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GLOUCESTER DISTRICT Local Community News ~ Proudly Independent ~ Family Owned
Wednesday, 25 December 2024
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Former Mayor questions social impact reports By John WATTS FORMER Gloucester Mayor and long-time Gloucester resident Julie Lyford OAM, is concerned about the adverse social impacts that resource projects have on rural communities. As a retired nurse and wife of a local GP, Julie is in a unique position to understand such impacts. She was heavily involved in the campaign against AGL’s plans for a coal seam gas field in the Gloucester Valley, and the proposal to build the
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Gloucester PreSchool leader leaves significant legacy
By John WATTS
ELIZABETH Price, the driving force behind Gloucester PreSchool for over 12 years, has announced she is retiring at the
Julie Lyford OAM presents the social impact report at Parliament House. Photo: Paul Terry.
end of this year. In her time as director of the pre-school Ms Price has driven significant change and expansion, which can sometimes have its risks, although she is certainly not one to shy away
from calculated risk taking. In the early 2000s Ms Price and her partner took their two children, aged five and seven, out of school, and spent five years sailing their 40ft yacht around the Pacific.
Her willingness to take appropriate risks, and to be adventurous, has strongly influenced the way that Elizabeth has led the pre-school.
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