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LOCAL HISTORY ENSHRINED By JOHN RYAN WHEN Lest We Forget is intoned every ANZAC Day, Maurice Campbell takes it seriously. His home office is jam-packed with memorabilia, archival documents, soldier diaries dating back to World War I and plenty more. Mr Campbell aim in life is to see local military history, and the sacrifices made by people from Dubbo and district, preserved so future generations from this area can commemorate those who served.
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DID WE FORGET? Veteran Suicide: Royal Commission a start, but action MUST follow, local veteran urges By JOHN RYAN EARLIER this week Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced that the federal government will take the step of recommending to the Governor-General the establishment of a Royal Commission into Defence and Veterans Suicide, following a period of consultation on draft terms of reference, with the relevant com-
munity and state and territory governments. Just days out from ANZAC Day, the news was welcomed by many veterans who have been lobbying the government for years for such an inquiry. Dubbo veteran Jason Scanes, who now lives in Queensland, formed an organisation called Forsaken Fighters to fight for the rights of foreign nationals who worked with Australian military
personnel and who now need protection from the regimes in their nations. Mr Scanes told Dubbo Photo News that, in Australia, the price is still being paid for an incomplete strategy, with ongoing trauma for our veterans and their families and lives being lost. “The announcement is welcome, but for many veterans it comes at an emotional time as
National spotlight on ‘toxic’ workplace DUBBO Regional Council’s so-called toxic workplace culture has come under fire in a revealing story on A Current Affair, broadcast nationally
on Tuesday night. Meanwhile, Dubbo MP Dugald Saunders is supporting the push for an independent investigation into alleged
misconduct at Dubbo Regional Council and says the issue is more than just political plotting at work.
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we move into ANZAC Day,” he said. “The prime minister has taken significant blows in the polls relating to sexual assault allegations, poor handling of the Inspector-General Australian Defence Force (IGADF) report and the call for Royal Commission (RC) for veterans over recent months. Continued on page 2
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