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That's it for today's edition of Bathurst AM. Thanks for joining me, I'll be back at 7am tomorrow. I'll leave you with some of the city's beautiful new babies, all of whom are featured in the baby page of today's Western Advocate.
8.45AM:
Want something to do tonight to get you out of the house?
Spirituality in the Pub is on this evening from 7.30-9.00pm with Dr Paul Collins - at Piper's Bistro, at the Oxford Hotel.
Paul was born in Melbourne and is one of Australia's best-known independent commentators on Catholic, religious and spiritual affairs especially in relationship to public life. His voice is often heard on the ABC, SBS and on commercial radio and TV, as well as in the daily newspapers.
These evenings are always popular so get there early to get a seat.
8.30AM:
It's such a shame to see another local business closing it's doors, but it sounds like there are some great bargains to be had in Crazy Clark's final days.
Pop into it's store at 80-84 William Street and have a look what you can find.
8.15AM
Bathurst is fast establishing itself as a regional venue for prominent sporting fixtures which is fantastic news. This post comes from Bathurst Regional Council's Facebook page.
8AM:
Police are investigating three steal from motor vehicles overnight in the car park of the old St Vincent's Hospital after thieves have smashed the rear windows of three vehicles in the public car park. Each vehicle was rummaged through , however no items were left in the vehicles for the thieves to grab. They have also attempted to hot wire one of the vehicles without success and another had the aerial bent .The vehicles belonged to senior residents at the aged care facility.
In a separate incident a vehicle parked and secured in Kabbera Blvd Kelso had the driving lights stolen sometime over the weekend. The lights are described as HID lights and are not a common brand.
Police are also asking people to keep a look out for a 2005 Orange coloured industrial plant trailer, stolen from Jenolan Caves Road Hampton. Registration R75589. If you see this please contact Bathurst police on 63328699.
7.45AM:
There is plenty on in Bathurst today.
Kelso Community Centre, at 24 Bonnor Street is holding a breakfast club from 8-9am and Kelso Kids Club 3.30-5pm, contact 63312407 to participate.
U3A is hosting a session on learning to play the ululele at Conservatorium from 3pm until 3.45. Contact Christine Sweeney 63316622.
Story time is on at the Bathurst Library from 10.30-11.30am today.
There is also a free women's health clinic this afternoon from 1.00 pm, on the ground floor at the Bathurst Base Hospital, phone 63305677 for an appointment.
7.30AM
And a look at news around the region.
Patients face high out of pocket costs when travelling to Sydney for treatment, with little to no government assistance.
Dubbo cancer survivor Gwen Glover had to travel to St Vincent’s Hospital for a stem cell transplant more than 10 years ago.
She said the government subsidy, the Isolated Patients Travel and Accommodation Assistance Scheme or IPTAAS, was well under par.
“The cost of fuel is high, parking is expensive and the payments are not adequate enough to cover all of the expenses,” Mrs Glover said.
“The IPTAAS goes nowhere to cover these expenses.”
Currently IPTAAS covers $43 per night for accommodation costs, not even a third required for the average Sydney motel.
A rare flashover event at the Orange TransGrid substation has been pinpointed as the cause of a two-hour-and-20-minute blackout on Saturday that has left some business owners considering pursuing compensation for loss of business.
A TransGrid spokesperson said in a written statement the failure of the protection relay system, combined with the flashover, delivered a greater impact on the supply system at 1.48pm on Saturday.
More than 9600 customers lost power, which was not restored until 4.10pm.
TransGrid is the NSW electricity transmission authority, which transmits power from generators to electricity distributors such as Essential Energy.
AND in national news a respected workplace economist says there is no evidence ''work for the dole'' schemes work, accusing the federal government of expanding the program for political rather than economic reasons.
The government will force job seekers to look for 40 jobs a month and perform up to 25 hours of community service as part of a new job placement program, set to begin on July 1, 2015.
Details of the three-year, $5.1 billion program were released on Monday, along with an overhaul of the work-for-the-dole program.
Assistant Employment Minister Luke Hartsuyker said taxpayers expected the unemployed to be looking for work, and that it was ''not unreasonable to expect job seekers to be out there looking for work, every working day.''
But Jeff Borland from the University of Melbourne - who conducted the only empirical study of the Howard government's work for the dole scheme - says years of research show such schemes are unlikely to help people find jobs.
''The international evidence is overwhelming,'' Professor Borland said. ''It's hard to believe that the government couldn't understand that this isn't the best way to improve peoples' employability.
7.15AM
A quick look at whats making news this morning in Bathurst.
Police investigating the assault and robbery of a pizza delivery driver in Kelso on Sunday night are reviewing phone records in a bid to identify the assailants.
The robbery was one of two in the Chifley local area command on Sunday night.
The pizza delivery boy, a teenager, was robbed after delivering an order to Culnane Place, Kelso late on Sunday night.
He was later treated at Bathurst Base Hospital for minor injuries and then discharged
Chifley LAC duty officer Inspector Paul McCann said the robbery occurred around 10pm.
Learning music will soon be possible for Bathurst's seniors and disadvantage youths thanks to a funding boost for the Mitchell Conservatorium.
Funds to provide social equity programs to targeted groups in the Bathurst community will be made possible thanks to a $22,500 donation by Charles Sturt University (CSU).
Mitchell Conservatorium executive director Graham Sattler said the funding boost is "enormously important".
And finally, local businesses were the real winners of the NRL clash between the Penrith Panthers and Cronulla Sharks in Bathurst on Saturday.
Bathurst RSL Club general manager Peter Sargent said the club had been full of footy fans over the course of the weekend.
"We had the Cronulla Sharks here doing a signing on Friday night," he said. "The club was at capacity and there was a really great atmosphere.
"We had people travel from all over the place for it. There was a family of eight who travelled from Trangie ... and another family who came from Coolah."
7AM
Good morning Bathurst. It's Jacinta Carroll from the Western Advocate with you today. Today's weather forecast is mostly sunny with a maximum of 15 degrees and a minimum of two degrees. There is also a small chance of rain and a moderate frost on the cards.
If you have any news tips, please email them through to me at jacinta.carroll@fairfaxmedia.com.au
Here is what is happening on the radar this morning: