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Wayne Bushell with six of his seven children who were able to travel from interstate for the charity farewell<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

March 7, 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n

A charity dinner to help “Lift the Lid” on mental health issues – as well as the career of retiring Police Prosecutor Sgt Wayne Bushell – filled Kingaroy Town Hall on Saturday night.<\/p>\n

Current and former police officers, solicitors and court officials were amongst the almost 260 people in attendance to send off “Bushy” in style.<\/p>\n

The evening was not just a retirement party for Wayne, its main aim was to raise funds for Australian Rotary Health’s “Lift the Lid” mental health program.<\/p>\n

This is the third joint charity fundraiser that Kingaroy Rotary past president Wayne has organised in conjunction with his service club.<\/p>\n

Inspector Greg Daniels, in charge of the Police Prosecutions Branch; Deputy Chief Magistrate Terry Gardiner; and Police Union president Ian Leavers were amongst the special guests.<\/p>\n

But the most important people in attendance were six of Bushy’s seven adult children who now live all over Australia and travelled to Kingaroy especially for the occasion.<\/p>\n

Wayne’s daughter Kate took to the stage to share reminiscences of her father … of him working as a police officer in South Australia and driving a taxi at weekends to help make ends meet for his family; cooking (Bushy’s curries are legendary in Kingaroy); mixing cocktails, teaching his children how to drive … and diving into the shallow end of the pool!<\/p>\n

Fundraising on the night also consisted of multiple-draw raffles.<\/p>\n

Wayne said he wanted to thank all the sponsors who had donated food and raffle prizes for the event, as well as chefs Judy Crawford and Eddie McGregor; and the hospitality students from Kingaroy State High School who worked hard all night serving the tables.<\/p>\n

UPDATE March 15: The evening raised $8225 profit for Australian Rotary Health.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Wayne Bushell with all the police officers (or those who could be rounded up for the photo) at the charity event<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Jules Entwistle and Wendy Marshall ham it up on the dance floor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Rob and Kirsten Firman<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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Former Kingaroy magistrate Mark Bucknall<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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Mitch Freeman and Member for Nanango Deb Frecklington<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Wayne Bushell cuts his retirement cake (inset) which featured handcuffs, whistle and police car<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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South Burnett mayor Keith Campbell, centre, with wife Marion and Deputy Chief Magistrate Terry Gardiner<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Samantha Giles and Anna Johannesen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Some of the members of the ATSILS team at Murgon … from left, Ily Marinovic, Sheree Strauss, Margaret Crowther, Tim Campion and Mark Oliver<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Wayne Bushell was presented with his SA and Qld police records by Inspector Greg Daniels, in charge of the Prosecutions branch<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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Wayne with Queensland Police Union president Ian Leavers who served with Bushy at Ipswich Police Station many years ago<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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Kingaroy police officers Mark Ferling, left, and Brad Johannesen presented Wayne Bushell with farewell gifts from his station colleagues<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Local duo Deal’n provided the live music on the night<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A pride of Kingaroy Lions looked after the busy bar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Ben Madden, Andrew Saal and Kristina Morgan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Sheree Strauss and ATSILS regional manager Alan Korobacz<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A group of Kingaroy Rotary members, including Bushy, took a road trip to Birdsville in 2012 … they couldn’t resist taking a reunion photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Almost 260 people filled the Kingaroy Town Hall for the charity event<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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