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Mayor says "if Dubbo is known as a town of fatties let's change it" on national TV show and cops backlash

Craig Thomson
Updated August 16 2019 - 5:57pm, first published 4:26pm
BACKLASH: Mayor Ben Shields during the Today show live-cross. The mayor said the negativity leveled at him was "beyond ridiculous."
BACKLASH: Mayor Ben Shields during the Today show live-cross. The mayor said the negativity leveled at him was "beyond ridiculous."

What started as a jovial call to overweight residents to join him on a weight-loss and fitness journey has descended into a flood of negativity aimed directly at Dubbo Region mayor Ben Shields.

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Craig Thomson

I am a media and communications professional with experience across print, digital, social and radio broadcasts. I am currently the Editor of Australian Community Media's Launceston Examiner.

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