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REGIONAL VISIT: Community meetings will be held in the Central West ahead of the region's only Royal Commission into aged care hearing. Photo: FILE

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Community meetings to run ahead of Royal Commission into aged care hearing

Nadine Morton

CITY LIFE: Kangaroos in Endeavour Park at Lithgow. Photo: MARGARET DOOHAN 091019roos1

Drought, land clearing and shooting to blame for flood of wildlife

Nadine Morton

BE PREPARED: Embers travelling up to 10km ahead of the main fire front and this type of blaze can also create its own weather patter. Photo: FILE

Embers travelling up to 10km and fires creating their own weather

Nadine Morton

Throwback Thursday: April-May 2013

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Throwback Thursday: April-May 2013

HEALTH ALERT: A gastro outbreak has prompted a warning from region's health authority. Photo: FILE

Gastro outbreak in children prompts warning from health authority

Nadine Morton

DON'T BE FOOLED: Scammers are targeting pet lovers online, police warn. Photo: SHUTTERSTOCK

Looking for a pet online? Police warn scammers are lurking

Nadine Morton

HOSPITAL REPORT: Patients were secluded or restrained more than 48 times at hospital in the Central West, new report shows. Photo: FILE

Patients being secluded, restrained at Central West hospitals

Nadine Morton

REGIONAL VISIT: Community meetings will be held in the Central West ahead of the region's only Royal Commission into aged care hearing. Photo: FILE

HAVE YOUR SAY
Community meetings to run ahead of Royal Commission into aged care hearing

Nadine Morton

CITY LIFE: Kangaroos in Endeavour Park at Lithgow. Photo: MARGARET DOOHAN 091019roos1

Drought, land clearing and shooting to blame for flood of wildlife

Nadine Morton

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

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

AFL tickets have been pulled from sale amid an investigation into possible price gouging.

AFL tickets pulled in price gouging probe

KICKING ON: Luke Branighan has signed with Canowindra to coach for the 2020 Woodbridge Cup season, linking with Dean Murray to mentor the Tigers. Photo: PHIL BLATCH

Like a Tiger: Branighan links with Cup outfit for 2020 swansong season

Nick McGrath

Minor fours and major pairs keep ticking over in men's bowls

Minor fours and major pairs keep ticking over in men's bowls

Ben Rodin

AFL tickets have been pulled from sale amid an investigation into possible price gouging.

AFL tickets pulled in price gouging probe

Nash and Pickard win the Handicap Pairs at women's bowls

Nash and Pickard win the Handicap Pairs at women's bowls

Off-Spinner Arjun Nair will be part of this year's NSW Country Blitz, which comes to Cowra and Canowindra on September 11 and 12.

NSW cricketers Nair, Stobo to blitz Canowindra in upcoming visit

Ben Rodin

The Canowindra Community Choir performing at the Sunday Serenade.

Sweet sounds of CWA's Sunday Serenade supports students

Preparations are in full swing for this year's Canowindra Show.

Show office opens September 23

Cr Jamie Jones (left), Cr Peter Batten, Cr Libby Oldham, Federal Member for Calare Andrew Gee, Cabonne Council’s General Manager Brad Byrnes, art prize working group member Christine Weston, Cr Paul Mullins, Tourism Coordinator Peta Fuller and Community Engagement and Development Manager Dale Jones at the launch of the Cabonne Acquisitive Art Prize.

New Cabonne art prize officially launched

The Canowindra Community Choir performing at the Sunday Serenade.

Sweet sounds of CWA's Sunday Serenade supports students

Come enjoy the CWA's Sunday Serenade and support Canowindra students further their love of music.

Sunday Serenade on again at All Saints Anglican Church

Cr Libby Oldham, the chairperson of the art prize working group.

$6000 in prizes for winning artists in inaugural Cabonne Acquisitive Art Prize

Show your support: Click here to read the 2019 Orange Ronald McDonald House's amazing publication.

The value of local support

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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Show your support: Click here to read the 2019 Orange Ronald McDonald House's amazing publication.

The value of local support

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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REAL ESTATE: Here's what $350,000 will buy you around the Central West and Orana. Photo: FILE

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What $350,000 buys you around the Central West, Orana

Nadine Morton

Throwback Thursday: April-May 2013

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Throwback Thursday: April-May 2013

Throwback Thursday | April 2013

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Throwback Thursday | April 2013

Come enjoy the CWA's Sunday Serenade and support Canowindra students further their love of music.

