July 2015

You may have noticed some Chinese visitors around Dubbo or at some of the schools in Dubbo over the last week. We had some visitors from our Chinese sister-city, Wujiang, and they had an educational and thoroughly entertaining time in Dubbo. I am sur…

The number one ranked batsman in the world, Stephen Smith, scored his first Test double century four days ago in the second Ashes Test. I will never experience the pleasure of a Test double-century but I am hugely satisfied with this being my two hun…

I am currently attending the July breakfast in the Dubbo Chamber of Commerce CEO Series where Jonathan Ling from GUD Holdings will be the guest CEO. GUD is not necessarily a household name but the company is listed at Number 169 on the ASX200 with a …

An exciting chapter of Dubbo aviation history is being written this morning. The Deputy Mayor, Ben Shields, and myself are flying direct from Brisbane to Dubbo with JETGO. This will be their proving flight for final CASA approval to start passenger o…

On Monday night our Fit for the Future submission was formally ratified by Council and has been submitted. It is now a waiting game to allow IPART to analyse the 152 submissions and the State Government to make final decisions on their direction. I a…