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LBWR roll call

 

2020

• Adrian Borg (Regional Roads Victoria)

• Angela Verstage (Ballarat Grammar School)

• Anusha Raveendran (UFS Dispensaries)

• Caitlin Clark (Uniting)

• Carlee Grant (CMG Communications)

• Chandru Vengadasamy (McCain Foods Australia)

• Chris Hunter (CAFS)

• Clare O'Connor (City of Ballarat)

• Claire Shaw (Federation University Australia)

• Dan Davison (Victoria Police)

• Darlene Rumler (Department of Education and Training)

• David Collins (Golden Plains Shire Council)

• Dylan Billington (YMCA Ballarat)

• Fiona Sharman (Agriculture Victoria)

• Gerard Kennedy (Ballarat Health Services)

• Heather Lord (Mars Wrigley Confectionery)

• Hope Lemm (JB Cameron)

• Jessy Edmonston (Centacare Ballarat)

• Karen Pinkus (Ballarat Foundation)

• Luke Noether (Mulcahy & Co Accounting)

• Matt Burns (Office of Juliana Addison MP)

• Melissa Knight (UFS Dispensaries)

• Mick Ryan (St John of God Hospital)

• Mikala Bailey (WRISC Family Violence Support)

• MJ Goulopoulos (Golden Plains Shire Council)

• Nicole McGrath (CFA)

• Ron Musumeci (Selkirk Bricks)

• Sean Leyland (Pyrenees Shire Council)

• Sean Ludeke (Hepburn Shire Council)

• Tara Leaf (Haymes Paint)

• Wiremu Rennie (Cave Hill Creek)

 

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2019

• Blair Gilson (Wathaurung Aboriginal Corporation, trading as Wadawurrung)

• Cathryn Ryan (Uniting Care)

• Cindy Mason (CAFS)

• Clare Douglas-Haynes (City of Ballarat)

• Corey Davies (DVS Personal Training)

• Damon Minotti (Sovereign Hill)

• David Harris (CFA)

• Elena Obst (The Courier)

• Heather Savage (The Forge Pizzeria)

• Jack Miller (Major Roads Project Authority)

• Jacqui Nolan (Ballarat Health Services)

• James Westbrook (AC Accounting & Business Solutions)

• Jo Cameron (Agriculture Victoria)

• Julie McLaren (City of Ballarat - Art Gallery)

• Kade Dowie (CFA)

• Kathleen Woollacott (Sovereign Hill)

• Kelly Ransley (McCallum Disability Services)

• Laura Westbrook (RSM Australia)

• Linda Govan (Australian Primary Healthcare Nurses Association)

• Liv Lorkin (Tech Studio)

• Louise Quigley (Centacare Ballarat)

• Michelle Bartlett (C.E Bartlett Pty Ltd)

• Mick Dwyer (Central Highlands Water)

• Natalie Heynes (Victorian Legal Aid)

• Sadiki Mukasa (Lamrit Pty Ltd)

• Steven Ashton (Heinz & Partners)

• Stuart Birkin (Federation University Australia)

• Susanna McPherson (Central Highland Water)

• Suzanne Blair (Golden Plains Shire)

• Vikki Doddamani (CAFS)

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 2018

• Tess Astbury (Blue Pyrenees Estate)

• Naomi Bailey (Uniting Ballarat)

• Lauren Baker (Rightwork Solutions)

• Leigh Barnes (Haymes Paint)

• Alistair Cardew (Lake Imaging)

• Bonnie Chew (Western Victoria Primary Health Network)

• Snjez Cosic (Gold Museum - Sovereign Hill)

• Damien Day (Pyrenees Shire Council)

• Julie Driscoll (Avoca District Co-operative)

• Mark Filmer (Sovereign Hill)

• Jeremy Foster (Findlay Engineering)

• Susan Fayad (City of Ballarat)

• David James (CDC Victoria)

• Nicole Marshall (McCain Foods Australia)

• Emma Nikkerud (UFS Dispensaries)

• Stacey Oliver (YMCA Ballarat)

• Anthony Perovic (Coach House Ale)

• Haley Remington (SED Advisory)

• Merryn Rogan (RSM Australia)

