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Alison Penfold succeeds Dr David Gillespie as Lyne MP THE National Party’s Alison Penfold will be the next Federal Member for Lyne, succeeding the longserving Dr David Gillespie. As of Monday morning, Ms Penfold held 60.55 percent of the Two candidate preferred count over Labor’s Digby Wilson (39.45 percent) after Saturday’s federal election. Ms Penfold took 37.20 percent of first preference votes, with Mr Wilson trailing on 19.68 percent and Independent candidate Jeremy Miller claiming 15.84 percent. All other candidates received less than 10 percent of the first
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‘Faces You May Know’ revealed at Gloucester Art Gallery
Nationals candidate Alison Penfold will be the new Member for Lyne. Photo: Alison Penfold FB.
By John WATTS
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THE Gloucester Art Gallery was packed with locals keen to catch a glimpse of a familiar face as the portrait entries in the “Faces You May Know”
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competition were revealed one by one. The competition organised by Gloucester Arts and Cultural Council (GACCI) is an annual event designed
specifically for artists from the local area. Artists displaying their works must reside in the CONTINUED Page 3
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