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SERVICE: Narromine Shire mayor Craig Davies and retained firefighter Jason Poulson. Photo: CONTRIBUTED

Jason Poulson hangs up his helmet after 17 years

Zaarkacha Marlan
47m ago

#scottmorrisonwhereareyou social media campaign launched to highlight drought. Photo: THE WEST IS WAITING INSTAGRAM

Instagram page floods social media for help using #scottmorrisonwhereareyou

Zaarkacha Marlan

PACKING UP: Rotary president Nesto Falcioni (left) says that support for markets has been declining for a number of years. Photo: ZAARKACHA MARLAN

Rotary markets pack up after 20 years

Zaarkacha Marlan
47m ago

The NSW Nuffield Farming Scholarship winners for 2020.

Meet the 2020 NSW Nuffield Scholars

1hr ago

NEW RULES: The controversial 12-month trial of the slow down rule has come to an end and changes commence on September 26. Photo: FILE

40km/h slow down rule axed for motorists on highways

Nadine Morton
2hrs ago

STOLEN: This industrial air compressor was stolen from a property at Narromine. Photo: LUKE WILLIAM MACKAY

Police calling for information following theft of equipment

Nadine Morton

HAPPY DAYS: Charles Sturt University's grant program has benefited numerous organisations in the region. Photo: BELINDA SOOLE

Granting help to region's community, sport and school groups

Nadine Morton

SERVICE: Narromine Shire mayor Craig Davies and retained firefighter Jason Poulson. Photo: CONTRIBUTED

Jason Poulson hangs up his helmet after 17 years

Zaarkacha Marlan
47m ago

#scottmorrisonwhereareyou social media campaign launched to highlight drought. Photo: THE WEST IS WAITING INSTAGRAM

Instagram page floods social media for help using #scottmorrisonwhereareyou

Zaarkacha Marlan

THE RINGER: AKA Good Fruit and Vegetables editor Ashley Walmsley.

REAL AUSTRALIA
Farmers' take on the fake and flowers bloom despite the drought

CWRU TEAM OF THE YEAR | Vote for the best hooker of the 2019 season

HAVE YOUR SAY
CWRU TEAM OF THE YEAR | Vote for the best hooker of the 2019 season

Central Western Daily

CWRU TEAM OF THE YEAR | Vote for the best props of the 2019 season

HAVE YOUR SAY
CWRU TEAM OF THE YEAR | Vote for the best props of the 2019 season

Central Western Daily

Hawks 'surprised and shocked' after defence drives underdogs to grand final

Hawks 'surprised and shocked' after defence drives underdogs to grand final

Nick Guthrie

CWRU TEAM OF THE YEAR | Vote for the best hooker of the 2019 season

HAVE YOUR SAY
CWRU TEAM OF THE YEAR | Vote for the best hooker of the 2019 season

Coonabarabran second rower PJ Stanton is wrapped up by the Trangie defence. Photo: Peter Sherwood Photography

Pies' historic season comes to a finish

NETT-TEAMS WDLGA: Barbara Sewell, Karen Solberg, Chantell Greaves.

Taking control of the Championship

Contributed

Far Left: Jenny Day, Bev Olney and Michelle Moses at the inugural Riverfest in 2017. Photo: PAIGE WILLIAMS

Spend an afternoon spilling the high tea

Taylor Jurd

Stay connected at your local library.

Library

Allison Nash

GIDDY UP: After a year's hiatus the Trangie Campdraft is back for 2019. Photo: GRACE RYAN

Round up for the Trangie campdraft this weekend

Zaarkacha Marlan

Far Left: Jenny Day, Bev Olney and Michelle Moses at the inugural Riverfest in 2017. Photo: PAIGE WILLIAMS

Spend an afternoon spilling the high tea

CatholicCare launch commitment for Child Protection week

CatholicCare launch commitment for Child Protection week

Mano Manorathan, Vic Avala, Shibli Chowdhury, Mohammed Islam, Pawan Jesrani, and (front) Farhana Yeasmin, Dugald Saunders and Gargi Ganguly.

Multicultural festivals and events play an important role

Dugald Saunders

Raising the standard of managers and leaders to create a better society

Raising the standard of managers and leaders to create a better society

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INPUT: What do you have to say about living and working in regional Australia? Join the discussion at futurefocusproject.com.au.

Have your say on living in regional Australia

Joanne Crawford

Does your car harbour a deadly secret? Keep your family and friends safe by urging them to check if their vehicles are affected by the Takata airbag recall.

Car makers call for a 'tap on the shoulder' for Takata

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Raising the standard of managers and leaders to create a better society

Raising the standard of managers and leaders to create a better society

Future Focus: building a stronger regional Australia

Future Focus: building a stronger regional Australia

Joanne Crawford

Future leadership: Why today's managers need to be 'intentional'

Future leadership: Why today's managers need to be 'intentional'

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Open homes in and around Dubbo from Wednesday, September 18 to Saturday, September 21 | Photos, Videos, Map

Open homes in and around Dubbo from Wednesday, September 18 to Saturday, September 21 | Photos, Videos, Map

Open homes in and around Dubbo from Thursday, September 12 to Saturday, September 14 | Photos, Videos, Map

Open homes in and around Dubbo from Thursday, September 12 to Saturday, September 14 | Photos, Videos, Map

Open homes in and around Dubbo from Thursday, September 5 to Saturday, September 7 | Photos, Videos, Map

Open homes in and around Dubbo from Thursday, September 5 to Saturday, September 7 | Photos, Videos, Map

Stay connected at your local library.

Library

Allison Nash

Member for Parkes Mark Coulton catching up with members of the Copper City Mens Shed in Cobar last week.

