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GLOUCESTER DISTRICT Local Community News ~ Proudly Independent ~ Family Owned
Wednesday, 15 October 2025
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Sheriff out to arrest mental health he By Marilyn SANDERSON
OCTOBER is Mental Health Awareness Month and Barrington’s Adrian Rovere is on a mission to lift the burden of mental health for young men. Known locally as “the Sheriff”, Adrian is taking on the “Lift the Load Challenge”, an annual fundraising campaign run by the Top Blokes Foundation - a youth mental health charity founded in Wollongong in 2006 by Melissa Abu Gazaleh. The Foundation addresses young men and boys' mental health outcomes, through the provision of social education programs aimed at improving behaviour, wellbeing and their relationships with school and community. “Our vision: Mentoring
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Barrington’s Adrian Rovere.
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LYNE’S Federal MP has announced her intention to provide a pre-Budget submission to the
Federal Government’s Treasury Department to highlight community and infrastructure funding needs
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across the electorate. Alison Penfold MP said pre-budget submissions offer an opportunity to highlight
local priorities for funding consideration in the 2026-27 federal budget. “The Albanese
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MP to highlight funding needs ahead of budget
Government needs to hear loud and clear the extent of infrastructure and service challenges across the Lyne
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