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HAVE YOUR SAYKmart ready to open doors at first Bathurst outlet in 13 years

Bradley Jurd

Open houses in and around Bathurst from Friday, October 30th to Saturday, October 31st | photos and map

Open houses in and around Bathurst from Friday, October 30th to Saturday, October 31st | photos and map

President Mark Dunbar (front) with members of the Bathurst Kart Club. Photo: CHRIS SEABROOK

Kart Club aims to clear up 'misinformation' about track project

FINALIST:Scots All Saints College careers adviser Helen Jones (pictured front centre), with some her students. Photo: BRADLEY JURD

Bathurst careers adviser named a finalist for best in her field

Bradley Jurd

THIS IS HALLOWEEN: Cosventure owner Katherine Palma with a taste of the numerous spooky sensations available in store. Photo: SAM BOLT

WHAT'S ONThe witching hour is nigh: Celebrating Halloween COVID-safely

Sam Bolt

MOVE IT: Councillor Jess Jennings believes relocating the go-kart track to the second circuit precinct is the best option for everyone. Photo: CHRIS SEABROOK 102620cjess1

HAVE YOUR SAY'A win-win-win-win': Jennings says this idea is way forward for karts

Rachel Chamberlain

Our say | Extraordinary meeting but expect the same old result

BORDER CLOSUREOur say | Extraordinary meeting but expect the same old result

Murray Nicholls

STILL FIGHTING: Friends of McPhillamy Park committee members Juanita Kwok, Dr Donald Alexander and Jan Page on Mount Panorama on Wednesday, Photo: CHRIS SEABROOK 102820cmcphilmy1

HAVE YOUR SAYFriends of McPhillamy Park vow to keep up the fight 'for everyone'

Our local news is crucial: Haines

BREAKINGSevere weather warning issued across the Central Tablelands

SUBSCRIBERNo Gallen versus Hunt for Carrington Park, but Bathurst still has a link

COMMENTOur say | National crisis that demands urgent action

Photo: CHRIS SEABROOK

HAVE YOUR SAYKmart ready to open doors at first Bathurst outlet in 13 years

HELPING OTHERS: Lifeline Central West chief executive officer Stephanie Robinson said it's time the community played its part in helping to curb high suicide rate. Photo: MATTHEW WATSON 092618mwlifeline

HAVE YOUR SAYSuicide numbers rising in devastating sign of the times: Lifeline

BATHURST LINK: Paul Gallen won't be fighting at Carrington Park this year, but the Rose brothers will stage his much-anticipate bout with Mark Hunt in Sydney. Photo: NO LIMIT BOXING

SUBSCRIBERNo Gallen versus Hunt for Carrington Park, but Bathurst still has a link

HALLOWED TRADITIONS: 'All Hallows' Eve' organisers Dalton Walter and Amanda Jones with Marla the Bride. Photo: SAM BOLT

WHAT'S ONKeystone event to celebrate the traditions of All Hallows' Eve

Council helps developer by dealing with item as a matter of urgency

SUBSCRIBERCouncil helps developer by dealing with item as a matter of urgency

Indi MP Helen Haines says the Save Our Voices campaign is "making a very sensible call on government and, in particular, on the Deputy Prime Minister". Picture: James Wiltshire

Our local news is crucial: Haines

Kart Club aims to clear up 'misinformation' about track project

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Bathurst careers adviser named a finalist for best in her field

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WHAT'S ONThe witching hour is nigh: Celebrating Halloween COVID-safely

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BORDER CLOSUREOur say | Extraordinary meeting but expect the same old result

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HAVE YOUR SAYFriends of McPhillamy Park vow to keep up the fight 'for everyone'

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Our local news is crucial: Haines

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Email threats disrupt HSC biology exams

Email threats disrupt HSC biology exams

Annastacia Palaszczuk was named the "clear winner" of the election debate against Deb Frecklington.

Palaszczuk clear winner in election debate

A corruption inquiry has heard a Metro Trains executive was taking kickbacks from a cleaning firm.

Vic trains exec admits to corrupt payments

Professor David Blair is one of four scientists recognised for their work on gravitational waves.

Physicists awarded top Aussie science gong

A parliamentary committee says Australia's mandatory data retention regime must be more transparent.

Push for more transparent metadata scheme

Rebecca Gredley

DFAT's Frances Adamson says the Australian ambassador has raised Cheng Lei's case with China.

Australia lobbies China on jailed citizens

Matt Coughlan

Ben Cousins has pleaded not guilty to stalking and family violence restraining order breaches.

Fallen AFL star Cousins 'out of control'

Michael Ramsey

Storms have again lashed Queensland, a day after wild weather caused flooding in Brisbane.

More dangerous storms hit southeast Qld

Aaron Bunch

Teacher retention program extended for drought recovering schools

Teacher retention program extended for drought recovering schools

You know it's reopening when flights are relaunching

You know it's reopening when flights are relaunching

Inset: Montague St Bridge today. Photo: Twitter @MontagueStBridg

Bridge bingle signals return to new normal for Vic

Health Department secretary Brendan Murphy. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

Government in more vaccine talks, under pressure to release more detail

The dumpster fire that is 2020 burns less brightly

The dumpster fire that is 2020 burns less brightly

Janine Graham

FREE TESTING: Western NSW Local Health District staff at a pop-up COVID-19 clinic on Hereford Street on Saturday. Photo: PHIL BLATCH

Bathurst blitz conducts 200 more tests but still no cases of COVID

Murray Nicholls

Coronavirus testing reveals four new cases in NSW

Coronavirus testing reveals four new cases in NSW

Glen Humphries

ACT residents can travel to Tasmania with quarantining from Monday. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

EXPLAINERThe Tasmanian border is open. Here's what you need to know before you go

Kathryn Lewis

D-LEAGUE REPRESENTATIVES: Front, Riley (13) and Roxy George (14). Back, Jett Chaniotis (13) and Zara Phillips (14). Photo: CHRIS SEABROOK

SUBSCRIBERIt's time to play: Bathurst has four D-League representatives

Alexander Grant

WELL DONE WALLABIES: Bathurst Wallabies club members, from left, Richard Blackie, Anna Blackie, Candice Falconer and Brigette Evans all conquered the Nepean Triathlon. Photo: CONTRIBUTED

Falconer and Evans go long for the first time at Nepean

Anya Whitelaw

SEEING IT WELL: Ben Mitchell (centre) has had a great start to his 2020-21 Sydney Premier Cricket season, notching up his first two half centuries in the competition in the space of two days. Photo: SYDNEY UNIVERSITY

SUBSCRIBERBen's big back-to-back days with the bat

Alexander Grant

D-LEAGUE REPRESENTATIVES: Front, Riley (13) and Roxy George (14). Back, Jett Chaniotis (13) and Zara Phillips (14). Photo: CHRIS SEABROOK

SUBSCRIBERIt's time to play: Bathurst has four D-League representatives

GIVE THEM MORE: Layla Rumball takes a carry for the under 16 Platypi. Players get just five rounds of football plus finals in the current WWRL format. Photo: PHIL BLATCH

SUBSCRIBERRoels calls for longer Western Women's Rugby League season

Anya Whitelaw

TOP STEP: Tom Bolton celebrates his Easts Cycling Club Tuesday Night Heffron success. Photo: MANLY WARRINGAH CYCLING CLUB

Bolton claims pair of quality wins in short space of time

Alexander Grant

AA hits fast ice off Davis V1 7 Nov 2019. PHOTO: Simon Payne AAD

LISTENClimb aboard the only Australian-made icebreaker

AA hits fast ice off Davis V1 7 Nov 2019. PHOTO: Simon Payne AAD

LISTENClimb aboard the only Australian-made icebreaker

Ride Dungog's Chloe Chick and other volunteers installed flow tracks down the hill at the Common. PHOTO: Marina Neil

LISTENWhy this town is booming its way through COVID

Ride Dungog's Chloe Chick and other volunteers installed flow tracks down the hill at the Common. PHOTO: Marina Neil

LISTENWhy this town is booming its way through COVID

Craig Hall, Sherry McArdle-English, Anne McGrath and Fred McGrath Weber and Paul Keir want certainty for the Majura Valley producers. PHOTO: Matt Loxton

LISTENIn their own words: The battle faced by the ACT's farmers

Craig Hall, Sherry McArdle-English, Anne McGrath and Fred McGrath Weber and Paul Keir want certainty for the Majura Valley producers. PHOTO: Matt Loxton

LISTENIn their own words: The battle faced by the ACT's farmers

The sunset viewing area near Hay offers views across the flower-filled fields. Pictures: Michael Turtle

The drive-through towns that will make you want to stop a while

Michael Turtle

ACT residents can travel to Tasmania with quarantining from Monday. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

EXPLAINERThe Tasmanian border is open. Here's what you need to know before you go

Kathryn Lewis

Shannon Noll is back on the road for Great Southern Nights.

Great Southern Nights: 1000 gigs to get you up and moving

Brittany Lazarus

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All you need for a sugar skull costume is some face paint and some flowers. Picture: Shutterstock

10 last minute DIY Halloween costumes

Amy Martin

HALLOWED TRADITIONS: 'All Hallows' Eve' organisers Dalton Walter and Amanda Jones with Marla the Bride. Photo: SAM BOLT

WHAT'S ONKeystone event to celebrate the traditions of All Hallows' Eve

Sam Bolt

Fried quesadillas and potato quesadillas. Picture: Alicia Taylor

How to eat like a true Mexican

Karen Hardy

Farmers and outdoor workers may be at greater of risk non-melanoma skin cancer

Farmers and outdoor workers may be at greater of risk non-melanoma skin cancer

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Aussie cricket great calls on fellow farmers to get skin checked regularly

Aussie cricket great calls on fellow farmers to get skin checked regularly

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Your future trip is outback

Your future trip is outback

Emma Brown

Farmers and outdoor workers may be at greater of risk non-melanoma skin cancer

Farmers and outdoor workers may be at greater of risk non-melanoma skin cancer

A perfect hot plan for you

A perfect hot plan for you

Emma Brown

REACH OUT: McGrath Foundation breast care nurses and supporters are helping lead the Pink Up Your town fundraiser this year.

