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WESTPAC RESCUE HELICOPTER CELEBRATES 40 YEARS OF SERVICE

The Westpac Rescue Helicopter Service has celebrated 40 years of saving lives.

After beginning as a weekend beach patrol, the operation has grown into a 24-hour a day dedicated emergency service that has seen more than 30,000 missions throughout the Hunter, Central Coast, Mid North Coast, New England and North West.

The service held a luncheon in the Newcastle suburb of Merewether today to mark the milestone, with Victoria Cross recipient Mark Donaldson the guest speaker.

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Tyson Cottrill

Tyson Cottrill is a senior reporter and newsreader for Nine NBN News, based in Newcastle. As the Chief Court Reporter, Tyson has covered some of the biggest court cases from across the Hunter and northern New South Wales. Tyson started with the Nine Network in 2007 and has worked in newsrooms in Sydney, the Gold Coast, and Brisbane. A proud Novocastrian, Tyson has spent the majority of his journalism career reporting on the stories that matter in his hometown. Tyson has a Bachelor of Communications from Charles Sturt University.

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