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Cowley

Remembering little lives lost too soon: NALAG hosting free event for families

Twenty years ago, the loss of a pregnancy or the death of an infant was still something of a hidden tragedy. Women mostly suffered quietly and families bore their grief in private, the depth of the loss going largely unacknowledged by wider society...

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Jen Cowley

12 Oct 2023

News Extra

Terry and Sue Clark retire: Dynamic Dubbo duo checks out

Suggested pull quote: “Embracing change has been a great motivator” – Terry Clark After nearly 37 years in an ever-changing industry, it’s time for Terry and Sue Clark to check out of the accommodation business, but after...

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Jen Cowley

17 Oct 2022

News

The art of the matter: Fair draws big crowds

Photos by Ken Smith and Jen Cowley Packed to the gunwales with appreciative supporters, the Dubbo Art Fair’s opening night at the Western Plains Cultural Centre (WPCC) was a portent of the hugely successful days to come, with a staggering 1680...

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Jen Cowley

07 Oct 2022

News

Sky Castles making public art dance to our own tune

By Jen Cowley If you think art is something that should be observed and philosophised over from a refined distance, think again. Take a wander down Macquarie Street at any time of the day or night – that’s right, any time – and you’ll be...

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Jen Cowley

02 Oct 2022

Letters & Opinion

Finding our feet as the ground shifts underneath us... again

Comment by Jen Cowley OAM If there’s and enduring and quintessential image of the global Covid pandemic, it is surely that of Queen Elizabeth II, sitting black-clad and alone in the pews of the ancient St George’s Chapel where she had come to...

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Jen Cowley

16 Sep 2022

News

Punters savvy to cause of petrol price pain says Coulton

By Jen Cowley The people of the Parkes electorate are smarter than some political commentators give them credit for when it comes to fuel prices, according to the man who has represented all 109,000 of them for the past 14 years. Mark Coulton, whose...

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Jen Cowley

10 Apr 2022

Precious resources: Our people are gold

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Jen Cowley

24 Mar 2022

Dubbo Photo News

Loving legacy: Marching for melanoma

By the time your day ends today, at least one of your fellow Australians will have died from melanoma. The disease claims one life every six hours in this country, an estimated 1300 people every year across the nation. In 2021, Carrie Ann Beggs was...

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Jen Cowley

17 Mar 2022

News Extra

Coulton’s wake-up call

By Jen Cowley After nearly 15 years in the rough and tumble of federal politics, Mark Coulton is used to bracing himself for battle, but none compares to the fear of facing a foe like cancer. Late last year, the Parkes MP had a malignant melanom...

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Jen Cowley

17 Mar 2022

News Extra

Melanoma mission: Carrie-Ann’s legacy continues

By Jen Cowley Less than a year has passed since melanoma took her only daughter and the wound of that loss is still gaping and raw, but Ann Beggs refuses to succumb to the numbing grief. She has a job to do. And a promise to keep. Carrie-Ann died in...

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Jen Cowley

17 Mar 2022

Dubbo Photo News

Reflect, Respect, Celebrate: Time to hear all people’s stories

Gamilaraay yinarr (woman) Jenadel Lane is a teacher at Dubbo College Senior Campus who spent most of her life at Walgett. Here, she shares her thoughts on January 26, Australia Day, with the readers of Dubbo Photo News. *** Can you please tell us...

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Jen Cowley

27 Jan 2022

Dubbo Photo News

Class of 2035? Big school for little people

By Jen Cowley There’ll be tears, fears and trepidation… and that’s just from the parents. From this coming week, little folk all over the city and our region will be walking through the gates of “big school” for the first time, and onto an...

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Jen Cowley

27 Jan 2022

Dubbo Photo News

Pharmacies on the jab job plead for a heads-up

By Jen Cowley Sally Sheehan has been a pharmacist for three decades and she’s seen almost everything when it comes to the day-to-day health needs of the western plains community in which she grew up. Almost. Nothing could have prepared her for...

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Jen Cowley

27 Jan 2022