Sunday Serenade on again at All Saints Anglican Church

Throwback Thursday: April-May 2013

PHOTOS
Throwback Thursday: April-May 2013

PHOTOS: Throwback Thursday | February to March, 2013

PHOTOS: Throwback Thursday | February to March, 2013

Florence McDonald enjoys the storytelling of Captain Barnacles at this year's Canowindra Community Reading Day. Photo: Ben Rodin

10 years of stories at the Canowindra Community Reading Day

Ben Rodin

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

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

The power of words cannot be under-estimated.

REAL AUSTRALIA
My word, mind your language

GLOVES UP: Bec Sandridge fought through a relationship breakdown, social anxiety and self-doubt to record her debut album Try + Save Me out on October 4.

MUSIC
Bec Sandridge pulls no punches on her debut album

Josh Leeson

HOPE: Ballarat police Inspector Trevor Cornwill lights a candle in the annual Out of Shadows walk in Ballarat last year.

Confronting suicide: how asking straight up can help

Melanie Whelan

Triple-0 operator 'spoken to' after asking if caller was an idiot

Triple-0 operator 'spoken to' after asking if caller was an idiot

Emily Jarvie

Throwback Thursday: April-May 2013

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Throwback Thursday: April-May 2013

Regional policies the seed to drive growth

OPINION
Regional policies the seed to drive growth

James Pearson

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

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

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

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

Protestors during an anti-abortion rally in Hyde Park, Sydney.

NSW abortion bill debate set to resume

2hrs ago

Doctors will call on Health Minister Greg Hunt to protect children from climate change.

Doctors to lobby govt on climate change

2hrs ago

A man will face court charged with murder after a body was found in a house fire.

Qld man facing court over house fire death

2hrs ago

Canberra's Parliament House is on the flight path for bogong moths headed to the alpine regions.

Tracking moths could help save tiny possum

2hrs ago

Queensland police are treating the cause of a bushfire which burnt 11 houses as suspicious.

Binna Burra fire suspicious: Qld police

Sonia Kohlbacher
2hrs ago

Scott Morrison will hold talks with Fijian PM Frank Bainimarama.

Fiji PM in capital for talks with Morrison

Colin Brinsden
2hrs ago

The three-year royal commission into abuse and neglect of people with disability is set to begin.

Disability royal commission gets underway

2hrs ago

A new treatment is helping more young cancer patients keep their fertility hopes alive.

Treatment saves cancer patient fertility

Christine McGinn

Having well managed perennial pastures are the best way to build soil carbon.

Sound science helps sort fact from fiction

Bob Freebairn
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One of two top-priced rams, which fetched $4500, at Darriwell Merinos is pictured with Darriwell principal Russell Jones, buyer and volume buyers Gus Shannon and Peter Morley, Boomey, Molong and auctioneer Jason Hartin, of Hartin Schute Bell.

Darriwell Merinos sells to $4500 twice

Daniel Pedersen

James Morris, Bonanza stud, Walgett, bought two rams including the $6500 sale-topper. Pictured are Paul Jameson, Elders, Dubbo; George Falkiner, Haddon Rig principal; buyer James Morris hold the $6500 ram, HR stud manager Andy Maclean holds the $5000 ram with Andy McLeod, classer, Dubbo, and John Settree, Landmark, Dubbo.

See who was at Haddon Rig Merino ram sale

Mark Griggs

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

POPULAR: Bangkok, Thailand.

Bangkok tops Paris, London as world's most-visited city

Chayut Setboonsarng in Bangkok

The Capricorn Coast: great snorkelling territory.

Best travel deals this week

John Rozentals

IMPACT: Ageism, the stigma associated with dementia, and an inability to report incidents are ways people experience discrimination at work or in the community.

Remove stigma and show support for dementia

DESIGNATED SPACE: Nominate a place to set up your home office that ideally has a lot of natural light and is a little out of the way.

Five tips for creating an effective home office

While the 'functional elements' of the house aligned to the subdivision grid, the main spaces were cranked off grid to better orient to the views and sun. Photos by Tom Blachford

Angling for the most sun and views