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Local Women of the Year: Lynda Edwards and Sally Everett Paying the bills: Lynda’s vital financial work wins Women’s awards FOR disadvantaged peoples, fi nancial literacy is a key tool to improving their lives, something that Narromine’s Lynda Edwards has dedicated decades to achieving. Following her years of tireless dedication and work in this essential field among the local Indigenous community, Lynda has been named the 2023 NSW Premier’s Woman of the Year – also taking out the NSW Aboriginal Woman of the Year – at the Awards ceremony held in Sydney last week. The NSW Women of the Year Awards are a highlight of NSW Women’s Week with 34 women and girls recognised this year as fi nalists, along with 84 Local Women of the Year who were also celebrated. In receiving the awards, Lynda said she that she is just one person among a very supportive and proud community. “I am surrounded by strong women,” she said after receiving the awards. Continued page 4
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‘We need to name and shame’: locals angered by mass rubbish dumps By BROOKE CHANDLER LARGE piles of torn, broken, and mouldy household items dumped behind the Narromine Men’s Shed have left locals gobsmacked at the laziness of others. Former Men’s Shed member, Ivan Hales, took his frustrations to social media, calling out at the alleged the person or persons. “You should be ashamed of yourself”, Mr Hales wrote. Speaking to the Narromine Star, Mr Hales confi rmed this is not the fi rst-time decomposing goods have been piled up at the laneway site. “They aren’t donations. It’s just a festering mess and a way of escaping the fee of dropping items at the local tip”, Mr Hales explained. The sizeable amount of furniture, kitchen utensils and fitness equipment has posed a real issue for Men’s Shed volunteers, who without the resources of Narromine Shire Council, are unable to conduct a removal. “How are we supposed to move al these large items to the tip when we only have a small number of volunteers and are open a few times a week”, exclaimed Narromine Men’s Shed Treasurer Ken McAnally. The most recent dumping was noticed by Men’s Shed members during the fi rst
Seven lounges, four mouldy mattresses, two recliners and a broken exercise bike were among of the items dumped behind the Narromine Men’s Shed. PHOTO: IVAN HALE. week of March, which is when the incident is believed to have occurred. Without a certain date or time, Narromine Police have confi rmed they
would be unable to investigate as to who is responsible. “We did put a fake security camera up once before just to see if we could scare off the of-
fender or offenders”, said Mr McAnally. “But that camera was later smashed.” Continued page 2
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