PHOTO: Coonamble High School on election day. Jokes aside, more people in Coonamble shire took advantage of early voting than the election day polling.
It didn't take long to become clear that the changing of the guard in the Nationals camp would make little difference to the outcome in the Parkes electorate this federal election.
By the time polling closed on 3 May, the nation had seen a Labor ‘landslide’ and a 'red wave' sweeping through urban areas in New South Wales, while our own division remained 'Nats green' as . . .
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