I wish all students in the region about to undertake their exams for the Higher School Certificate (HSC) all the best.
While the HSC is one indicator of academic achievement, it must be recognised that the results are not a complete measure of a person’s overall ability or intellectual capacity and while a good HSC result may allow a student entry to university, a poor result won’t immediately exclude anyone either.
For those who do decide to pursue a university degree, I wish you every success with your studies.
For those who choose employment or further training at TAFE, there is now a much brighter future for young people in this region and we have a growing capacity to educate, train, employ and retain young people here at home.
Adam Marshall (Minister for Agriculture and Western NSW)
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Richard Barry continues fight for Vietnam National Servicemen’s campaign medal
Richard Barry OAM, of Narrabri, a National Service veteran of the Vietnam War, has for many years campaigned for medal recognition for a cohort of Australia’s National Service soldiers who served in the war. He tabled the following at a Narrabri RSL Sub-branch meeting in April and was unanimously supported by members: This is a complicated issue with a chequered history. I’ll abbreviate it to the best of my ability. In 1996 a group of my mates were discussing the Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal (RVCM). They said blokes not entitled were wearing it whereas others who endured heavy battlefield […]