Woolomin petrol spill: general store owners grateful for support through ordeal

Jacob McArthur
Updated September 28 2016 - 5:11pm, first published 10:06am
FUTURE BECKONS: Woolomin store owners Shane Douglas has thanked the community for its support. Photo: Gareth Gardner 280916GGC03
FUTURE BECKONS: Woolomin store owners Shane Douglas has thanked the community for its support. Photo: Gareth Gardner 280916GGC03

FOR a town of just a few hundred people, the general store is a lot more than the place you pick up your bread and milk.

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Jacob McArthur

Jacob McArthur is opinions editor for The Canberra Times and Australian Community Media. As part of the Canberra Times' production team, he helps the people of Canberra and beyond get the stories they need, when they need them across a range of platforms, while helping maintain a high editorial standard. Before moving to Canberra in 2020, he started with Australian Community Media in 2015 as a journalist for The Northern Daily Leader in Tamworth where he kept a close eye on Tamworth Regional Council. Jacob was also the co-host of ACM's Water Pressure podcast where he and Jamieson Murphy took a deep dive on issues and key decisions arising during one of the region's worst droughts on record.

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