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PHOTO: Café 2823 proprietor, Julie Berry. A central west café has given away an extraordinary 6,000 cups of coffee since it started a random-act-of-kindness (RAOK), pay-it-forward initiative in 2020. In …
Image: NSW Nationals. Bushfires, we’ve known a bit about those, floods – certainly we know a thing or two about them, drought well, that could be on the horizon with …
Image: ABC. The NSW Irrigators Council (NSWIC) says more time is necessary and an opportunity to get the Murray Darling Basin Plan right as it has become clear the targets …
PHOTO: Country music singer, James Blundell has reworked one of his classic songs to help raise awareness around giving trucks plenty of space on the roads. Australian country music singer, …
Mud was slung and tractors roared at Nyngan on the weekend, but the crops were miles away. Instead, swarms of people had arrived from across the country as Nyngan became …
PHOTO: The Trangie Aquatic Centre moves a step closer to heating thanks to the sporting precinct upgrade. Locals are smiling as work is well underway in the central west township …
Freshly back from the 2023 Golden Shears Sheep Shearing and Wool-handling World Championships in Scotland, Gilgandra wool classer, Racheal Hutchison finished a creditable sixth in the world championship wool handling …
PHOTO: Indigenous staff at CSIRO: Andrew Goodman, Louisa Warren, Dr Ray Mahoney and former employee Jed-Fraser In 2021, 52 per cent of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged 15 …
The cost of living, if you haven’t already noticed, is one of the biggest problems we’re facing right now. Inflation is up, and so too are interest rates, rents are …
“All good women do great things,” according to Patricia Canty, Western NSW Local Health District’s (WNSWLHD) Senior Aboriginal Health Leader. “And we want to provide these women an opportunity for …
PHOTO: Donna the Astronomer will travel to Tottenham for the town’s Mingle in the Middle event When the Tottenham Welfare Council started many years ago, a community expo became one …
On Saturday 22 July, a 500-strong crowd made their way to the Marra Field Day, marking their most successful year to date. The annual event champions the local sheep-breeding industry, …
