Shadow Portfolio — 28 May 2026

Jamie Chaffey (National Party, Parkes) used his parliamentary statement on 28 May to recognise a cluster of community organisations and health-service providers operating across his electorate, anchoring his contribution in the Royal Flying Doctor Service's 90-year milestone in the Broken Hill region [TA-260528-house-f5e69c44cc32:s095]. He described the RFDS as Australia's most reputable charity, congratulated the RFDS Broken Hill Women's Auxiliary on its 75-year anniversary and referenced its longstanding fundraising ball.

The statement extended to centenary recognitions for Country Women's Association branches in Condobolin and Terramungamine (Dubbo), and to smaller organisations filling acute service gaps: Little Wings, which transports seriously ill children in rural areas — with Chaffey noting he attended the launch of a monthly paediatric clinic in Nyngan — and the Pink Angels, which supports breast-cancer patients and families across Dubbo, Cobar and Lightning Ridge by raising funds for home-care expenses.

The speech carries no direct policy attack or legislative agenda; it is a constituency-facing statement foregrounding the depth of volunteer-led health and welfare infrastructure in regional New South Wales. No comms-stream material is present for this date, and no prior-context connections were supplied, so the Note rests on the single parliamentary record.