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Rising cricket star’s Corrective Services career all in the family
When cricket allrounder Ben Patterson is not smashing the ball over the fence or clean bowling a batsman he’s helping people in jail get ready to live in the community when they are released. The 23 year old Campbelltown Camden Ghosts rising star followed in his mother Jodie’s footsteps by joining Corrective Services NSW last year. At first he was posted to Bathurst Correctional Centre as a case management officer but now he’s a services and programs officer at Silverwater Women’s Correctional Centre. Patterson grew up in Dubbo, and that’s where both his cricket ability and a career with Corrective… Read more »
Inmates help rebuild fire ravaged dingo sanctuary
The bush fire disaster has produced its share of positive, uplifting stories. To that growing list we can now add the efforts of a group of inmates who have helped rebuild a dingo shelter destroyed by bush fires. The Bargo Dingo Sanctuary was severely damaged by the Green Wattle Creek blaze last month with gardens, sheds and a showroom with 52 years of memorabilia completely gutted. The inmates and their Corrective Services NSW (CSNSW) overseers have been praised for their efforts to help rebuild the shelter. A team of two CSNSW overseers and 13 minimum security inmates from the Illawarra… Read more »
Generation STEM could be game changer on local jobs
Almost three out of four Macarthur region residents travel out of the area for work. This has been the case for decades, but it’s possible all this is about to change for the better. A combination of highly skilled workers and the proximity of the Western Sydney Airport may just be the right formula for more locals also working locally. There’s a push to encourage more local students to take up STEM subjects (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) which are considered the best pathway to a highly skilled workforce. As part of this strategy, Camden Council has hosted the first public… Read more »
