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Machin worked for the Young
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government in 1995 saw the coalition in opposition. Machin was appointed shadow minister for
Consumer Affairs, Roads and Fisheries until she resigned from Parliament on 28 August 1996 after the birth of her second child. Her resignation prompted the 1996 Port Macquarie by election, won by then
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Fund NSW in 1996, remaining in that position until 2000, as well as serving on the
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which covered the a portion of the same area. Manning was subsequently abolished after one term. The bulk of its territory was merged into
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Wendy Machin has 3 children; James, Georgia and Emma. Her only sibling, Janne, was left profoundly disabled after a difficult birth.
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Between 1997 and 2000 Machin was the Deputy Chair of the
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