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Wow so many people to congratulate this month ! Let ’ s start with our local sporting heroes .
The local sports awards were held in June and a big congratulations from us to our Sports Person of the year , Commonwealth Games silver medalist and champion weightlifter Kyle Bruce ! Also congratulations to all the other winners on the night , read the full list of winners on pages 4 and 5 .
Alongside them on page 5 , we congratulate three of our hard working councillors . They received awards in the King ’ s Birthday Honours list for their distinguished service .
And yet another winner in this month ’ s edition - our finest Melvin Gray - who has been awarded an OAM and Blacktown City Council ’ s Environmental Citizen of the Year for all his hard work within the community . Read his story on pages 6 and 7 .
Saints celebrate 115 years of Rugby League success ; the full story is on page 8 .
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Western Sydney is a diabetes hotspot , with disease rates higher than the NSW average . The team from Western Sydney Diabetes ( WSD ) will spend a week at Workers Blacktown promoting diabetes detection and prevention as part of National Diabetes Week 2023 ( July 9-15 ). The full story is on page 9 .
Happy NAIDOC Week ! NAIDOC is celebrated July 2 – July 9 ). The National NAIDOC Week Poster winning entry , which features on our front cover this month , is an iconic feature of National NAIDOC Week , and has a rich and significant history beginning in the 1960 ’ s . Check out page 13 for events during this period .
Have a great July and we hope you enjoy this month ’ s edition of the Independent . Let us know why you enjoy our monthly magazine by shooting us an email at info @ hdinews . com . au . The two best responses will receive a $ 50 Visa card for taking the time out to tell us why they read our magazine each month .
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