Prue Ritchie received her award from the NSW Minister for Women Jodie Harrison. Photo contributed Story: Rod Corfe, Nathan Filmer and Ian Cole Bourke woman Prue Ritchie, well-known General Manager of the Bourke and District Children’s Services, was named as the Barwon Woman of the Year in a ceremony in Sydney last week. Prue said that she was honoured to receive recognition at the 2026 NSW Women’s Awards and said it was inspiring to see the amazing work being done by the wome

Member for Barwon Roy Butler (on left )and Member for Wagga Wagga Dr Joe McGirr (on right) at Bourke and District Childrens’s Services with BDCS staff members Amanda Bell, Priscila Luschwitz and Margaret Stewart. PHOTO IAN COLE TWH Last week the Member for Barwon Roy Butler hosted another independent state MP on a 9-community tour of the Barwon electorate to look at how to improve health services in rural and remote areas. After working in rural medicine for 30 years, Dr Joe