That's it for another day of BathurstAM. We leave you with today's page-two snap shot.

Don't forget you can see all the brave souls who played sport over the weekend in this week's Sports Out West gallery. 

8.55AM

CHARLES Sturt University (CSU) will today launch the Creative Regions Lab (CRL) in Bathurst.

Associate Professor Margaret Woodward, acting Executive Dean of the Faculty of Arts, said the Lab was a teaching and research hub that aims to drive the development of creative enterprises and activities in regional Australia because innovative creative industries are needed to enrich and sustain a vibrant economic future in regional, rural and remote regions.

“It will explore the relationship between creativity, innovation, and regional living, and will redefine regional creative industries.”

Following the launch by CSU Vice- Chancellor, Professor Andrew Vann, guest speaker Professor Justin O’Connor, Professor of Communications and Cultural Economy at Monash University, will deliver a presentation titled ‘Reframing Cultural Economy’.

8.45AM

YOUNG people will have their welfare managed and people with a disability will be moved off the pension under proposals before the federal government.

But the government has promised the changes won't be felt for some time and the community will get a say.

Social Services Minister Kevin Andrews has released an interim report into welfare reform, arguing the system is unsustainable and complex. 

The report calls for welfare payment categories be culled from 20 to just four: a tiered working-age payment, a disability support pension, an age pension and a child payment.

People with a disability will be moved onto the working-age payment along with jobseekers, parents and carers, with topups based on need.

Only those with a permanent impairment and no capacity to work will get the disability support pension.

Mr Andrews said the "set and forget" payment did not recognise people's ability to work and many people claiming the payment had episodic psychological illnesses.

8.30AM

Your snow photos are now online. Click here to flip through the snow photos sent in by readers from right across the central west. All we can say is: brrrrr. 

8.10AM

Oscar Pistorius' murder trial is set to continue today, despite the psychiatrist charged with evaluating the athlete being hospitalised for a heart attack.

Dr Leon Fine, one of four experts tasked with evaluating Pistorius' mental health, suffered a heart attack on Thursday before he could sign off on the report to be used in court, according to South African media. 

The defence team has argued the athlete, who is charged with the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, had general anxiety disorder, which may have affected his judgment at the time of her death. The court ordered a 30-day psychiatric evaluation in May.

8AM

It was a cold and wet weekend for Bathurst's sporting men and women, but in the rain and mud there were some very one-sided results. Here is a brief wrap from sports editor Anya Whitelaw:

RUGBY UNION: The Bathurst Bulldogs dominated against the Parkes Boars at Ashwood Park, running in six tries for a 41-7 Central West Rugby Union victory. 

However, their fellow Bathurst side CSU did not have it as easy. The students were humbled 60-0 by the Orange Emus at Endeavour Oval, coach James McLaren labelling the performance "embarrassing".

RUGBY LEAGUE: Former Bathurst Panthers Jeremy Gordon and Tim Holman hurt the men in black when they travelled to Cowra on Saturday in Group 10 Rugby League.

The pair, who now play for the Cowra Magpies, helped steer their side to a 28-16 victory over Bathurst Panthers.

On Sunday St Pat's came up against Blayney and while the Saints were not at their best, a 20-12 win keeps them in second place on the ladder.

HOCKEY: Bathurst City's 2-1 women's Premier League Hockey win over Parkes was soured somewhat by an altercation. 

Parkes' Jess Ross was red carded after punches were thrown in an incident which also involved City defender Sarah McCusker.

The other Bathurst teams were involved in local derbies and it finished with one win apiece to Souths and St Pat's. 

Souths won the women's fixture 3-1 as the Saints were left to rue missed chances, while in the men's match St Pat's had no such troubles finding the back of the net in a 6-0 win.

7.50AM

SIX teenagers have been charged with malicious damage and trespassing at The Assumption School over the weekend. 

Three 16-year-old boys, a 16-year-old girl, a 15-year-old boy and a 12-year-old boy were captured on CCTV footage entering the Mitre Street school around 10pm on Friday and again around 1pm on Saturday. 

Chifley Local Area Command Acting Inspector Leanne Walsh said the teenagers had damaged a school sign and a sun sail.

She said the teenagers were arrested in the Bathurst CBD around 4.45pm on Saturday after one of the 16-year-old boys assaulted a security guard at Stockland Shopping Centre. 

She said the 16-year-old boy had also assaulted a police officer who tried to arrest him.  

Acting Inspector Walsh said the 16-year-old boy had been charged with eight offences, including trespassing, assaulting a police officer, larceny and causing malicious damage. He will appear in Bathurst Children’s Court on August 15. 

She said the five other teenagers would be dealt with under the Young Offenders Act.

7.45AM

WHILE most of us huddled inside yesterday Ryley, 8, and Ruby,5, Masman (below) were out enjoying the snow at Yetholme.

Bathurst reached a top of 7 degrees on Sunday and there were reports of snow right across the region. It was slightly warmer on Saturday when we reached 14.2 degrees. 

If you were out in the snow over the weekend send us a photo and we'll publish a gallery of winter wonderland photos online today. Simply email your photo to acoomans@fairfaxmedia.com.au

7.30AM

And around the region:

The NSW Teachers Federation said there is "no doubt" the federal government's failure to commit to the Gonski education reforms had a negative impact on local teachers and students.

ORANGE nurses are buoyed by the support of the public who have signed a petition to increase staff to patient ratios at the hospital.

MEMBER for Orange, Andrew Gee has welcomed the announcement by Minister for Primary Industries, Katrina Hodgkinson that $13 million in funding has been allocated to support the rollout of the new national drought program, commencing on 1 July 2014. 

TWO boatloads of asylum seekers are believed to be aboard Australian vessels off Christmas Island but the government has refused to confirm their existence or comment on whether they will be allowed to set foot in Australia.

AOTHORITIES could have stopped a Sydney teenager who left home suddenly and is believed to be en route to Iraq to join the fighting, a lawyer for the boy's family says.

7.20AM

In local news this morning:

THREE teenagers have been charged over the desecration of nearly 70 historic headstones at Bathurst cemetery last week. 

BATHURST would become a hub for up-and-coming cricket stars in an ambitious plan for vacant land in the city’s west.

A MAN who blew almost seven times the legal blood alcohol limit after crashing his car has been put off the road for 30 months, fined $900 and been placed on a Section 9 Bond.

7AM

GOOD morning, Bathurst! Hopefully, you have had a wonderful weekend and you're ready for a new week. 

The temperature continues to go south today with a top of just 8 degrees predicted. It's set to be a cloudy day with morning frost and isolated showers falling as snow above 900 metres.

Don't forget we would love to see your cold weather photos - take a snap out your back door this morning and send it through to us.

Photos, announcements and news tips can be sent to acoomans@fairfaxmedia.com.au.

Here is a look at what is happening on the radar at the moment: