Dan Repacholi (Hunter, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

There is no doubt the New South Wales SES do amazing work in our community, and that's especially evident this year. On behalf of everyone in the Hunter: thank you for your service. You tireless, countless hours of volunteering do not go unrecognised. We are extremely lucky to have such incredible volunteers in our community. The New South Wales SES recently came together to celebrate the dedicated service of 22 members from the Hunter Valley who, between them, have over 360 years of volunteering experience.

Thank you to Dr Bob Drewer for 50 years of service and Graeme Silver for 40 years of service. Robyn Barco received a commissioner's certificate of appreciation. Greg Gunter, Peter Sherwen, Simone Burrows and Shaun Farmer received National Emergency Medals for deploying to help in Cyclone Debbie. Richard Fellows and Andrew Pain received the National Medal for 30 years of service. Ben Maxwell, Judith Felton, Debra Healy and Michael Pitkin have 15 years of service. Tim Miller received the SES Long Service Medal for 35 years of service. Terry Purser, Greg Gunter, Noel Dipple and Simon Merrick have 20 years of service. Michael Mifsud, Pamela Sharp, Peter Sherwen and Tracey Martin have 10 years of service. Congratulations to you all. We in the Hunter appreciate everything you do and thank you very much.

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