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Combatting domestic violence: ‘Purple Friday’ at Dubbo RSL

One local club has taken-on an initiative to highlight the continuing impact of domestic violence in our communities. The “Purple Friday” project emerged from a dark moment for one northern NSW coast town, when Ballina was shaken by a tragic...

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21 Feb 2025

Doctors coming to regional NSW enjoy new single contract model

Making it easier for doctors to move to the bush with a centralised contract system has seen dozens more move to regional NSW in recent weeks. The “Single Employer Model” is continuing to boost the regional health workforce, with another 29...

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Now’s the time to fight feral pigs, with new campaign by Local Land Services

With a warm, wet summer doing nothing to reduce feral pig numbers in the region, Local Land Services (LLS) is calling on landholders to join the fight against this major environmental and economic pest. Poison, traps and monitoring cameras are only...

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Wellington News

Community meets to pressure bush roads minister over bridge repairs

Locals impacted by the Scabbing Flat Bridge saga — which has seen the historic structure operating on restricted loads with regular closures for nearly 18 months — are being invited to a community meeting on the matter. Michelle Tomkins, a local...

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Sport

“Touching” down with 200-plus sides coming to the west

Sporting capital of western NSW, Dubbo this weekend hosts one of the State’s premier community participation events. Starting today, Thursday, February 20, hundreds of families are “touching down” in the region getting ready to roar in...

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News

Grant money for community groups in Dubbo and Wellington now on offer

Community groups in both Dubbo and Wellington are currently being urged to apply for grants to support services that benefit the local region. This follows Dubbo Regional Council announcing that applications have opened for Round Two of the...

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19 Feb 2025

New water-sharing plans will destroy primary production: NSW Farmers

Primary producers have warned of catastrophic impacts of further restricting water allocations with many to be forced to pull the plug, NSW Farmers has warned. As the State Government prepares to finalise its water-sharing plans for eight major...

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19 Feb 2025

Indigenous Gallipoli hero memorialised in new book

Pioneering Aboriginal soldier John (Jack, Jackie) Sloan from Condobolin is being memorialised with a book and exhibition launch following a recent NSW Government grant to assist the project. The money will go towards producing the work “Battle...

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19 Feb 2025

In Focus

Half new Dubbo medical course intake hail from the Golden West

With nearly half its new intake coming from the golden west, the School of Rural Health recently welcomed 2025 first-year medical students undertaking the University of Sydney’s entire four-year Doctor of Medicine program in Dubbo. Representing...

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17 Feb 2025

News

Bridge restrictions over the Macquarie is impacting local producers, families

Scabbing Flat Bridge may have a fascinating history as one of those classic Australian hard-wood, Heritage-listed crossings of the Macquarie River, but is it still fit for purpose? Weight restrictions and regular closures of the structure on the...

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17 Feb 2025

More teachers for western NSW schools, vacancies halve as kids return to class

Thousands of extra children in public schools across regional and rural NSW have a qualified teacher in front of them this year. New Government data indicates that teacher vacancies in the bush have fallen to a four-year low, reduced by 47 per cent...

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16 Feb 2025

More money to tackle crime in Moree but other regional towns ‘defenceless’, Nationals claim

While rural youth crime reduction advocates have welcomed more than $2 million in additional funding for Moree over the next four years, the state opposition has said it leaves other regional areas “defenceless”. The new money is aimed at...

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