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Mayor goes out swinging

Barcaldine Mayor Sean Dillon at the historic Tree of Knowledge site. Picture: Contributed.

Barcaldine Mayor Sean Dillon has announced he will leave local government but not before taking an extraordinary swipe at the […]

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