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CPNSW INC Councillors and Office Bearers

2025/26 Councillors and Office Bearers

President Edward Higgins (The Cowra Guardian)
Vice-President Mark Griggs (Wellington and District Leader)
Immediate Past President Lucie Peart (The Gilgandra Weekly, Life Member)

Councillors & Administration
Krista Schade (The Riverine Grazier)
Lee O'Connor (Coonamble Times)
Hartley Higgins (Monaro Post)
Belinda Woodfield (The Bugle, Kiama)
Dylan Smith, (The Courier, Narrabri)
Warick Brown (Lismore Times)
Damien Morgan, Broken Hill Times
Mary Yule (Forster Fortnightly)
Greg McFarland (Administration Officer)

Previous Councils

2017 to 2025 Office Bearers

President Lucie Peart (appointed 17 November, 2017 - Immediate Past President from October 24, 2025)
2017 Garry Baker (Interim President - then Immediate Past President from November 17, 2017 - October 24, 2025)
Deputy President and Life Member Barry Wilson (appointed 8 March, 2019 - retired as deputy 13 August, 2021)
Vice-President Wanda Dunnet OAM (Appointed to council October 7, 2016; appointed VP 8 March, 2019 to October 13, 2023; retired from council October 1, 2024)
Vice-President Lee O'Connor (appointed 8 March, 2019; appointed deputy president 13 August, 2021 to 13 October, 2023)

Country Press NSW Inc. Life Members

John Dunnet OAM (awarded 1999)
Arthur Bradley OAM (awarded 2008)
David Sommerlad AM (awarded 1987)
Barry Chataway (awarded 1986)
Greg Watson (awarded 1999)
Alan Pont (awarded 2013)
Garry Baker (awarded 2013)
Bob Mackie (awarded 2017)
Barry Wilson (awarded 2015)
Adrian Noel Loughnan OAM (awarded 2025)
Lucie Peart (awarded 2025)