• Donna Saunders (CFA)

• Clare Schreenan (Clasch Design)

• Rose Scown (Centacare Employment)

• Janice Shelmerdine (CAFS)

• Gemma Siemensma (Ballarat Health Services)

• Stuart Simmons (Visit Ballarat)

• Rebecca Smail (Nicholson Construction)

• Angie Spencer (Ballarat Health Services)

• Melanie Whelan (The Courier)

• Andrew White (VicRoads)

• Nicole Wiseman (City of Ballarat)

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        2017

• Fiona Brew (Ballarat Health Services)

• Kathryn Carter (C.E. Bartlett)

• Kasey Chapman (Department of Justice & Regulation)

• Angela Daraxoglou (Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport & Resources)

• Matthew Dent (City of Ballarat)

• Rebekah Desira (RSM Australia)

• Kym Edwards (Centacare)

• Daniel Findlay (Findlay Engineering)

• Megan Franzo (City of Ballarat)

• Mandy Grant (Mercure Ballarat Hotel and Convention Centre)

• Andrew Grey (SED Advisory)

• Damian Hetherington (The Courier)

• Serena Ioannucci (Sovereign Hill)

• Dylan Lesock (Clarke Clean)

• Rachel Meinig (Central Highlands Water)

• Jake Miocic (CFA)

• Will Munro (Ray White Ballarat)

• Megan Riedl (Tripwire Theatre Incorporated)

• Leanne Shea (Ballarat Health Services)

• Liana Skewes (Finding Femme blog)

• Warwick Smith (UnitingCare Ballarat)

• Stuart Squire (VicRoads)

• Lachlan Stephen (Powercor)

• Helen Swadling (Pyrenees Shire Council)

• Adrian Tinetti (Federation University)

• Tamara Warland (UFS Dispensaries)

• Travis Williamson (McCain Foods Australia)

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2016

• Wendy Adams (Department of Environment, Land, Water & Planning)

• Jacinta Baxter (City of Ballarat)

• Lloyd Bennett (JG King Australia)

• Sarah Birtles (Ballarat Health Services)

• Janelle Burns (Sovereign Hill)

• Lindy Crowe (Curtain Call Performing Arts Studio)

• Keren Day (Ballarat Health Services)

• Philip Diprose (Pyrenees Shire)

• Talina Edwards (Talina Edwards Architecture)

• Shane Herbertson (Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport & Resources))

• Anna Harber (Uniting Care)

• Alan Jones (City of Ballarat)

• Jon Kanoa (Department of Justice and Regulation)

• Jacqueline King (Ballarat Health Services)

• Jacqueline Keevins (Ballarat Community Health)

• Daina MacLeod (mta optima)

• Kimberley O’Neill (Centacare)

• James Rendell (Co-pilot Marketing)

• Donna Stanczak (Haymes Paint)

• Ash Sims (Mars Chocolate Australia)

• Shannon Thompson (Australian Catholic University)

• Kane Vorbach (UFS Dispensaries)

• Tas Wansbrough (Artist)

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2015

• Stephen Allen (Nicholson Construction)

• Gillian Armstrong (Narmbool/The Sovereign Hill Museums Association)

• Ben Atkinson (Federation University Australia)

• Mark Bruty (North Ballarat Football & Sports Club)

• Filip Cannizzaro (Selkirk Brick)

• Peter Field (Central Highlands Water)

• Nikki Foy (Department of Education)

• John Frdelja (Central Highlands Water)

• Jennifer Ganske (Archibald Prize)

• Chris Gardner (City of Ballarat)

• Sarah Glyde (UFS Dispensaries)

• James Hayward (Mars Chocolate Australia)

• Ben Howell (City Of Ballarat)

• Michelle James (Here Studio)

• Caitlyn Larcombe (The Courier)

• Shirlene Laurie (CAFS)

• Joy O’Brien (Steel Frame Solutions)

• Pauline O’Shannessy-Dowling (POD Design)

• Chris Prehn (Vicwest Community Telco)

• Dougal Purcell (Victorian State Government)

• Damian Ryan (Lake Imaging)

• Jillian Simpson (Heinz & Partners)

• Jade Smithard (Mojo Professional Photography)

