With two-thirds of road fatalities occurring in rural NSW, police are mounting Operation Chrome.

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Updated November 29 2019 - 12:30pm, first published 12:09pm
Cootamundra senior constables Simone Banner and Sam Timms at an RBT site on Yass Road.
Cootamundra senior constables Simone Banner and Sam Timms at an RBT site on Yass Road.

At a time when rural towns are struggling under the economic downturn and mental strain caused by drought, fatalities and injuries from road incidents cause untold suffering and cost to the community, Riverina Police Superintendent Bob Noble said today.

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Tom Gosling

Journalist, Cootamundra Herald

I've had a long career in journalism and corporate communications, starting with country newspapers, radio and TV in northern NSW and including ABC News Sydney and the Melbourne Herald. I edited The University of Sydney News for 10 years, and was Media Officer for CSIRO in Canberra and BHP Steelworks in Port Kembla.

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