Steph Cooke MP
Member for Cootamundra

Bruce Howard of Young has been recognised for more than 42 years of dedicated service to NSW Ambulance, with Member for Cootamundra Steph Cooke presenting him with the NSW Government Service Medallion. Mr Howard joined the NSW Ambulance Service on 15 October 1979, beginning a remarkable career that would see him attend countless callouts, save lives, support families on their worst days, and serve his local community with extraordinary commitment. “I was a paramedic in Young

Retiring paramedic Stephen Pollard with Steph Cooke MP. After an extraordinary 50-year career in emergency service, one of New South Wales’s longest-serving paramedics has officially retired. Stephen Pollard’s career spans the transformation of paramedicine from a transport-focused service into a highly skilled, frontline medical profession. For the past 30 years, Mr Pollard has been stationed at the Young Ambulance Station. Member for Cootamundra, Steph Cooke, paid tribute t