• Heather Taylor (Pyrenees Shire Council)

• April Ure (Pyrenees Shire Council)

• Barbara White (Ballarat Health Services)

• Michelle Whyte (Ballarat Neighbourhood Centre)

• Morgan Panhuysen Williams (Designscope)

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2014

• Nick Clare (Mars Chocolate Australia)

• Adam Criddle (TGM Group)

• Nathan Curnow (Writer)

• Talei Deacon (UFS Medical)

• Michelle Dunn (Michelle Dunn Photography)

• Katrina Fanning (Heinz & Partners Lawyers)

• Albert Ferguson (Ballarat District Nursing & Healthcare)

• Rob Fillisch (Moorabool Shire)

• Darcy Franklin (Heidrick & Struggles)

• Paul Hutchison (JG King Homes)

• Sarah Jamison-Jones (Ballarat Health Services)

• Adrian Kenny (St John of God Hospital)

• Aldona Kmiec (Photographer)

• Pennie Mathieson (CAFS)

• Tim Matthews (The Forge Pizzeria)

• Deb Milera (CAFS)

• Michelle O’Brien (CAFS)

• Justin O’Gorman (The Sovereign Hill Museums Association)

• Orry Pilven (Saines Lucas Solicitors)

• Kimberly Roberts (McCain Foods)

• Anne Robertson (Lake Imaging)

• Melanie Schoo (Fiona Elsey Cancer Research Institute)

• Rick Stephens (Euroka Trading)

• Fiona Strauss (Ballarat Health Services)

• Diana Sullivan (Haymes Paint)

• Jennifer Trengove (Pyrenees Shire Council)

• Dom Uljanic (CFA)

• Leon Underwood (City of Ballarat)

• Sonia van Dorssen (Growmaster Ballarat)

• Lisa West (Federation University Australia)

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2013

• Chris Alcock (Mars Chocolate Australia)

• Ash Barker (JG King Homes)

• Katrina Beer (Yanikan-Werritj Vocational Training and Employment Centre)

• Chloe Biggin (The Courier)

• Kate Burrows (Ballarat Beer Festival/Eventique)

• Trent Bursill (City of Ballarat)

• Anna Doughan (Nevett Ford Lawyers)

• Michael Flynn (Sports Central)

• Mick Gorfine (Moorabool Shire Council)

• Ross Huntington (Gold Bus Ballarat)

• Daniel Jones (McCain Foods)

• Jodie Kennedy (City of Ballarat)

• Corina Kozaris (Selkirk Brick)

• Robert Ladd (Pyrenees Shire Council)

• Kylie Long (City of Ballarat)

• Samantha Mackley (Sovereign Hill)

• Taya McPhee (Bendigo and Adelaide Bank)

• Adrian Misseri (Ballarat District Nursing & Healthcare)

• Sandi Murphy (Gekko Systems)

• Greg Murray (Lake Imaging)

• Jaclyn Reriti (Women's Health Grampians)

• Anthony Riding (RSM Bird Cameron)

• Carolyn Robertson (Ballarat Health Services)

• Kathie Taylor (Telstra)

• Matt Vallance (UFS Dispensaries)

• Steph Wallace (Red Brick Community Gallery)

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2012

• Jeff Ashmore (City of Ballarat)

• Tim Atkinson (Sargeant Transport)

• Joanna Brennan (JG King Homes)

• Belinda Burley (Telstra)

• Andrea Carroll (City of Ballarat)

• Angela Connor (People @ Work)

• Andrew Eales (The Courier)

• Nina Fotinatos (University of Ballarat)

• Leeanne Greenwood (Lisa Lodge

• Michelle Harper (Ballarat Health Services)

• Barry Kay (Sovereign Hill)

• Marnie Kerridge (Forest Street Primary School)

• Larelle Kuczer (City of Ballarat)

• Beth Lamont (Ballarat Toy Library)

• Andrew McManus (Mars Chocolate Australia)

• Bobby Mehta (UFS Dispensaries)

• Simone Noelker (Ballarat Health Services)

• Tim Owen (Moorabool Shire Council)

• Jodie Perry (McCain Foods)

• Jo Powell (Accountant)

