About 65 locals turned out to meet Member for Orange Andrew Gee and Federal Assistant Minister for Health Fiona Nash at a dinner in Forbes on Friday night.
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Forbes will be in Mr Gee’s electorate from the next election, scheduled for March 2015.
The local Nationals branch hosted the event as a fundraiser for the next state election campaign.
Forbes branch chair Julianna Kneebone said organisers were happy with numbers and the night in general - also a chance to get to know Mr Gee.
“It was a chance to hear what’s going on in state parliament, for example around asset sales and healthcare,” she said.
Topics like the Forbes Hospital redevelopment, expansion to 24-hour helicopter service and expansion to cancer treatment facillities at Orange were on the agenda.
“There was a briefing and then question and answer time - both in a group setting and one-on-one,” Ms Kneebone said.