Addressing issues far and wide in our community

Mark Coulton

Member for the Dubbo electorate Dugald Saunders with Orana Mid-Western District commander Superintendent Peter McKenna and the eight new recruits.

Recruits

Dugald Saunders

Stay connected at your local library.

Library

Looking Ahead: NSW Water Minister Melinda Pavey with Member for Dubbo Dugald Saunders and Taronga Western Plains Zoo director Steve Hinks.

Handy contingency plan in place

Dugald Saunders

Member for Parkes Mark Coulton with Member for Dubbo Dugald Saunders, Narromine Shire Council Mayor Craig Davies and General Manager Jane Redden, and representatives of Clontarf and Narromine High School.

A win for Indigenous education

Mark Coulton

THE RINGER: AKA Good Fruit and Vegetables editor Ashley Walmsley.

REAL AUSTRALIA
Farmers' take on the fake and flowers bloom despite the drought

Spring snow at Medlow Bath on September 17. Photo: Brigitte Grant Photography

Spring snowfall in Blue Mountains and beyond

Raising the standard of managers and leaders to create a better society

Raising the standard of managers and leaders to create a better society

TEAM TAS: Pride in the jumper on show right here.

REAL AUSTRALIA
Team Tas: it's time to decide

A still from drone footage at Werri Beach by Christopher Joye.

Watch shark head straight for unaware surfer

Brendan Crabb

The dichotomy of the 21st century laid bare. Photo: Shutterstock

REAL AUSTRALIA
From robot dairy farms to Mother Nature exploding on your doorstep

NOTHING HERE: A kangaroo looking for food on farm land at drought-stricken Lightning Ridge. Picture: Rural Aid

Drought, dead cattle and a bleak forecast

Belinda-Jane Davis

ON SITE: Me, where Annette Deverell's remains were found in 1982 in the bush outside of Mandurah, WA.

REAL AUSTRALIA
My cold case crime podcast for forgotten victim

Carla Hildebrandt

Fingers on the pulse: Engineering students at the University of Newcastle.

OPINION
Automation and control is our future

Brett Ninness

Innocence robbed: Any good person - and even most of the bad - despises paedophilia.

OPINION
Breaking seal burns refuge of good sinners

Father Brendan Lee

THE RINGER: AKA Good Fruit and Vegetables editor Ashley Walmsley.

REAL AUSTRALIA
Farmers' take on the fake and flowers bloom despite the drought

See over a million spring flowering bulbs at Tesselaar Tulip Festival in Victoria, including tulips, daffodils, ranunculus and anemones.

Hello petal! Australia's must-see flower festivals

Geraldine Cardozo

FRIEND IN NEED: Alma's recognition of Tom's stroke symptoms helped to get him to hospital for a treatment in a timely fashion

Quick thinking Alma a stroke of luck for Tom

ART FORM: "I've stuck with pen, paper and paint," says Hairy Maclary creator Lynley Dodd, pictured here painting the cat Scarface Claw in her home studio in New Zealand.

Hairy Maclary creator Lynley Dodd's chaos theory

Geraldine Cardozo

Construction union boss John Sekta has denied making threats against crossbench senators.

Senators need to 'toughen up': John Setka

23m ago

The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority says agriculture runoff is a major pollutant.

Katter wants reef funding, science checked

26m ago

Challenges to the election of Josh Frydenberg and Liberal's Gladys Liu will be in court on Wednesday

Liu, Frydenberg cases heading to Fed Court

31m ago

Seventy workers have lost their jobs after fires gutted Queensland's Binna Burra Lodge.

Qld island camp evacuated over bushfire

39m ago

MP Gladys Liu offered references for Chinese students who worked on her election campaign.

Cormann stops short of full defence of Liu

47m ago

Rip stays hydrated. Photos: Zora Brown/WIRES.

Surfers rescue joey from a rip

Sam Strong
47m ago

Pauline Hanson has been chosen by Scott Morrison to chair a parliamentary inquiry into family law.

Pauline Hanson lashes family court 'liars'

Daniel McCulloch
1hr ago

More than 160,000 of Centrelink's automated debt notices are estimated to contain errors.

PM standing by Centrelink robo-debt scheme

Daniel McCulloch
1hr ago

#scottmorrisonwhereareyou social media campaign launched to highlight drought. Photo: THE WEST IS WAITING INSTAGRAM

Instagram page floods social media for help, asking #scottmorrisonwhereareyou

Zaarkacha Marlan
47m ago

MPs will be asked to consider "big stick" legislation that threatens to break up power giants.

Big stick energy laws to hit parliament

Rebecca Gredley
1hr ago

Grain production in north of the state will be limited following the ongoing hot, dry weather.

ABARES slashes grain production forecasts

LLOYD GEORGE, Ag Scientia
2hrs ago

Get in early: The ACCC inquiry found foreign cash is more expensive at airport locations than at other locations. When buying USD200 in February 2019, consumers could have saved AUD40 by purchasing from the cheapest supplier at a non-airport location, compared with the most expensive supplier at the airport.

Australians paying millions too much for foreign currency services: ACCC

FASCINATING: The Australian Fossil and Mineral Museum is known for exhibiting specimens from every major stage of life on Earth.

A weekend at the museum

Andrew Lotherington

Master reef guide Pablo Cogollos takes passenger on Sunlover Reef Cruises on a snorkelling tour. Picture: Calypso Reef Imagery

Discover the reef with a master guide

10 clever household hacks using bicarb soda

10 clever household hacks using bicarb soda

2hrs ago

Podium finish: Coach your girls to gold-medal performance in terms of health, wellbeing and egg-laying.

Help your chooks put in a prize-winning performance

Diagnosing endometriosis can be challenging

Diagnosing endometriosis can be challenging

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