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Name: Meryl Dillon. Age: Mature. Status: Married to Ken. We have three children and three grandchildren. Current or past employment, retired or otherwise: Former farmer from Bullarah. Now self-employed, NESA, Jannison and Department of Education. How long have you lived in the Moree shire? Most if my life. I spent my childhood in Gwydir Shire. [...]
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Name: Dominique Hodgkinson. Age: 37. Status: In a relationship with Jamie Davis. Current or past employment, retired or otherwise: I opened Property Excellence in 2016 as I had a vision to build a real-estate agency where everyone matters. I run an annual tenant Christmas promotion in which three tenants win a hamper and every other [...]
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Name: Mekayla Cochrane. Age: 28. Current or past employment, retired or otherwise: Currently employed with Just Reinvest NSW. What part of the shire do you live? I live in the Moree township. How long have you sat as a councillor on MPSC? One term, being two years and nine months. What are the main reasons [...]
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Name: Kelly James. Age: 46. Status: Married to Jeremy. We have three kids, Jesse, Jonah and Jayde. Current or past employment, retired or otherwise: Official Visitor Moree – Inspector of Custodial Services, Justice Advocate – Justice Advocacy Service. What part of the shire do you live? Moree. How long have you sat as a councillor [...]
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Name: Karen Munn. Age: 60. Status: Married to Brendan. We have two daughters Elizabeth and Katherine, who both live and work in Southern NSW. Current or past employment, retired or otherwise: Sydpath pathology collection centre at the Moree Medical Centre since 1992. How long have you lived in the Moree shire? All my life. I [...]
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Name: Kerry Noelene Cassells. Age: 68. Status: Married to Peter Noble. We have four children, Dane, Taryn, Rua and Alex, and my daughter Petrina. Current or past employment, retired or otherwise: For 51 years I was in the nursing profession and for 23 years I was a justice health nurse working in a police cell. [...]
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Name: Elizabeth “Liz” Taylor. Age: 62. Status: Single parent. I have three wonderful children and four beautiful grandchildren. Current or past employment, retired or otherwise: I have 44 years’ experience working in government departments, non-government agencies and Aboriginal community-controlled organisations. Fields include education, training and employment, community development, teaching at TAFE, natural resource management, water [...]
Local elections
BOGGABILLA grain and cattle producer Peter Mailler is no stranger to politics. He has, in the past, actively sought political reform for rural and regional Australia through various political and social mechanisms. Mr Mailler, a third-generation farmer, holds a degree in agricultural science, is a fellow of the Australian Rural Leadership Foundation and is a [...]
Local elections
SELF-employed Moree resident Debbie Williams is confident her hometown is on the cusp of economic growth and development, and she wants a seat at Moree council chambers to help foster what lies ahead for the shire. The State Government recently committed $225 million funding to the Moree Special Activation Precinct. Over the next 15 to [...]
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STEPHEN Ritchie knows what it’s like to sit in council chambers and after a three-year hiatus, he’s decided to seek re-election to Moree Plains Shire Council. Mr Ritchie sat as a councillor for five years and three months, and was deputy mayor to Katrina Humphries for two years. He now feels it’s time to return [...]
