Paul Dunn, Hunter Conservative

🎉 Exciting news, Cessnock foodies! 🍰☕

Goodies Cessnock has just opened at Cessnock Village Shopping Centre!

We're thrilled to welcome this delightful addition to our culinary lineup. Goodies brings fresh flavours and a cosy vibe, perfectly complementing our existing shops.

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Goodies is more than just a café - it's a locally owned family business bringing warmth and indulgence to our community.

📍 Find Goodies at the corner of the south entry, right across from Woolworths.

Cessnock Wine Country Lions Club making our way to the Entrance Diggers for the opening of the Lions Club District 201N3 Annual conference weekend.

We’re down at Bunnings today raising money for local community projects. Drop in and buy a saussage sambo. We also have our Lions mini cakes to go with a Bunnings coffee.

Cessnock Wine Country Lions Club Inc.

One step closer in the revitalisation of the CBD. What an amazing project.

🌱 CESSNOCK COMMUNITY GARDEN 👩‍🌾

🪴 Exciting news for local green thumbs! The Cessnock Community Garden on Charlton Street has officially begun operations, thanks to the Cessnock Community Garden Association Inc.

🤝 The not-for-profit group is working to transform the space into a thriving community garden that will offer members fresh, seasonal produce and a supportive environment for members to connect, learn, and grow their gardening skills. 🥕🌽🥦

👩‍🌾💪 They are hosting another Working Bee this Saturday from 10.00am and are in the process of forming a committee. If you’re interested in getting involved with the group or want more information and updates, please visit their page by clicking the linked profile above! ⬆️

🐶 Get Your Pets Microchipped for FREE 🐱
– TWO weeks to go!

🐾 Join us for a Free Dog & Cat Microchipping Day at Pets Domain Cessnock on Saturday, 31 August 2024 from 9.30am–12.00pm

🐈‍⬛ Microchipping helps reunite lost pets with their owners quickly and safely. Ensure your dog's safety and peace of mind by getting them microchipped.

No bookings needed! Just bring proof of residency and keep your furry friend on a leash at all times. 🐕

Over two exciting weeks in the Wollombi Valley from September 14, a must see for locals and visitors alike.

Tonight we are hosting the district governor for our monthly dinner meeting.
Cessnock Wine Country Lions Club Inc.

As the news has hit the headlines over the last 24 hours, words cannot express how gutted I am to not be able to stand proud as the Conservative representative for ward A on September 14.
There are so many people that have reached out to me it has been overwhelming.
I would truly like to thank my wife, Belinda, for her dedication to me and Support for the last eight years,  without her I am lost.

Ali Liberal Team have fought through adversity over the last few years just to keep our head above water with the branch and our party in Cessnock, and I’m so proud of where we are today.
No doubt I am going to take a day or so to process what has happened and then begin the journey around the LGA taking signs down.

I’m looking at the positives, and my faith in God tells me this is him telling me I need to be spending more time with my family.

Thank you everyone for your support and again thank you to my team that have stuck together over some very adverse times.

Cr Karen Jackson, Liberals For Cessnock Ward C
Cr. John Moores, Liberals for Cessnock Ward B
Cr Paul Paynter, Liberals For Cessnock Ward D

Hello everyone. If your in a position to to be able to stick one of our signs on your fence this time please reach out and we will come put one up.
Paul

Authorised by Paul Dunn for the Liberal party of Australia (NSW division) Portrush avenue Cessnock 2325. M:0413015928

It was great to be able to attend the first community meeting of the cessnock community garden trust this morning. The foundation is being set for a community organisation that will take on the management and much needed care of council assets.
Well done to Barb, Graham and the team around them.

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Lions are out doing their thing today.

CBA (commbank) Cessnock is drop of point for these donations - connecting community donations to local kids in need. If you can spare the time to look and see if you can donate. A good time to clean out drawers and cupboards when too cold to go out. Cessnock Commonwealth Bank is the place to take them.

Endorsement of the Liberal Party as the candidate for Ward A at the September local government elections.

I would like to thank those within the community that have put their faith in me to represent the conservative side of politics within the Cessnock community through what has been a few years of re-building.

Although in minority, I have made it a focus to work and bring together all Councillors that have been prepared to work with me, for the betterment of the city.

