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LIFE SAVING: The Local Sport Defibrillator Grant Program helped fund the purchase of 59 defibrillators in the Central West and Orana during 2018/19. Photo: FILE

Every 60 seconds lost drops your chance of survival by 10 per cent

Nadine Morton
31m ago

There will be plenty of talent on show at the annual Nyngan's Got Talent concert. Photo: ZAARKACHA MARLAN

Town's best to take to the stage in annual concert

ATTACKS: Vicious dog attacks are leaving sheep and lambs injured and killed across the region. Photo: FILE

GRAPHIC CONTENT
Vicious attacks are leaving sheep, lambs injured and killed

Nadine Morton

DEBATE: Nyngan Public School students have taken on Narromine in the Kerry Parkes Debating Challenge. Photo: CONTRIBUTED

Public school debaters take on Narromine

BRINGING SMILES: Pets may not be living in these aged care homes, but they sure bring smiles when they visit. Photos: BELINDA SOOLE, CHRIS SEABROOK

PHOTOS
Residents are not bringing their pets to live in aged care, data shows

Nadine Morton

A Right to Farm Bill will be introduced in NSW partly to stop animal vigilantes entering farms, with tougher trespass laws including possible jail time. Inset is two Northern NSW dairyfarmers who saw their biosecurity breached on farm by activists and another who had their details published online.

Jail for farm trespass, right to farm put into law

John Ellicott

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

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

Nadine Morton

LIFE SAVING: The Local Sport Defibrillator Grant Program helped fund the purchase of 59 defibrillators in the Central West and Orana during 2018/19. Photo: FILE

Every 60 seconds lost drops your chance of survival by 10 per cent

Nadine Morton
31m ago

There will be plenty of talent on show at the annual Nyngan's Got Talent concert. Photo: ZAARKACHA MARLAN

Town's best to take to the stage in annual concert

Son of a gun: Zipping Browny's sire, three-time Group 1 winner My Bro Fabio. Picture: Sandown Greyhounds.

Maidens take centre stage at Dapto

Minor premiers Nyngan Tigers will meet the Forbes Magpies at Larkin Oval on Sunday Photo: NICK McGRATH

Group 11 major and minor semi-finals split; will take place across two days

Daniel Shirkie

Big thank you to all the supporters who travelled to Wellington on Saturday and Parkes on Sunday. Well done to all the boys included and the parents that supported them.

Around the grounds...

Contributed

Rematch: Minor premiers Dubbo CYMS will meet Wellington at Apex Oval for the first time since the very first round on Sunday. Photo: File.

Group 11 finals hit by scheduling woes, upending nearly seventy years of tradition

Daniel Shirkie

Minor premiers Nyngan Tigers will meet the Forbes Magpies at Larkin Oval on Sunday Photo: NICK McGRATH

Group 11 major and minor semi-finals split; will take place across two days

SEVENS STAR: Nyngan's very own Terrance Ryan has been selected for a national talent camp this weekend. Photo: TONY WOOD

'Shocked' Ryan selected for Rugby Australia's Dream Big Time camp

Zaarkacha Marlan

Moran and Cowboys show fighting spirit to move within reach of decider

PHOTOS
Moran and Cowboys show fighting spirit to move within reach of decider

Nick Guthrie

There will be plenty of talent on show at the annual Nyngan's Got Talent concert. Photo: ZAARKACHA MARLAN

Town's best to take to the stage in annual concert

ALL DRESSED UP: Leonie Farlow is organising the Nyngan Town Hall Memorial Debutante ball this November encouraging the community to relive the past. Photo: ZAARKACHA MARLAN

Debs to grace the town hall this year

Zaarkacha Marlan

Last year service providers hosted whacky Wednesday to help break down the stigma of mental health. Photo: Zaarkacha Marlan

Town to be painted blue to break down the stigma of mental health

Zaarkacha Marlan

There will be plenty of talent on show at the annual Nyngan's Got Talent concert. Photo: ZAARKACHA MARLAN

Town's best to take to the stage in annual concert

Preparing for early weaning in Nyngan

Preparing for early weaning in Nyngan

WORKING: Nyngan's Gary White has recently returned home after being asked to conduct sheep dog working clinics in Europe. Photo: CONTRIBUTED

Yard dogs to be put to the test this weekend

We may not have been back to the moon since 1969 but the advanced technology of today would certainly have to make for a smoother landing.