• Norman Prueter (Pyrenees Shire Council)

• Janelle Ryan (The Little PR Company)

• Jodie Rykers (KidsMatter Primary)

• Sean Simpson (Elders Rural Services)

• Christopher Stevens (Haymes Paint)

• Dawn Tschujasehenko (Moorabool Shire Council)

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2011

• Nadia Attar-Bashi (Mars Snackfoods)

• Jo Curkpatrick (Parks Victoria)

• Wayne Gason (A.F. Gason)

• Samantha Gent (Ballarat Health Services)

• Mona Hatwal (Interact Employment and Training)

• Ashley Heenan (City of Ballarat)

• Bianca Jones (St John of God Hospital)

• Rhonda Lowe (Bendigo Bank)

• Sarah Lum (UFS Dispensaries)

• Matthew Lyttle (St John of God Hospital)

• Simon Manterfield (TGM Group)

• Peter McConvill (Shizuka Ryokan)

• Mark Powell (City of Ballarat)

• James Riggs (Finding Futures)

• Stephen Roberts (Ambulance Victoria)

• Peter Rutley (RSM Bird Cameron)

• Frances Salenga (City of Ballarat)

• Robyn Salt (Moorabool Shire Council)

• Anthony Schreenan (City of Ballarat)

• Nicole Roberts (Sovereign Hill)

• Jude Sobey (BRACE Education, Training and Employment)

• Daniel Sutton (McCain Foods)

• Nathan Thorp (JG King Homes)

• Tim Waller (Golden Plains Shire)

• Chris Waters (Buninyong Psychology Group)

• Annie Young (Ballarat and District Aboriginal Co-operative)

• Igor Zovko (Wedderburg Consulting)

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2010

• Shane Armstrong (BGT Employment & Training)

• Jane Barclay (Hepburn Shire Council)

• Denielle Beardmore (Ballarat Health Services)

• Andrew Brisbane (City of Ballarat)

• Olivia Brown (YMCA)

• Sheree Collins (Wild Cards and Gifts)

• Brett Davis (City of Ballarat/Davis Planning)

• Serena Eldridge (The Courier)

• Pauline Fay (Department of Planning and Community Development)

• Karin Franck (Ballarat Health Services)

• Katherine Gillespie (Ararat Rural City)

• Lynette Heenan (Self-employed)

• Anita Holdsworth (McCain Foods)

• Geoff Johnson (Haymes Paint)

• Wayne Jones (JG King Homes)

• Kylie Lang (BEST Community Development)

• Sheree Lowe (SED Consulting)

• Jed Manley (Ballarat Football Club)

• Jade Morrison (The Courier)

• David Moyle (Ballarat Construction Management)

• Judy-Ann Quilliam (Quilliam Building/ICP Educational Institute)

• Mel Razmjoo (University of Ballarat)

• Ben Reeve (Mike Stephens & Associates)

• Adam Rogers (CFA)

• Mark Simpson (Mars Snackfoods)

• Gabby Spiller (Golden Plains Shire)

• Greg Stewart (Simpsons: The Labour Hire Specialists)

• Gavin Svanosio (Bendigo and Adelaide Bank)

• Mark Thornton (UFS Dispensaries)

• Charles Zhang (Geoff Sewell Real Estate)

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2009

• Fleur Baker (St John of God Hospital)

• Michael Boatman (CFA)

• Sheree Chevalier (Ballarat Secondary College)

• Angela Clough (Department of Primary Industries)

• Karl Curran (Victoria Police)

• Glenn Drew (Mars Snackfoods)

• Karen Eaton (Bendigo Bank)

• Ewen Fletcher (RSM Bird Cameron)

• Sue Flockhart (Ballarat Health Services)

• Carmel Flynn (WM Flynn)

• Andrew Henwood (BEST Community Development)

• Michael Hynes (Golden Plains Shire)

• Cassie Lindsey (City of Ballarat)

• Heather McBean (National Australia Bank)

• Adam McSwain (Hepburn Shire Council)

• Shannon Meadows (Department of Planning and Community Development)

• Chris Moors (JG King Homes)

• Lydia Mzondo (Telstra)

• Sean O'Keeffe (City of Ballarat)

