I would like to extend my heartfelt congratulations to the newly elected primary school leadership team at Avondale School. Alannah Morton and Samuel Renshaw have won the respect and trust of their peers, and have been elected as the 2024 school captains. They both have excellent leadership skills, and I am sure they will strive to represent Avondale

Being elected to a high school leadership position is an honour and is the ultimate vote of confidence in these young people's ability to lead the student body and represent their school with integrity. I would like to congratulate Avondale School's newly elected, 2024 leadership team. Caleb Morton has been elected as a School Captain, he

I would like to extend my congratulations to the newly elected 2024 Captains of St Paul's Catholic College Booragul. This school has an excellent reputation in the Lake Macquarie community, of providing a quality education that challenges students to reach their full potential. Kirrily Boslem, Jian Grasso, Lucas Walz and Kasey Crebert form the

I would like to extend my congratulations to the newly elected student leaders at Charlton Christian College. The 2024 Senior School Student Leadership team includes Jacob Ashley Brown, Vienna Chalmers, Abbey Craig, Liam Hyslop, Mia Hyslop and Mia Lozanovski. Middle School Student Leaders include Jakob Callaghan, Jameson Duvollet, Niamh Faithful,

I would like to extend my congratulations to the six Lake Macquarie High School students who have been elected chosen as its 2024 school leaders. For the first time since 2014, Lake Macquarie High School has extended its leadership team to include two prefects, reflecting the school's growing strength and presence in the community. The 2024

Year 11 students at Toronto High School had their first taste of politics late last year when they engaged in a vigorous election process for the highly coveted positions on the school 2024 leadership team. I would like to congratulate the successful candidates, who are said to embodying the school's motto, Remis Insurgite; Rise to Your Oars.

I would like to recognise the efforts of one of Lake Macquarie's quiet achievers Ken Doolan from Marmong Point. Ken has spent countless hours over the past 14 years developing, managing and maintaining the database for Lake Macquarie U3A, in addition to providing support to Newcastle U3A. U3A or University of the Third Age is a wonderful organisation

It's no secret that New South Wales is in the midst of a trade-skills shortage, so it is heartening to hear one young Lake Macquarie resident is shaping up to be the best in the world at her chosen profession. After obtaining a Diploma of Nursing at Newcastle TAFE, 19-year-old Neave O'Reilly from Fassifern recently won a gold medal at the

I would like to recognise the efforts of Paul Johnson from Killingworth, who for nearly two decades has nurtured and guided teenagers not only through high school, but also the challenging Duke of Edinburgh Awards program. Paul has been a Duke of Edinburgh Awards group co-ordinator for 18 years, making him the longest serving co-ordinator of groups

I wish to acknowledge Bob Marks and Karl Zalewski who have proven that good things can often come from heartbreaking tragedy.

Last November, Simon Marks suffered a fatal heart attack while playing cricket for the Dora Creek Worker’s Club’s D2-grade team.

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