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Funding Available For Local Country Shows
Country show organisers across the Cootamundra electorate will be able to make plans with certainty, thanks to a NSW Government program providing financial support to ensure these much-loved community events come back bigger and better than ever.

Member for Cootamundra, Steph Cooke urged local organisers to apply for funding available as part of the $5 million Country Shows Support Package for events being staged in 2022.

Ms Cooke said funding can be used for a range of reasons, including ensuring shows are COVID Safe, subsidising stall fees, equipment hire, upgrading show facilities or engaging locally-based artists or musicians.

Applications are now open and close on Friday, 29 April 2022, or when funding is exhausted. For further information, including program guidelines and eligibility criteria, go to: www.nsw.gov.au/CountryShows.

Domestic and Family Violence Response Training
Lifeline’s DV-alert* (Domestic and Family Violence Response Training) is a nationally recognised training program that enables frontline workers supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities to confidently:

• Recognise signs of domestic and family violence (DFV)
• Respond with appropriate care
• Refer people experiencing or at risk of domestic and family violence to appropriate support services
• Mon 7th & Tues 8th February 2022 (9am-5pm)
• Cowra Services Club: 101-103 Bris-bane St, Cowra NSW 2794
• Please visit https://www.dvalert.org.au/indigenous-new-cowra-cowra-services-club-cselif04894 to register.

Christmas Message
As I make my way around the electorate, glinting tinsel adorning farm gates certainly spreads some festive cheer. So as our attention turns to long awaited catch-ups with family and friends, I take

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