Could your mobile phone take you to the moon and back?

Emma Brown

SOMETHING TO TRUMPET: Everyone likes to look good in Cochin, India.

Cruise Singapore to Dubai next year

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Eye on the sky: The Parkes Telescope in action is an amazing thing to witness, as are the heavenly bodies it keeps watch over. Photo: CSIRO.

Moon Landing 50 Year Anniversary

We may not have been back to the moon since 1969 but the advanced technology of today would certainly have to make for a smoother landing.

Could your mobile phone take you to the moon and back?

Popular choice: Owning a mobile phone is a necessity for just about everyone these days, but did you know that there are 2.5 billion of us that use Android making it the world's most popular operating system.

How to find the perfect phone for you

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Water villas at the Maldives at sunrise. The islands of the Maldives are explored by boat, revealing pristine beaches and abundant wildlife.

A delightful Indian Ocean island cruise

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

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

Nadine Morton

REAL ESATE: Looking to invest in the Central West? New data from Suburbanite shows where you should avoid. Photo: FILE

Looking to invest in the Central West? Here's where to avoid

Nadine Morton

DEBATE: Nyngan Public School students have taken on Narromine in the Kerry Parkes Debating Challenge. Photo: CONTRIBUTED

Public school debaters take on Narromine

Back to Convent school Nyngan 1905

Back to Convent school Nyngan 1905

Leonie Montgomery

Sky Muster Plus: Member for Parkes Mark Coulton welcoming NBNs launch of the new Sky Muster Plus product, along with Minister for Communications, Cyber Safety and the Arts, Paul Fletcher, NBN CEO Stephen Rue, and Jenny Beach, Royal Flying Doctor Service.

New opportunities for north-west students

Mark Coulton

DEBATE: Nyngan Public School students have taken on Narromine in the Kerry Parkes Debating Challenge. Photo: CONTRIBUTED

Public school debaters take on Narromine

SKILLS: Rebecca George and Emily Pitt have recently attend the ASC of NSW Next Generation Show Skills Seminar in Wagga Wagga. Photo: CONTRIBUTED

Show society members offered insight

Gathering of Garden club members at the home of Anna and Greg Corby.

Garden club meet at the Corby's for July

Kookaburras to Mr Whippy. What does Australia sound like to you?

Kookaburras to Mr Whippy. What does Australia sound like to you?

'GREAT HONOUR': Canberra healthcare worker and grandmother Aunty Thelma Weston has been named 2019 NAIDOC Female Elder of the Year.

Aunty Thelma's warm welcome

Geraldine Cardozo

Older Australians are among at-risk groups for sepsis.

It kills 5000 Aussies a year, but do you know the sepsis warning signs?

Eileen Wood

Son of a gun: Zipping Browny's sire, three-time Group 1 winner My Bro Fabio. Picture: Sandown Greyhounds.

Maidens take centre stage at Dapto

Earth, wind and fire - but not enough water

REAL AUSTRALIA
Earth, wind and fire - but not enough water

Streaking clear: Track specialist Smart Desire at Goulburn. Picture: Goulburn Greyhound Racing Club.

Goulburn kick starts track reconstructions

When the reality is a stark one

REAL AUSTRALIA
When the reality is a stark one

Myles enjoying building in library time.

