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In the meantime have a terrific Tuesday.
8.49: Here's today's entertainment news.
Did you catch the Masterchef Finale last night? *Spoiler alert* 24-year-old former Bobcat driver, Brent Owens took out the 2014 title. The Victorian beat rival Laura Cassai, 19, from South Australia by just three points on Monday night, with an overall score of 83 out of 100.
In other celebrity news Lily Allen has gotten some Australian Federal Police in trouble during her trip in Australia. Read about it here.
Are Australian TV viewers becoming unwitting victims of a ‘‘roadblocking’’ war? Sunday night, the Nine network simulcast The Block Glasshouse launch on all three of its channels: Nine, Gem and Go. It’s a strategy known as ‘‘roadblocking’’, in which a TV broadcaster screens the same thing – right down to the advertisements – across every station to bump up its audience.
8.43: Taking a look at the Commonwealth Games. Australia is still on top of the Medal Tally making our Country very proud.
For all things Commonwealth Games keep an eye on our website right here.
Here's how you can show all your support to the Aussie athletes. Glasgow isn't too far away from us when you're in the Twittersphere. Here's a story about the guys who bring the tweets to the big screen.
8.38: Is it your birthday today? If so HAPPY BIRTHDAY from all us at the Grill team. We hope you have a beautiful day.
You share your birthday with Josh Randor or Ted from How I Met Your Mother.
To celebrate, lets play a little game of "have you met Ted?"
8.28: Here's this morning's front pages.
8.19: Taking a look in the sports world. Dubbo is getting geared up for their visit from the Wallabies next week. Some fans maybe disappointed however as it is unlikely the NSW Waratahs will be attending following their Grand Final this weekend.
AUSTRALIAN rugby's gain could be Dubbo's loss with the members of the NSW Waratahs team unlikely to be with the national squad when it arrives here next Monday.
Coach Ewan McKenzie and the Wallabies are taking part in the Bush2Bledisloe tour in the lead-up to their clash with the New Zealand All Blacks on August 16 and next week they will visit Dubbo before continuing on to Orange, Bathurst and Penrith.
But with the Waratahs taking on the Crusaders in Saturday night's Super Rugby final it seems unlikely they will be on a plane to Dubbo less than 48 hours later.
8.12: Taking a look at the traffic update today.
There will be roadworks 31km north west of Wellington on the Mitchell Highway. The westbound lane will be affected between 7am and 5pm.
Both directions of the Newell Highway have scheduled roadworks 2.2km South of Parkes between 7am and 6pm today. Both directions are affected.
Works will take place between Bathurst and Lithgow on the Great Western highway between 7am and 5pm affecting both directions.
Chiefly road between Lithgow and Bells Line have scheduled road works between 7am and 5pm affecting both directions of traffic.
Scheduled road works will take place in Gilgandra at the Newell Highway and Castlereagh Highway intersection between 7am and 6pm. Both directions of traffic will be affected.
8.03: The biggest entertainment news to come out of yesterday is The Simpsons and Family guy will be doing a cross over episode. Here's the preview here- we're excited!
7.50am: Let's take a closer look at today's front page.
Patients face high out of pocket costs when travelling to Sydney for treatment, with little to no government assistance.
Dubbo cancer survivor Gwen Glover had to travel to St Vincent’s Hospital for a stem cell transplant more than 10 years ago.
She said the government subsidy, the Isolated Patients Travel and Accommodation Assistance Scheme or IPTAAS, was well under par.
“The cost of fuel is high, parking is expensive and the payments are not adequate enough to cover all of the expenses. The IPTAAS goes nowhere to cover these expenses.”
- Mrs Glover said.
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7.41: As you're sitting down to breakfast, whether it be porridge, eggs or good ol' raisin toast, why not have a flick through this weekend's SNAPPED gallery. Did we catch you around Dubbo?
7.34: Lets take a look at your local and regional news this morning.
NATIONAL: There is a real possibility that not all the remains of MH17 disaster victims will be recovered, the Australian Federal Police confirmed yesterday. Forensic experts from the AFP said overnight that both the nature of the incident — which blackbox flight recorder data has confirmed was caused a missile strike — and the delay in recovering the victims from the rebel-controlled Ukrainian warzone meant there was a chance the remains of some victims would never be found.
NATIONAL: Debate continues over the Australian government's budget cuts to welfare, health and education, commentators across the political spectrum are warning that our society has become dangerously unfair. They include some unusual voices, such as businessman Geoffrey Cousins - a former adviser to then prime minister John Howard - and former Liberal Party leader John Hewson who recently cautioned ''our land of 'the fair go' is disappearing''.
NATIONAL: The judge described them as a group of "immoral assistants" brought together to carry out one man's "awful plan". That plan was the murder of solicitor Katie Foreman, 31, whose bedroom was doused in petrol and then set alight as she slept in the early hours of October 27, 2011. On Monday, the man behind the plot, Bradley Max Rawlinson, and two of his "associates" were sentenced to a combined total of 59 years in jail.
