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Paul Quigley (Warren) and John Birks (Trangie).

The Nevertire rodeo returns to lift community spirits

TRENDING: #scottmorrisonwhereareyou social media campaign launched to highlight drought. Photo: THE WEST IS WAITING INSTAGRAM

UPDATED
PM dusts off a campaign flooding social media for help

Zaarkacha Marlan

WORKING DROUGHT: Agriculture is one area that has been affected by the skill shortage in western NSW. Photo: SHUTTERSTOCK.

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Worker drought: Half of businesses in region suffering skills shortage

Grace Ryan

Photo: File.

Farmers urged to keep an eye on their livestock following rain event

Taylor Jurd

SUSTAINABLE: Alan Kidd, Charlie Carter, Nathan Martin, Bonnie Smith and Ruby Walsh show off their recycling. Photo: ZAARKACHA MARLAN

Preschoolers collect bottles for speech services

Zaarkacha Marlan

Photo: Shutterstock.

Patchy rain 'not enough to settle the dust'

Taylor Jurd

CHAFING THE DREAM: Team members Ebony Wardman, Joe Ludick, Lyn Webster and Ben Loiacono with Nyngan's Ally Robb. Photo: ZAARKACHA MARLAN

Local Health District taking steps for charity

Zaarkacha Marlan

Paul Quigley (Warren) and John Birks (Trangie).

The Nevertire rodeo returns to lift community spirits

TRENDING: #scottmorrisonwhereareyou social media campaign launched to highlight drought. Photo: THE WEST IS WAITING INSTAGRAM

UPDATED
PM dusts off a campaign flooding social media for help

Zaarkacha Marlan

Suspicions, secrets revealed. Annette: Cold Case Unlocked episode 2

Suspicions, secrets revealed. Annette: Cold Case Unlocked episode 2

Tigers celebrate the end of the 2019 football season | photos

PHOTOS
Tigers celebrate the end of the 2019 football season | photos

Zaarkacha Marlan

Tigers fend off Raidettes' comeback to secure nail-biting title win

Tigers fend off Raidettes' comeback to secure nail-biting title win

Daniel Shirkie

AWESOME FOURSOME: Alexander Hill, Jack Hargreaves, Nick Purnall and Jack O'Brien at the World Championships in Austria. Photo: ROWING AUSTRALIA

Hargreaves returns home after World Rowing Championships

Tigers celebrate the end of the 2019 football season | photos

PHOTOS
Tigers celebrate the end of the 2019 football season | photos

Beautiful Bowling: Handicap pairs round winners Rodney Ryan and Greg Wright defeated Connor and Tim Ryan.

Frosty Memorial Day triples coming up on the weekend

Contributed

THE FIRST: Jacob Neill became the first Nyngan Tiger to win the player of the year award. Photo: NICK GUTHRIE

Hometown pride drives Neill and Tigers to new heights

Nick Guthrie

Verily helps Nyngan carers get and give support

Verily helps Nyngan carers get and give support

This ball is not just a Debutante Ball, it is a ball to honour the Town Hall and all the events that has happened at the hall over the years.

Dancing

Contributed

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

Verily helps Nyngan carers get and give support

Verily helps Nyngan carers get and give support

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

Raising the standard of managers and leaders to create a better society

Raising the standard of managers and leaders to create a better society

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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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Raising the standard of managers and leaders to create a better society

Raising the standard of managers and leaders to create a better society

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

CWA to host International day at hall

CWA to host International day at hall

FILMS BY: Some great short films were shot during the course of the day, many only needing some minor editing once back at school. Photo: CONTRIBUTED

Students make their own films

Green light given to help ensure safety at crossing

Green light given to help ensure safety at crossing

Ray Donald

CWA to host International day at hall

CWA to host International day at hall

Member for Parkes Mark Coulton catching up with members of the Copper City Mens Shed in Cobar last week.

Addressing issues far and wide in huge electorate

Mark Coulton

Hermidale Choir.

CWA ladies hit the stage for cultural day

Louise Lovett

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

Up she goes: Well, so says 97% of scientists, anyway. Photo: Shutterstock

REAL AUSTRALIA
Time to strike while the climate is hot

28m ago

Paul Quigley (Warren) and John Birks (Trangie).

