Gladys Berejiklian is making her first visit to Dubbo as premier of NSW.
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She will meet and greet Dubbo residents at a public dinner hosted by state Member for Dubbo Troy Grant on Friday night, June 2.
The premier’s trip will be her second excursion into Western NSW in about two weeks.
Dubbo organiser of the dinner Peter Bartley has confirmed the visit by Ms Berejiklian, who addressed members of the NSW Nationals on May 19 at their conference in Broken Hill. In doing so she broke a 25-year drought of Liberal premiers turning out to the annual event.
"The premier was very well received at the conference and was very popular with all the delegates, " Mr Bartley said this week. "Her visit trended five on Twitter I was told.”
On June 2 Ms Berejiklian will attend to “electorate commitments” during the day before dining at the Dubbo RSL Memorial Club in the evening.
"Tickets are still available for what will be a very one-on-one experience between dinner guests and the premier " Mr Bartley said . To attend the dinner, members of the public should contact Mr Bartley on 0488 057 363 .
On her way to Broken Hill in the far west of the state, the premier accepted an invitation from state Member for Bathurst Paul Toole to visit the city. Ms Berejiklian has made almost a dozen trips to regional communities since being elected premier four months ago.
In Bathurst she told residents that they should “judge us by what we do, what we’ve done and what we’ll do”.
On May 18 the Western Advocate reported that the premier was not fazed about the potential threat posed by the Shooters, Fishers and Farmers (SFF) Party to Mr Toole at the state election in 2019. The SFF won the Orange by-election in late 2016. Its candidate Philip Donato became the first non-National to claim the seat since 1947.
At the Bathurst RSL Club Ms Berejiklian said the NSW government was “working together, making sure that every community gets it fair share across NSW”. “We’re a government that is getting on with the job,” the premier said. “I’m hoping every community will have the chance to tell us what exactly they think.”