ORANGE: A rare flashover event at the Orange TransGrid substation has been pinpointed as the cause of a two-hour-and-20-minute blackout on Saturday that has left some business owners considering pursuing compensation for loss of business. A TransGrid spokesperson said in a written statement the failure of the protection relay system, combined with the flashover, delivered a greater impact on the supply system at 1.48pm on Saturday. More than 9600 customers lost power, which was not restored until 4.10pm.
The once-strong ORANGE housing market proved it was not invincible in the last quarter, with the latest figures from Australian Property Monitors (APM) showing house prices dropped by 5.4 per cent. APM’s quarterly housing report showed the median price of a house in Orange dropped from $349,000 to $330,000 in the last quarter.
ORANGE: Vandals and thieves have targeted Ophir Reserve, breaking tables, dumping rubbish and cutting down trees to sell as firewood. The vandalism and theft of an honesty box that had been bolted to a door in the toilets occurred last week, while the wood theft was an ongoing problem, according to Ophir Trust members.
BATHURST: Police investigating the assault and robbery of a pizza delivery driver in Kelso on Sunday night are reviewing phone records in a bid to identify the assailants. The robbery was one of two in the Chifley local area command on Sunday night. The pizza delivery boy, a teenager, was robbed after delivering an order to Culnane Place, Kelso late on Sunday night.
BATHURST: A man who was charged following a violent pub attack has been jailed, with the sentence wholly suspended under Section 12, after appearing before Bathurst Local Court. The matter against Liam Robinson, formerly of Beyers Avenue, Hill End, but now of no fixed abode, appeared before magistrate Michael Allen in Bathurst Local Court.
BATHURST: Local businesses were the real winners of the NRL clash between the Penrith Panthers and Cronulla Sharks in Bathurst on Saturday. Bathurst RSL Club general manager Peter Sargent said the club had been full of footy fans over the course of the weekend.
OUR SAY: Government's new employment policy needs more work. Before Assistant Employment Minister Luke Hartsuyker goes any further with plans to make young job seekers apply for 40 jobs a month he should set out to do it himself. Not with the assistance of his parliamentary staff, nor the office staff in his north coast electorate office, but all by himself. And he should send out his resume and 40 different covering letters in reply to 40 job vacancies while doing 15 hours of voluntary work a week at a soup kitchen in his electorate.
7.15: Looking at your local news this morning.
WARRUMBUNGLE farmers - including Dunedoo - will soon have nowhere to store their grain, after GrainCorp closed 72 silo sites across NSW. Eight of these closed sites are situated in the Warrumbungle LGA and the decision is causing some trouble for farmers in the region.
YEOVAL farmers Graham and Susan Coddington jumped to the assistance of some western region's farmers after hearing about their plight on the radio."We heard Griffith farmer and electrical wholesaler Brendan Farrell talk about how dry and devastating it was out there especially in Lightning Ridge and Walgett and how they needed money to cover fuel and freight to get the thousands of bales of hay to them so we thought we could help," Mrs Coddington, who owns the property Catombal with her husband, said.
A fundraiser in GEURIE has collected more than $20,000 to help those living with cancer. The night was organised to benefit the late Dr Chris O'Brien's Lifehouse at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney. Geurie local Bill Dewar said he was staggered by community support.
A new report revealed 77 per cent of unintentional injuries to people over the age of 65 were the result of falls; but many of these are preventable. Staying active in later life is crucial to staying mobile and avoiding debilitating falls, according to physiotherapist in charge at Dubbo Hospital Jenny Wheeler. A total of 97 patients have presented to the Dubbo emergency department for falls since August last year, with injuries ranging from life threatening to cuts and bruises. Even after they have recovered, their problems aren't over.
NARROMINE mayor Bill McAnally said alleged conman Dene Broadbelt was an extremely confident and well presented person and he can see why the former radio DJ has been able to fool businesses and individuals. Mr Broadbelt spent six months in DUBBO working at ZooFM in 2012 before returning to the city in December last year to organise the Infinity Music Festival.
WELLINGTON has a public transport problem and it's at crisis point. The manager of Wellington Taxi Cabs John Pringle says additional drivers are needed urgently and finding people to fill the jobs is difficult.
7am: Good morning everyone, happy Tuesday!
You're grilling with Grace from Narromine this morning.
Looking at today's weather.
DUBBO / TRANGIE / NYNGAN: will all start with frosts and turn into sunny days with Dubbo reaching a top of 19, Trangie a top of 20 and Nyngan a top of 22.
COBAR / BOURKE: Cobar will be sunny with a top of 22 and Bourke will start with a frost and become sunny with a top of 24.
