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By JOHN RYAN GENERATIONAL civil unrest including the ongoing Convoy to Canberra rallies have sparked nationwide calls to disrupt Australia’s current two-party political system in the wake of what protestors claim has been an overreach of government powers including unnecessary Covid-19 lockdowns. The 21-year-old Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has seen an upswing in its profile in the wake of widespread electoral disillusion and Mendooran farmer Peter Rothwell last weekend declared his LDP candidacy at the upcoming federal election. His path to political engagement, he said, is being echoed across the nation. “This is something I never thought I’d be doing. I’ve been a farmer and as such I’ve been a National Party voter and if it wasn’t Nationals it was Liberals and this was back when I suppose the Liberals and National Party actually stood for something,” Mr Rothwell told supporters at the Sunday launch.
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THREE local organisations – Dubbo River Care Group, OzFish and Western Paddlers NSW – are partnering on March 6 to clean up the Macquarie River for this year’s Clean Up Australia Day.
Pictured are Dubbo Macquarie River BushCare representatives preparing for the day – Phil and Annette Priest with Ros Williams.
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