The Nevertire rodeo returns to lift community spirits

'Give your mates a hug': Friends, family and fans remember Danny Frawley

'Give your mates a hug': Friends, family and fans remember Danny Frawley

Suspicions, secrets revealed. Annette: Cold Case Unlocked episode 2

Suspicions, secrets revealed. Annette: Cold Case Unlocked episode 2

Shae Deverll (main photo) never met her aunt Annette (top) but has lived with the ongoing grief of her grandmother Margaret Carver (below).

The aunt I never knew: who killed Annette?

Carla Hildebrandt

Tough day.

REAL AUSTRALIA
Well, that's a lot of bull

Sally Cripps

THE RINGER: AKA Good Fruit and Vegetables editor Ashley Walmsley.

REAL AUSTRALIA
Farmers' take on the fake and flowers bloom despite the drought

Spring snow at Medlow Bath on September 17. Photo: Brigitte Grant Photography

Spring snowfall in Blue Mountains and beyond

Up she goes: Well, so says 97% of scientists, anyway. Photo: Shutterstock

REAL AUSTRALIA
Time to strike while the climate is hot

Rachael Houlihan
28m ago

When our stories don't stop at a soundbite

OPINION
When our stories don't stop at a soundbite

Marie Low

THE DESPERATE: Even before the AI strikes, Australia was in deep decline due to climate change: endless droughts and other extreme weather events such as super-cyclones and floods ... Artwork: Marco Mana

SATIRE
Stuck on a smelly refugee boat with Dutton

Mark Bode

The mother of the three missing Beaumont siblings - Jane (9), Arnna (7) and Grant (4) - has died.

Mother of missing Beaumont children dies

A bill has been introduced to Qld parliament outlawing the use "attachment devices" by protesters.

Qld govt introduces protest crackdown bill

16m ago

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said an extra 100,000 Australians in work lifted income tax revenue.

Budget almost in black on NDIS underspend

20m ago

Comin' at you ... Are cable ties the answer?

Cable ties probably won't stop magpie attacks - here are a few things to try instead

28m ago

Sydney has been lashed by rains this week but catchment areas in NSW have received very little falls

Rain doesn't mean the drought is over: BOM

Tiffanie Turnbull
28m ago

A Tamil family will remain in legal limbo on Christmas Island.

Tamil family to stay in Aust until trial

Amber Wilson
32m ago

Acting PM Michael McCormack(R) says no one eligible for NDIS will miss out despite $4.6b underspend.

Question Time in federal parliament

37m ago

Senate President Scott Ryan says a some data was taken in a cyber attack on Parliament's network.

Bits of data taken when parliament hacked

Matt Coughlan
48m ago

'Why we had to sell up'

'Why we had to sell up'

Jann Karp and Lucy Kinbacher
1hr ago

Welcome rain in parts of NSW

Welcome rain in parts of NSW

BEN DOMENSINO, Weatherzone
2hrs ago

New rules: NSW government is consulting over proposed controversial changes to irrigation rules. North and south irrigators says the state's water managers are guilty of overreach.

Storm clouds over NSW's new rainfall run-off rules

Mike Foley

The Great Barrier Reef Drive: one of Australia's most picturesque coastal roads.

What's your next holiday destination?

John Rozentals

Get in early: The ACCC inquiry found foreign cash is more expensive at airport locations than at other locations. When buying USD200 in February 2019, consumers could have saved AUD40 by purchasing from the cheapest supplier at a non-airport location, compared with the most expensive supplier at the airport.

Australians paying millions too much for foreign currency services: ACCC

FASCINATING: The Australian Fossil and Mineral Museum is known for exhibiting specimens from every major stage of life on Earth.

A weekend at the museum

Andrew Lotherington

Making the most of super: I can't think of an easier way for a young person to earn nearly $1 million. All they need to do is contact their superannuation fund and allocate their asset mix into growth investments.

Under 55? Go for growth

Noel Whittaker

NICE THREADS: It doesn't take much for boys to pull together a smooth look for their school formal, but it does help if they know what they like.

Choosing your 'bag of fruit'

10 clever household hacks using bicarb soda

10 clever household hacks using bicarb soda