Dubbo Photo News 21.05.2020

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V FOR VOLUNTEERS The V for Victory sign was made famous by Britain’s World War II prime minister Winston Churchill. The Flower Power movement of the 1960s co-opted that V to symbolise Peace and Harmony – a generation looking to make the world a better place. This week, Dubbo Photo News has decided that nothing better symbolises the importance of National Volunteer Week than the ‘V for Volunteer’ sign. Running from May 18-24, the theme for Volunteer Week 2020 is “Changing Communities. Changing Lives”, and nothing better describes the awesome array of locals we’ve featured in this week’s edition of the paper. A few months ago, which seems a lifetime now, dozens of local volunteer firefighters were travelling to firegrounds across three states to provide

much-needed relief for crews worn out by months of gigantic bushfires. Every day we have volunteers saving lives at car crashes, being on the end of a phone to talk to people suffering depression, offering warm clothing to the homeless, and working out canteen rosters for junior footy. Some of these people wear many volunteering hats and the sacrifices they make on behalf of the community are difficult to comprehend. Dubbo Photo News this week proudly brings you some of their stories. In fact we’ve had so many people nominated by those around them who appreciate their work, that we’ll continue to highlight their achievements in the coming weeks. For Dubbo Photo News, it’s Local Volunteer Month.

CHINA’S TARIFF HITS FARMERS Communist government’s claim that Australia had been dumping barley “is just nonsense”

GRAIN grower Richard Bootle was set to sow around 2000 hectares of barley seed this week, but after news of China’s massive 80 per cent tariff on Australian barley imports, he will opt for Plan B.

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