My main objectives going in to council were to seek a full review of the way we build our road and drainage budget,
Have a full review of council’s property assets, and ultimately a review of all council policy, deliver a new Carmichael Park master plan, deliver the regional skate park and re-build tourist route 33 through my ward.

In 2016, I helped create the strategic property committee with a focus on positive revenue to council and asset recycling, all of which are now in full effect.

In 2017, I created the cultural facilities committee with a view to restructuring councils performing arts precinct into a fully activated performing, visual and cultural precinct, and I am very impressed with what council has been able to achieve with this.

Finally seeing ground broken on one of my major projects, the regional skate park, has taken a lot longer to deliver than I originally thought but it is very close to completion after well over 10 years, and with great help from Cr Fitzgibbon.

I have been able to deliver the transition of the roads, streets and lanes in Abernethy to Council ownership from crown lands, so we can finally take responsibility for that local road network.

We have almost reviewed every policy of Council to a point where it is up-to-date, and council is delivering more infrastructure on the ground that has ever been possible.

Council needed to go through a term of hard decisions, review and reform and now we are seeing the fruits of that on the ground.
When you begin the reform process from so far behind, it is never going to be fixed in one term of council and now we are seeing the increased road building and repair. I look forward to the next couple of years and how much our roadwork will move forward to meeting the needs of the community.

Make no mistake. We have a long way to go to catch up, and Cessnock needs a longer term strategy to deliver for the people that relies upon solid policy and a full team working together. Good policy allows for solid direction, not bad legacy, and Liberals on council provide this.
This council has been able to clean up many legacy issues from previous councils, including the airport, orphan waste sites and we are finally matching revenue with our capacity to deliver, albeit far too low.

I am honoured to have been re-endorsed in the Number 1 position on the Liberal ticket for ward A to contest the 2024 local government election in September, and if re-elected, I hope to further my long term goal of a fully funded roads budget and winding back the unsealed roads policy.
Residents want better roads, curb and gutters, and to do this we need the long term policy that delivers the funding to be able to do it.

Cessnock needs a change of direction that it’s never had before, a Liberal change.

I will be announcing my Ward A team in the coming weeks and congratulations to our liberal team for their endorsement


Liberals for Cessnock
Cr. John Moores, Liberals for Cessnock Ward B
Cr Karen Jackson, Liberals For Cessnock Ward C
Cr Paul Paynter, Liberals For Cessnock Ward D

If you would like to donate to our campaign follow the link for a tax deductible donation.

https://nswliberal.org.au/lgc?key=WE_cessnock_LGC

Lion Ash and Geoff are up and at it early. The phone says -0.4 the fingers say -17.
Cessnock Wine Country Lions Club are at Bunnings Cessnock today. Drop in and give us a shout out.

Hon Dr David Gillespie MP, Federal Member for Lyne will be hosting a Nuclear Energy Information Forum at Lorn Park Bowling Club on Wednesday, 10 July from 6pm.

You will hear from:
- Hon Dr David Gillespie MP, Federal Member for Lyne
- Mr Robert Parker, Founder of Nuclear For Climate Australia, and former president of Australian Nuclear Association.

📆 Wednesday, 10 July 2024
⏰ 6pm - 8pm
📍Lorn Park Bowling Club, Melrose Street, Lorn
🎟️ This event is free to attend. The Lorn Park Bowling Club bar will be open for attendees to purchase drinks.
👗 Smart Casual
📞 Seats are limited due to venue capacity. Please RSVP by Monday, 8 July via the QR code. Registration includes a form to submit any reasonable questions you would like answered at the event.

First awarded in 2014, the Lone Pine Barracks Officers Mess Silver Bullet prestigious trophy is sponsored by the Royal Australian Infantry Corps Officers Mess. Each year, the visiting international judge at the Hunter Valley Wine Show selects a standout wine from any class that truly resonates with their palate.

Congratulations to Mercer Wines for taking home the Silver Bullet with their 2023 Shiraz Nouveau.

Congratulations to Lion Ash Power for his award of the Melvin Jones Fellowship. The highest award a lion can receive, for his long standing and continued dedication to selflessly serving his community, Lions.
Cessnock Wine Country Lions Club are proud of you and everything you represent.