06 Nov 09 | GARRY Taunton is disappointed local cyclists will not get the chance to talk to cabinet on Monday about the Combined Bathurst Bicycle Users Group’s business proposal for the Bathurst Bike Park. Mr Taunton said the group’s registration was received too late for consideration.

06 Nov 09 | BATHURST Regional Council will raise three local matters with federal cabinet when its members visit the city on Monday. The visit will be Kevin Rudd’s first to Bathurst as prime minister. He was last here as opposition leader in July 2007. Mayor Paul Toole said it was an honour to host a prime minister because it gave local community leaders the chance to put forward issues on behalf of the people they serve.

06 Nov 09 | BETTER educated patrons and a greater awareness of violence and enforcement of the law in NSW licensed premises has contributed to a decline in assaults in the state’s 100 most violent pubs and clubs, new statistics show. Research by the Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research examined the effect of the government’s restrictions on the 48 most violent licensed premises, which began in December 2008.

06 Nov 09 | TWO of the most influential but unheralded figures in Bathurst swimming were recognised recently when they were awarded life membership of the Bathurst City Amateur Swimming Club. Both Daphne North and Heather Rosconi have devoted countless hours of their free time to the club and those involved with it, and at May’s annual general meeting it was unanimously decided to give both the highest recognition possible.

06 Nov 09 | BATHURST junior Jarryd Bird will look to put some indifferent form behind him when he tees it up at the Murumbidgee Golf Club in Canberra this weekend. Bird will form one third of the Central West Team that contests the NSW Country Championships, playing the junior division of the event which begins tomorrow.