Dubbo Photo News 30.07.2020

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DONATE LIFE By YVETTE AUBUSSON-FOLEY If COVID-19 is teaching the world anything, it’s a dose of gratitude for the things we’re being forced to go without – like the freedom to connect by shaking hands – because so often we don’t know what we’ve got until it’s gone. That’s not a new feeling for people on the organ donor waiting list, but unlike losing the choice to enter a crowded pub, they face the very real prospect of losing their life. Wongarbon local Steve Butler’s ability to breath began to wane seven years ago when he was diagnosed with a rare lung condition. Incurable, with only one outcome, Steve (pictured) needed a lung transplant to survive. For the husband and dad, that was only possible with the passing of someone else who had once taken two minutes to register as an organ donor with DonateLife. That selfless act by someone else has quite literally saved his life.

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WATER RESTRICTIONS

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Council to ensure there is no ‘day zero’ for Dubbo Region

By YVETTE AUBUSSON-FOLEY DUBBO Regional Council has voted to ease the local government area’s water restrictions from Level 3 down to Level 1. The new Level 1 water restrictions allow residents to water outside without a time limit and increases the residential daily target per person, per

day, to 380 litres – up from 320 litres. In a report presented to Council’s meeting on Monday night, CEO Michael McMahon said that capital projects, policies and best practice will remain central to future drought mitigation for the region “to ensure there is no ‘day zero’ for the Dubbo Region”.

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