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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6, 2024
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International Women’s Day
By Aaron Cordy IT was a round of election promises in 2022 that were going to finally give Shepparton the basketball stadium it deserved, but instead of being a slam dunk the ball never touched the backboard. When the state coalition pledged $20M to boost the $15M from local and $25M from federal governments for the stadium upgrade it seemed job done on the local front. Fast forward to last year, when work on the stadium had not begun, the invested stakeholders for the stadium began the cry Continued Page 12 for the upgrade.
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MARCH 8… A small but mighty group of local inspirational women got together for an impromptu photoshoot last week ahead of International Women’s Day. Pictured from various local businesses and organisations are Madi Gagliardi, Chloe Earle and Natalie Ryan from Gagliardi Scott Real Estate, former GV Health employee for 34 years and ongoing volunteer at the hospital Elaine Danda, Kaylene McCormick from Ultimate Fasteners, AFL Goulburn-Murray head of operations Josephine Spencer, Sophie Dervish from Ultimate Fasteners, Rachael Kubeil clinical nurse specialist at GV Hospice, AFL Goulburn-Murray club development lead Samantha Monaghan, and carer wellbeing coordinator Jess Holmes and administration manager Tracy Kerr from GV Hospice Care. Photo: Emma Harrop
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By Deanne Jeffers SINCE 1910, International Women’s Day has been a time to celebrate women, their strengths and unique experiences and how they enrich our world. You don’t have to look far to find inspiration in the Goulburn Valley. As professionals, as
daughters, mothers, sisters, volunteers, there are countless women across our region who enrich the local fabric and contribute tirelessly to their communities. This year’s I W D theme is ‘Invest in women: Accelerate progress’. Over the past century, opportunities for women
have transformed remarkably. Not only are more women working in what were c on sidere d ‘m a le - dom i n at e d’ role s , but today women make up around half of the paid workforce in Aust ralia, compared to around 30 per cent in 1966. Continued Page 10
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