Narromine Star 01.06.2023

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Biggest Morning Tea; raising scones, and money, for a cancerfree future STORY: PAGE 14

Heavy Vehicles Forum; rollingin to Narromine SAFE operation of heavy vehicles and oversize, over-mass (OSOM) vehicles, both on and off the farm, will be the focus of a series of informative seminars to be in Narromine. Transport for NSW’s freight and regulatory operations team will join representatives from NSW Farmers, the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator, Rural Advisory Mental Health, NSW Police and more as the Heavy Vehicle Farmers’ Forum visits Oberon, Walgett and Narromine. The sessions will focus on topics such as heavy vehicle and Over Size Over Mass Compliance, Chain of Responsibility, Permits and Notices, Conditional Registrations and Logbooks, as well as Road Access, Livestock Load Scheme and Grain Harvest Management scheme. Representatives will also cover a wide range of topics including safe work practices, fatigue, NSW Police enforcement and rural mental health. Transport for NSW Regional Director West Alistair Lunn said the forums would bring together a range of voices with a single aim: to boost heavy vehicle safety for farmers. Continued page 2

Experience unique “Singing Bowl Meditation”, down by the River STORY: PAGE 12

Gorrillas impress on Sponsor’s Day STORY & PHOTOS: PAGE 16

Local Sorry Day event commemorates the Stolen Generation By LUKE WILLIAMS BROUGHT inside because of wet weather and icy winds, Narromine’s Sorry Day event this year was a mixture of the solemn and the life-affirming, bringing people together to remember the Stolen Generation. Held at the Narromine Sports and Fitness Centre, Shelly Bayliss from the Narromine Aboriginal Lands Council, told the audience the Government forcibly removed one-in-10 Aboriginal children from their families between 1910 and 1970. National Sorry Day is an annual day of commemoration and remembrance of the Indigenous Australians impacted by government policies of forcible removal that resulted in the Stolen Generations. The fi rst National Sorry Day was held in 1998, one year after the tabling of the “Bringing Them Home” report. The report was the result of a national inquiry that investigated the forced removal of Indigenous children from their families. “Children were removed from family, country, and culture,” Ms Bayliss told

Jane Kemp, Shelly Bayliss, Crystal Donnlly and Grace Toomey. PHOTOS: NARROMINE STAR. the crowd. “The day shows the importance and recognition of truth-telling,” Ms. Bayliss explained “The symbol of the Stolen Generation, is the native hi-

biscus, which reflects the Indigenous people’s strength and resilience in coming through this process and trying to heal,” she added. During the local event, school-children came on stage

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and spoke in traditional language, while local primary and high school students delivered eloquent speeches.

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