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Aboriginal elders to provide clean water for Walgett after NSW government short-term solution fails

Aboriginal elders in Walgett say they will provide free filtered drinking water for their remote community after repeated failures by the state and local government.

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Councillor calls for a Dubbo crime summit but is social media exaggerating the issue?

Despite efforts to draw political attention to the western NSW town, the mayor does not believe data backs up claims of a crime wave, nor does a man who's been filming for social media.

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Nyngan emergency bore projects in limbo as government fails to commit further funding

A mayor in western New South Wales says his town is "in limbo" after the budget for a water security project blew out by $4.7 million.

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Alby the therapy dog brings joy to students and staff at Cobar Public School

A rural teacher says the effort that has gone into training her labradoodle to be a therapy dog is worth it as soon as she sees how students and staff interact with him.

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Dubbo's Sing Out Choir for people with dementia holds first major concert

A music program that's "just like a party" is changing moods and improving the language skills of people with dementia.

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Walgett drinking water quality, river system concerns aired by distressed residents

Walgett residents have shared distressing stories with the NSW Water Minister about the impact of water quality in the town, including one mother who says she had no idea she was "pumping sodium" through her ill son.

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Accused in Michelle Bright murder trial allegedly confessed to undercover police, court told

Craig Henry Rumsby also allegedly admitted to the attempted rape of another teenager the year before Ms Bright's death, a Dubbo court has heard.

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Dubbo RSL sub-branch establishes drop-in centre for western NSW veterans

A RSL sub-branch is trying to change the view that the clubs are only for "old blokes" as it welcomes veterans of all ages who want to meet other defence force personnel who understand their experiences.

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Warrumbungle Shire Council, Boulos Constructions settle retirement village dispute

Seniors fear they'll have to leave their central west NSW town after the failure of a project to build a retirement village.

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Inside the Wellington Amateur Theatrical Society's century-old costume house

Walking down the aisles between these vintage costumes is like taking a stroll through Oklahoma! or a skip down the yellow brick road in The Wizard of Oz.

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Narromine Shire Council demands answers as cost of home insurance soars

Narromine residents say it was 1955 when the Macquarie River last flooded in their town. They are angry their insurance premiums are spiking now.

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Exhibition charts The Reels' rise from a Dubbo woolshed to revered Australian rock band

An exhibition in the band's hometown explores the group's beginnings in the 1970s, their role at the forefront of Australia's 1980s new wave scene, and examines their legacy and enduring influence.

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Mass fish kill a case of deja vu as Nationals look to win back seat of Barwon in NSW election

Four years ago, a mass fish kill was the backdrop for a massive upset in far-west NSW at the state election. Now, the Nationals are dealing with similar events as they try to reclaim the seat of Barwon.

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Rally flares up over Dubbo drug rehabilitation site on Spears Drive

Former patients say they are "counting corpses" after the governments cut the number of beds at the planned facility by a third. Many are also united in opposing its location.

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Farm chemical spray drift causing widespread tree deaths, claims community group

A group of farmers, scientists and concerned regional residents say spray drift is causing widespread tree and plant deaths in NSW, and the authorities are not taking it seriously.

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Site of Dubbo drug rehab centre angers Aboriginal leaders and neighbours

Residents living near the site in Dubbo say the centre won't be big enough to meet demand and local Indigenous leaders say the decision is "wrong in so many ways".

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Regional community newspapers grow, bucking industry trends of closures and job loss

While bigger companies have closed regional newsrooms or shifted to digital-only editions, community-owned news outlets are choosing to scale up.

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World's first synthetic foot-and-mouth, lumpy skin disease vaccine in the works in NSW

The government hopes the vaccine, which would also protect against lumpy skin disease, could be developed in the state by August 1 next year.

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Burrendong Dam spill threat as western NSW rivers flood, embankments collapse

Months of flood conditions across western NSW has Burrendong Dam threatening to spill into already inundated rivers, as saturated embankments collapse.

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Huntsman Telescope launched to study deep skies and galaxy formation from Siding Spring Observatory

A long-awaited telescope in the middle of New South Wales is set to bring a little light to the darkest parts of the skies, to hopefully answer key questions about how galaxies form and evolve.

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Delayed NSW cotton harvest and worker shortage leads women to rise to the occasion to get crop picked

Annie Kennedy is seven months pregnant, but with the help of former ballerina Britt de Jong she is working around the clock to get the cotton crop picked.

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Water supply in Dubbo undrinkable as boil water alert timeframe remains unclear

More than 50,000 residents across parts of the Dubbo region are affected by a boil-water alert that remains in place while council crews work to drain undrinkable water from reservoirs.

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Family of Aboriginal man who died after leaving Dubbo Hospital calls for Attorney-General's help

Dougie Hampson died hours after leaving a Western NSW hospital. Now his family wants the Attorney-General to help them get answers.

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Walgett parents fear for children only eligible to attend low-performing, 'violent' high school

There have been decades of serious problems and terrible outcomes at this outback town's only high school, but applications to attend other schools are being rejected.

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Walgett high school rapidly going 'backwards' since Connected Communities introduced, critics say

Walgett Community College, infamous for violence and relentless staff turnover, has gone backwards at a "great rate of knots" since the very program designed to fix the problems was introduced, community members say.

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