Cobar mayor honoured with lifetime achievement award
Cordell Croom, owner of the Carriage House in Bancroft, was honoured with a lifetime achievement award for his support of the church and charitable work for disadvantaged church members.
Ms Croom said: "He was just one of many wonderful people in our church that helped me through life.
"He is a man who knew the church from the beginning through my time as a teacher and his time in ministry.
"He was a fantastic member of our community and a loyal brother, and I am deeply honoured to say my husband was one of his greatest friends."
Cordell was knighted for his service to the church and charitable work in 2000, with the church making a donation of £4,000 in honour of his life.
In the years following, he developed a deep love for rugby, a passion for country music and a love of fishing, which he helped bring to Devon.
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption Chris Smith spoke to Mr Croom about his memories as church founder and philanthropist
Mr Croom said his life and work were marked by "love, faith and hard work".
He told how he and his family went through numerous experiences of homelessness after the devastating 2008 Great British Bake Off earthquake.
Mr Smith, whose grandmother is from Co Durham, said the news of his honour was "a nice surprise to have been made this morning".
'Caring spirit'
"It means so much to us that so many people at this country club were able to come in to look after my family while we were there and really care for them," he said.
"I am particularly very pleased to be recognised by a place of worship that is so richly Catholic, so full of a caring spirit, with such an excellent congregation."
The Reverend Stephen Boulter, the parish priest for Carriage House, said the decision to honour Croom had come about "with immense personal responsibility for this congregation".
"While that church may have had a lot of financial support from government and government agencies, Mr Croom had a dedicated wife and son, a son on the mend, a son and a daughter who are out living on the streets and a son whose life was lost," he added.
'Heartbreaking'
The Rev Brian McEvoy, who held Mr Croom's position as parish pastor for many years, said Mr Croom "was one of a kind, a man of the cloth".
The Rev Sir Ian Brown, minister in charge of the church, said he was "heartbroken" by the news, adding: "I cannot imagine an easier person to give his life for tha
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Further information:
Ministerial Communications Centre: 0508 652 2428
Media Contact:
Sara Taylor
Coal Miners' Commissioner
Minister for Finance and Industry
03 6551 8400
Press Officer
E-mail: admin.secretariat@aph.gov.au
Cordell Croom, owner of the Carriage House in Bancroft, was honoured with a lifetime achievement award for his support of the church and charitable work for disadvantaged church members.
Ms Croom said: "He was just one of many wonderful people in our church that helped me through life.
"He is a man who knew the church from the beginning through my time as a teacher and his time in ministry.
"He was a fantastic member of our community and a loyal brother, and I am deeply honoured to say my husband was one of his greatest friends."
Cordell was knighted for his service to the church and charitable work in 2000, with the church making a donation of £4,000 in honour of his life.
In the years following, he developed a deep love for rugby, a passion for country music and a love of fishing, which he helped bring to Devon.
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption Chris Smith spoke to Mr Croom about his memories as church founder and philanthropist
Mr Croom said his life and work were marked by "love, faith and hard work".
He told how he and his family went through numerous experiences of homelessness after the devastating 2008 Great British Bake Off earthquake.
Mr Smith, whose grandmother is from Co Durham, said the news of his honour was "a nice surprise to have been made this morning".
'Caring spirit'
"It means so much to us that so many people at this country club were able to come in to look after my family while we were there and really care for them," he said.
"I am particularly very pleased to be recognised by a place of worship that is so richly Catholic, so full of a caring spirit, with such an excellent congregation."
The Reverend Stephen Boulter, the parish priest for Carriage House, said the decision to honour Croom had come about "with immense personal responsibility for this congregation".
"While that church may have had a lot of financial support from government and government agencies, Mr Croom had a dedicated wife and son, a son on the mend, a son and a daughter who are out living on the streets and a son whose life was lost," he added.
'Heartbreaking'
The Rev Brian McEvoy, who held Mr Croom's position as parish pastor for many years, said Mr Croom "was one of a kind, a man of the cloth".
The Rev Sir Ian Brown, minister in charge of the church, said he was "heartbroken" by the news, adding: "I cannot imagine an easier person to give his life for tha
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Falling copper prices impact on miners profits The mining industry faces a new and difficult challenge. The fall in coal prices, which began on November 4, 2017, has already reduced the profits of Australian coalminers by more than $1 billion, according to the Department of Finance. This loss of profit has been compounded by falling mining investment levels. For this and other reasons, Australian coalmining companies have reacted with growing distress at the prospect of the falling price of the commodity. Mining company executives are beginning to realise they need to cut spending more effectively and, in turn, reduce their dividend. Over the past two years, it has been estimated that Australia's mining dividend in 2016-17 rose from $1.75 billion to an average dividend of $1.40 per share. A quarter of the industry's total mining profits will have to be clawed back by 2016-17, when the dividend on the 2016-17 year ended July 31 falls below 0.5 per cent of its peak (the midpoint in the previous year). It is not a situation that any Australian miner can afford to tolerate. The mining industry has long been the backbone of the Australian economy. The sector accounts for almost 30 per cent of all jobs in Australia. But the industry has experienced significant declines in recent years as the price of coal fell, as well as the advent of cheaper, cleaner fossil fuels. A significant drop in coal prices in the Australian dollar has severely affected the profit margin of mining companies. According to a study commissioned by the mining company in 2016-17, the percentage of profits attributable to coal's role as Australia's main source of electricity is falling rapidly. This means that coal companies' overall profit margins will likely fall as low as 25 per cent in 2016-17. This would be about 40 per cent below what was predicted back in 2014-15. The sector's biggest players are now facing a significant problem. As Australian mining companies have shown, it is not easy to reduce the size of the workforce required for their operations and maintain profitability under these difficult circumstances. Australia's mining dividend will not increase until the mining sector is able to identify effective ways to reduce employee costs and maintain profitability under difficult economic conditions.
Further information:
Ministerial Communications Centre: 0508 652 2428
Media Contact:
Sara Taylor
Coal Miners' Commissioner
Minister for Finance and Industry
03 6551 8400
Press Officer
E-mail: admin.secretariat@aph.gov.au