• Jarrod Page (The Sovereign Hill Museums Association)

• Krys Pekin (JK Personnel)

• Melissa Polkinghorne (RU Advertising)

• Maria Rice (Pyrenees Shire Council)

• Andrew Wallace (Highlands LLEN)

• Paul Wallace (Parks Victoria)

• Leanne Wilson (Moorabool Shire)

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2008

• Jody Barclay (Ballarat Appliance Repairs)

• Rachel Browning (Australian Breastfeeding Association)

• Andrew Burgess (Australian Sports Commission)

• Nicole Cassells (Centrelink)

• Matthew Chapman (FMP Group)

• Bronwen Clark (Ballarat Cares)

• Luke Cooper (Sovereign Hill)

• Matthew Dawson (Golden Plains Shire)

• Brett Edgington (Parliament of Victoria)

• Debbie Fankhauser (BEST Community Development)

• Todd Fletcher (Neighbourhood Cable)

• Bernie Fradd (CFA)

• Amanda Kay (BEST Community Development)

• Lauren Mann (vicCentral Highlands Area Consultative Committee)

• Chris Martin (UFS Dispensaries)

• Genevieve Martin (St John of God Hospital)

• Rachaele May (Department of Sustainability and Environment)

• Stuart McKee (Bendigo and Adelaide Bank)

• Katie Morris (University of Ballarat)

• Kurtis Noyce (Lehir Gold)

• Catherine Riddoch (Moorabool Shire Council)

• Paul Rogan (RSM Bird Cameron)

• Lu Scott (Integra Group)

• Sharine Shaw (Telstra Country Wide)

• Maree Stevenson-Chamings (The Courier)

• Chris Wright (Mars Snackfood Australia)

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2007

• Tavis Baker (Bendigo Bank)

• Peter Boadle (Parks Victoria)

• Gayle Boschert (GRHANet)

• Ben Brown (Mason Brown IT)

• Vikki Chaffey (Victoria Police)

• Kate Diamond-Keith (Moorabool Shire Council)

• Troy Everett (The Courier)

• Peter Forbes (City of Ballarat)

• Belinda Fyffe (Unlock Success)

• Kerri Gordon (Ballarat Community Health)

• Douglas Gowans (Golden Plains Shire)

• Narelle Hibberd (City of Ballarat)

• Chris Hutton (Sovereign Hill)

• John King (JG King Homes)

• Karen McCraw (Karden Disability Support Foundation)

• Jennifer McPherson-Berry (BEST Community Development)

• Andrew Nuske (Peter Stevens Motorworld)

• Tony Redmond (Creswick Learning Centre)

• Caius Ryan (Bendigo Bank)

• Arti Shaw (Telstra Country Wide)

• Claire Stafford (Peace & Quiet)

• Robyn Stevens (City of Ballarat)

• Michelle Symes (JK Personnel)

• Kath Venters (Department of Sustainability & Environment)

• Tracey Wilson (Ballarat Health Services)

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2006

• Natalie Abbott (Moorabool Shire Council)

• Carolyn Barrie (City Of Ballarat)

• Olivia Bates (JK Personnel)

• Tamara Boyd (Parks Victoria)

• Ange Carey (The Courier)

• Colin Dorn (UFS Dispensaries)

• Karen Doyle (Parks Victoria)

• Luke Dunne (BJT Legal)

• Jenny Fitzgerald (Ballarat Health Services)

• Robert Gibson (Golden Plains Shire)

• Scott Hebbard (University of Ballarat)

• Naomi Irvin (Telstra)

• Liz Leorke (YMCA)

• Kym Ludbrook (Department of Human Services)

• Tennille McLauchlan (Commerce Ballarat)

• Luke Mullane (Ballarat Health Services)

• Paul Murphy (IBM Australia)

• Travis Polkinghorne (Department of Human Services)

• Tania Rigby (Ballarat Community Health Centre)

• John Ruyg (Department of Sustainability and Environment)

• Michael Smith (BEST Community Development)

• Mark Spenceley (CFA)

• Matt Stevens (KIDS Foundation)

• Marietta Thompson (Conservation Volunteers Australia)

• Adam Wiseman (WIN Television)