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By JOHN RYAN A MYSTERY Orange man has donated $10,000 to Tradies In Sight and he hopes that money will kick off a successful crowdfunding/ GoFundMe campaign so the organisation’s founder Bruno Efoti can
work full time at the role of suicide prevention as well as helping at-risk youth find pathways into long-term employment. The man, a former Dubbo resident, said he and his wife have seen the amazing work Mr Efoti has done in the community to prevent tradies
taking their own lives, and are committed to his cause. “The donation was made once we understood that Bruno’s funding was about to stop. The work he does is far too important and can be seen in the lives he has changed through Tradies In Sight,” the donor
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told dubbo Photo News. Since that donation, and even before Dubbo Photo News officially launches the fundraising campaign for Tradies in Sight, that $10,000 has almost doubled.
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WELLINGTON NEWS
Caves complex Snap lockdown in place for Dubbo Local Government Area is ‘first-class’ By JOHN RYAN A SNAP lockdown was ordered for the Dubbo Local Government Area (LGA) from 1pm yesterday (Wednesday, August 11) after two positive Covid-19 cases were confirmed in the city. The Education Department was told by NSW Health that someone working at Dubbo West
Public School had tested positive to Covid -19 which meant a shut down at that school on August 11 as a precautionary measure, with all staff and students called on to self-isolate. Families with students attending Macquarie Anglican Grammar School hit social media after being told that school would be closed on August 11 for deep
cleaning after advice from the Public Health Unit that a student at the school had been recognised as a close contact of a person who has tested positive for Covid -19. Hard on the heels of the first confirmed case, came a second. The person is a household contact of the person confirmed with Covid-19 on the evening of Au-
gust 10. At time of going to press, several close contacts had been identified, were in isolation and had either been tested or were having testing arranged urgently. Investigations and contact tracing are ongoing, and more close and casual contacts may be identified. Continued page 2
By NATALIE LEWIS
AS a first-class tourist attraction in the region, the Wellington Caves Complex continues to go from strength to strength. The $4.2 million Visitor Experience Centre opened last year and the newly-installed Ancient Landscapes Gallery tells the area’s 400-million-year history.
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