope, reward and opportunity has strong meaning in life as well as politics. I am again very grateful for the experience and opportunity as your candidate, I apologise for the disruption this will cause – but I have no choice and must step aside as the Kennedy Candidate and forward in a different direction for a while.” CONTINUED PAGE 3
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