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That's it for another edition of BathurstAM
Make sure you take a peek at our September snap shots gallery, taking a look at what the city got up to over the last month!
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SOCIAL stories in today's Western Advocate:
THE Bathurst Bulldogs Rugby Club held its presentation night last Friday. More than 100 of the club's players and supporters gathered in the Ashwood Park clubhouse to see more than 30 awards presented.
THE Scots School year 12 students celebrated their last day of school with a very special Valedictory Assembly recently followed by a formal Valedictory dinner in the evening in the school dining hall.
THE Chifley Home and Education Centre was buzzing with activity on Saturday. The Threads of Time exhibition, a collaborative project between Charles Sturt University and Bathurst Regional Council, was officially opened by deputy mayor Ian North.
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Bathurst triathlete Terry Roberts is set to strut his stuff on the world stage when he competes in a race which is regarded as the pinnacle of his chosen sport next week.
After months of tough training through a cold Bathurst winter, Roberts will contest the World Ironman Championships in Hawaii on October 12 (Australian time).
However, it won’t be easy as heatwave and windy conditions on the island that is known as Kona gives this race the status as the toughest single-day endurance event on the globe.
Roberts, 52, will be racing under the banner of the Bathurst-based King Cain Wallabies Triathlon Club and is looking forward to his fifth outing at Kona. He qualified with a gritty performance at the Ironman Australia event at Port Macquarie in May.
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CHIFLEY LAC have recovered a motorcycle that was stolen from a CSU car park sometime between Sunday and yesterday. Police are putting a baseball bat and chisel located nearby under forensic testing.
In Portland four men have broken into a bar and stolen the cash register as well as a large amount of spirits and pre-mixed drinks. Police are currently studying CCTV footage of the break-in. Anyone with information that can help is encouraged to call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
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LOOK out above!
When 21-year-old Bathurst resident James Dibley heard magpies were swooping along the bike track behind Abercrombie Estate, he decided to head to the scene of the attacks on Saturday.
He strapped a GoPro Hero 3+ video camera on his bike hoping to catch an attack on film.
He succeeded.
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DID you know that the new month also marks Mental Health Month?
Bathurst Mental Health Month Committee, the Bathurst Regional Youth Council and headspace Youth Reference Group are asking the Bathurst community to "Look Up".
This year’s Mental Health Month challenge dares you to Look Up, commit time to being device free and using those tech free moments to indulge in something you never have time for anymore.
Click here to learn more about the challenge!
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EXPERTS say negative gearing is having a greater impact on Australia's rapidly rising house prices than Chinese investment.
But that statement comes with a qualification – it is very difficult to know what the level of Chinese investment in Australia's residential real estate is because authorities do not have data that breaks things down that much.
One of Australia's most respected economists on Tuesday called for the Abbott government to rein in surging house prices in Australia's capital cities by putting an end to negative gearing for new investors.
A TEENAGE girl was stabbed multiple times with a pocket knife during a fight with another female near Newcastle, police say.
The 17-year-old girl is in John Hunter Hospital with stab wounds to her chest, stomach, arms and hands following the incident in bushland at Kahibah, about 10 kilometres south-west of Newcastle, on Tuesday night.
A MOVE within the Abbott cabinet to establish a homeland security super-ministry drawing together several major departments and functions looks to have been scuttled because senior figures viewed it as an attempt by backers of Immigration Minister Scott Morrison to elevate him to future leader status.
But a watered-down version of the plan could yet come to pass through the creation of a super bureaucrat or "national security tsar" with federal responsibility for co-ordination of all agencies in the field including Australian Federal Police, the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation, state police and emergency services, Customs and Border Protection, and elements of Defence.
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IN other news around the region:
DR Jann Hunt, the former superintendent of Orange Base Hospital, says she can no longer hold her silence on the lack of a dedicated palliative care area at Orange Health Service.
She says the transition from Orange Base Hospital to the new site on Forest Road has left a void in the provision of a private self-contained palliative care area for patients, and Orange has taken a backward step.
Orange hospital has moved to a model where palliative care patients are assigned to private rooms throughout the hospital if they are available for patients at the end of their life.
AN extensive business survey by Regional Development Australia (RDA) has identified the barriers preventing small to medium businesses in the Orana area from looking to expand.
Five hundred businesses across the 13 Orana shires were surveyed as part of the Orana Regional Workforce Planning and Development Strategy and a decreased demand for the business, the weather and an inability to compete against big businesses were all identified as major barriers to expansion.
MUDGEE’s young performers will start on their own production of short plays with a workshop on the afternoon of Wednesday, October 1.
Short Shorts on October 30 will present short plays written and performed by locals aged 18 and under.
Preparation will begins today with a workshop at the Stables on Market Street from 4pm to 5.30pm, looking at the scripts that have already been submitted, developing new ideas, and starting the young actors and directors on their way to the performance at the end of the month.
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IN local news today:
CHARLES Sturt University’s new cogeneration (cogen) power plant on its Bathurst campus will save the university nearly a quarter of a million dollars in its first year and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2870 tonnes.
The system was officially opened yesterday by the university’s Vice-Chancellor Professor Andrew Vann and Member for Bathurst Paul Toole.
BATHURST'S new multi-million dollar harness racing complex is almost ready for its official unveiling.
Harness Racing NSW has confirmed the new facility near the Vale Road will host a grand opening meet on Sunday, October 19.
The ceremonial first sod was turned for the complex – which Harness Racing NSW hopes will breathe new life into the sport in regional NSW – in July last year.
SEVEN Bathurst establishments have earned a mention in The Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide 2015, but Cobblestone Lane is the most noted of them all.
The Sydney Morning Herald’s annual guide lists and reviews some of the top eateries in the country.
Being included in the publication is a great honour.
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Welcome to the first day of a new month, the busiest one Bathurst gets itself ready for each year!
We're taking a big temperature drop of 10 degrees today for a maximum of 16. Hope you made the most of that warm break yesterday - but it will be back for the weekend.
Those strong winds from yesterday afternoon also look like they will persist into today - reaching 26km/h around 9am.