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Community does not favour health restructure: advocate
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A Dubbo health advocate has disputed the Greater Western Area Health Service's (GWAHS) claims there is strong community support for a restructure.
Govt urged to clarify sports facilities funding program
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The New South Wales Government is being urged to clarify the future of a funding program for regional sports facilities.
Collie police review footage of fire perpetrators
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Collie police have reviewed closed-circuit television footage (CCTV) which shows two males lighting a fire in the south-west town earlier this week.
400 impersonators crowd Elvis Express
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About 400 Elvis impersonators and fans have boarded a special train from Sydney to Parkes.
MP attacks health service's 'stupid' axing decisions
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Independent MP Dawn Fardell, the member for Dubbo, is urging the Greater Western Area Health Service (GWAHS) to release the list of jobs that it has axed.
PCYC extends opening hours to keep kids off streets
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Bourke's new Police Community Youth Club (PCYC) is launching a new program to pick up children from the streets.
Police release name of fatal hwy smash victim
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Police have released the name of a 42-year-old Queensland man who died in a head-on collision at Tomingley, near Dubbo.
Elvis Festival sleeper train cancelled
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Plans to boost the number of people attending this year's Elvis Festival at Parkes in New South Wales have been dealt a blow by the cancellation of a train from Melbourne.
Woman charged over Gilgandra stabbing
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A 52-year-old woman has been charged in relation to a stabbing in Gilgandra on the New South Wales western plains.
Mount Piper power station to expand
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The water filtering plant at Mount Piper power station near Portland in New South Wales is being expanded to ensure there are no cutbacks in electricity production.
Approval sought to improve water supply at Darby's Falls
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Final approval is being sought from the New South Wales Government to improve the water supply at Darby's Falls in the Cowra Shire.
NSW holiday road toll period ends, 15 dead
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The holiday road toll period for New South Wales has officially ended after what has been a bad start to the New Year.
New partnership set to tackle Forbes crime
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The Forbes Business Chamber is set to partner with local police to drive down the number of break-ins at businesses in the central-west New South Wales region.
First 2009 fatality on NSW roads
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A man has died in a head-on car crash in central-western New South Wales, in the first fatality for the state in 2009.
Nyngan moves to boost tourism with road signs
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Tourism signs on roads into Nyngan, north-west of Dubbo, are set to be upgraded to encourage more people to stop and shop in the town.
High-voltage power line project on track
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The project to erect a high-voltage power line between Wollar and Wellington has reached the halfway mark.
Condobolin woman awarded medical scholarship
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A woman from Condobolin in New South Wales has been chosen as the inaugural recipient of a scholarship named in honour of the late Peter Andren.
Harbour Bridge e-tag alternatives offered to country drivers
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Driving to the south side of Sydney from the New South Wales north coast will become more complex, with the Harbour Bridge set to go cashless.
Orange museum collections set to improve
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The Heritage Adviser for the Orange City Council says there is a "worrying" number of gaps in information about the collections housed at museums in the Orange and Cabonne region.
New blood injected into the Gulgong Folk Festival
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An organiser of the Gulgong Folk Festival says this years festival marks a generational change.
Bourke in desperate need of Aboriginal health workers
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A remote Aboriginal Health Service is struggling to attract staff to fill a fifth of its positions, despite one job being advertised for more than a year and a half.
Dirt bike track for Coonabarabran
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The Warrumbungle Shire Council has approved plans for a large dirt bike complex near Coonabarabran.
Fatal plane crash victim identified
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Police have named a 40-year-old man who died in a plane crash south-west of Nyngan.
Police identify dead pilot from crop duster crash
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New South Wales police have formally identified the pilot killed in a plane crash at Nyngan in the state's north-west yesterday.
One dead in light plane crash
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A pilot has been killed in a light plane crash near Nyngan in the north-west of New South Wales.
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