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REMEMBERING THE FALLEN PAGE 7
Thursday, November 11, 2021
VOTE NONE No election needed: There were nine nominations for the nine shire councillor positions, and five of them are women
Rising above drought and pandemic PAGE 7 Community to provide feedback on bridge removal plans COMMUNITY members will get a chance to voice their concerns about the removal of the pedestrian rail bridge at an Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) public session next week. ARTC has announced that the Narromine pedestrian rail bridge will be relocated to the Richmond Vale Railway Museum in the Hunter Valley. Chairman of the Narromine Aviation Museum, Peter Kierath, is concerned about the justification of the relocation which he says “would be taking away one of the major historical assets of the town square”. Mr Kierath said the bridge was put up in 1917 and has been in place over 100 years. He said he was sceptical about the reasoning for its removal, feeling that the bridge’s historical and cultural value was being overlooked. Continued page 3
WOMEN IN POWER: Five women will serve on the next Narromine Shire Council. Pictured are Adine Hoey, Diane Beaumont, Lyn Jablonski, Dawn Collins and Casey Forrester. Photo by Brooke Chandler. PHOTO: NARROMINE STAR By NATASHA MAY THERE will be no local government elections for the Narromine Shire Council as the council received nine nominations for its nine councillor positions. Jane Redden, the general manager of the Narromine Shire Council, said the Council had made a “declaration of an uncontested election”. Mrs Redden believed the last time an uncontested elec-
tion occurred was in 2004. The nine councillors have been declared elected, but their term won’t begin until December 4, the date of elections in other Local Government Areas across the state where the positions are being contested. The nine councillors will be made up of four current councillors – Craig Davies, Dawn Collins, Les Lambert and Lyn Jablonski – carrying over their positions, as well
as five new councillors. The newly elected councillors are Diane Beaumont, Lachlan Roberts, Ewen Jones, Casey Forrester and Adine Hoey. Mrs Redden said she believes this will be a historic moment for council with “the fi rst time there will be more women than men on the council”. Outgoing councillors Robert McCutcheon, James Craft and Colin Hamilton did not
run for a second term. The election of the mayor, deputy mayor and their committee members will occur at the fi rst council meeting in December. Mrs Redden said they would then enter into a strategic planning process with the new council. That involves a review of the community strategic plan and community consultation to set priorities for the councillors’ term.
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