See what's been happening at Nyngan Public

TRESSES: Eli Spielvogel will shave his long locks to raise money for the Leukemia Foundation. Picture: supplied

Eli's close shave to give thanks for good health

Michelle Smith

Emergency or not? Well, it depends on where you live, it seems. Photo: Shutterstock

REAL AUSTRALIA
Climate emergency or just rubbish?

James Joyce

SEVENS STAR: Nyngan's very own Terrance Ryan has been selected for a national talent camp this weekend. Photo: TONY WOOD

'Shocked' Ryan selected for Rugby Australia's Dream Big Time camp

Zaarkacha Marlan

I'm all right Jack: Inaction on climate change is just one of the ways that Australia is letting down younger generations.

How we are failing our younger generations

John Hewson
1hr ago

Sometimes sadness crushes the daisies

OPINION
Sometimes sadness crushes the daisies

A private matter: Many smaller towns don't even have 'preferred providers' for services such as dental or physiotherapy. That might mean a long car trip to access the 'preferred' service - cancelling out any financial benefit of having the extras cover in the first place.

OPINION
Customer service lacking in private health

Penelope Arthur

Jessica Skipper, her two-year-old son, Charlie, and partner Jake Tidey, who opted not to take advantage of the government's dad and partner pay two-week scheme as it would see a drop in the family's income. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

Outdated paid parental leave a deterrent to dads: experts

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Neighbour Paul Savage says he remembers hearing kids playing the morning William Tyrrell vanished.

Tyrrell neighbour adds new pieces to story

1hr ago

Chaynika Sethi has been found guilty of 98 counts of stealing as a servant.

WA fashionista guilty of $163k boss theft

1hr ago

Some residents could be able to return to Sydney's Mascot Towers as early as January.

Some Mascot Towers residents could return

2hrs ago

Matt Canavan has branded an engineering firm 'weak as piss" after it severed ties with Adani.

Climate-mining debate must respect regions

Paul Osborne
2hrs ago

Tim Fischer backed John Howard's overhauling of Australia's gun laws after the Port Arthur massacre.

Gun laws will be Tim Fischer's legacy

Paul Osborne

Former deputy PM Tim Fischer has died after a decade-long battle with cancer.

Former deputy PM Tim Fischer dies aged 73

Daniel McCulloch
2hrs ago

A new eye injection being developed by the Australian National University's Dr Joshua Chu-Tan could one day prevent some forms of blindness. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

Gene therapy could help save eyesight

Daniella White

Always a farmer at heart, Tim Fischer pictured in 1990 in a canola crop in a story for The Land. It's Barossa canola on his farm Peppers at Boree Creek.

Fischer a "titan" of the National Party

John Ellicott, Mike Foley and Vernon Graham

Samantha Longmore features in The Land's podcast, Hear Them Raw, to share her story after overcoming two accidents in one day. Pictures: Lucy Kinbacher

'I survived two crashes in one day'

Lucy Kinbacher

Geoff Rice of Langlands Hanlon, Parkes, takes bids at the prime lamb sale in Forbes.

Let's take a look at the positives during drought

GEOFF RICE

A great experience: fishing at Berkeley River Lodge.

Great ideas for your next getaway

John Rozentals

Nowhere epitomises the problems as much as Venice, which attracts 30 million tourists a year to its magnificent canals and bridges.

Top tourism spots crack down as they become victim of own success

Emma Batha, Thomson Reuters Foundation

Impressive: The view from Common Grounds and the historic wooden bridge across the Hunter.

Take time to mosey around Morpeth

John Rozentals

Anybody investing in shares can expect four negative years out of every 10. This does leave six good ones to take advantage of.

Time in is more important than timing

Noel Whittaker

HOPE: The daffodil is one of the first flowers of spring. For many affected by cancer, the daffodil represents hope for a cancer-free future.

A symbol of hope, strength

Versatile: "I wanted its name to be something you remember, says Maitland mum Jo Hardie of the Spewy. Picture: Max Mason-Hubers.

'Spewy' kids lead to mum's invention

Penelope Green