Pink Up Your Town for breast care nurses

Open houses in and around Bathurst from Friday, October 30th to Saturday, October 31st | photos and map

Open houses in and around Bathurst from Friday, October 30th to Saturday, October 31st | photos and map

Open houses in and around Bathurst from Friday, October 30th to Saturday, October 31st | photos and map

Open houses in and around Bathurst from Friday, October 30th to Saturday, October 31st | photos and map

UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY: Margaret and Keith Tucker at their home on Conrod Straight, Mount Panorama. Photo: CHRIS SEABROOK 101620cshares3

HAVE YOUR SAYMount Panorama property was most-viewed listing in the country

UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY: Margaret and Keith Tucker at their home on Conrod Straight, Mount Panorama. Photo: CHRIS SEABROOK 101620cshares3

HAVE YOUR SAYMount Panorama property was most-viewed listing in the country

Open houses in and around Bathurst from Friday, October 23rd to Sunday, October 25th | photos and map

Open houses in and around Bathurst from Friday, October 23rd to Sunday, October 25th | photos and map

UNDER THE HAMMER: Auctions are adapting to changing digital technology. Picture: SHUTTERSTOCK.

Auction: Time to make the top bid

Kirsty Horton

Open houses in and around Bathurst from Friday, October 16 to Saturday, October 17 | photos and map

Open houses in and around Bathurst from Friday, October 16 to Saturday, October 17 | photos and map

VETERANS: Dick Crossing and Alex Bedwell are two of Bathurst's three known surviving World War II military personnel. Photo: SAM BOLT

IN DEPTHSurviving Bathurst veterans recall an end to World War II 75 years on

VETERANS: Dick Crossing and Alex Bedwell are two of Bathurst's three known surviving World War II military personnel. Photo: SAM BOLT

IN DEPTHSurviving Bathurst veterans recall an end to World War II 75 years on

HUMBLY ACCEPTED ON BEHALF OF HIS MATES: Bob Smith with his World War II 75th anniversary commemorative medallion and certificate.

Soldier who came of age amid battlefields in New Guinea

HUMBLY ACCEPTED ON BEHALF OF HIS MATES: Bob Smith with his World War II 75th anniversary commemorative medallion and certificate.

Soldier who came of age amid battlefields in New Guinea

COMFORT BELOW: Nurses in the Second World War in the Underground Hospital in Mount Isa.

Did 79 soldiers die of cyanide?

COMFORT BELOW: Nurses in the Second World War in the Underground Hospital in Mount Isa.

Did 79 soldiers die of cyanide?

What's On | Session for women interested in council

What's On | Session for women interested in council

SUCCESS ON A PLATE: The Bathurst Beaters group with their $55,800 cheque for NSW Cancer Council. Photo: SAM BOLT

GOOD NEWSFor Noorjehan: Bathurst on a Plate raises $55,800 for cancer research

Sam Bolt

COLOURFUL: Artwork created by The Art Group participants and the Waiting Room Project at Oberon MPS. Photo: Christine McMillan.

Some colourful additions to the region's aged care homes

Steven Cavanagh

What's On | Session for women interested in council

What's On | Session for women interested in council

What's On | Children's programs return to Bathurst Library

What's On | Children's programs return to Bathurst Library

IMPOSING: The landmark Australian Mutual Provident Society (AMP) building in William Street in 1922. An AMP agency opened in Bathurst in 1849.

Yesterday Today | Statue symbolism on the second storey in William Street

Indi MP Helen Haines says the Save Our Voices campaign is "making a very sensible call on government and, in particular, on the Deputy Prime Minister". Picture: James Wiltshire

Our local news is crucial: Haines

COMEBACK: Child In Reverse is Kate Miller-Heidke's first pop album since 2014 after spending several years working in the opera and musical theatre world.

Kate Miller-Heidke finds pop magic in collaboration

Open houses in and around Bathurst from Friday, October 30th to Saturday, October 31st | photos and map

Open houses in and around Bathurst from Friday, October 30th to Saturday, October 31st | photos and map

BACK IN TRAINING: Sydney FC grand final hero Rhyan Grant is hungry to find more success with the club. He scored the match winner in last season's decider.

Celebration was 'embarrassing', but Grant's motivated to win another title

It went from the first strains of summer to a summer of sheer hell.

One year and one day after a region's 2019 fire emergency

Nicholas Brooks & Scott Calvin

STRONG PERFORMER: Platypi hooker Jemmia Luck made a truck load of tackles and good metres in attack in Saturday's match. Photo: ANYA WHITELAW

PHOTOSPlatypi 14s showcase emerging talents as they notch up a win

Anya Whitelaw

BRILLIANT START: Lisa Griffith took 2-10 in her first WBBL match for the Sydney Sixers, an effort which helped them to victory over the Adelaide Strikers. Photo: SYDNEY SIXER

SUBSCRIBERGriffith starts her Sixers stint with two wickets and a win

Anya Whitelaw

Do you remember when ... October 2012

Do you remember when ... October 2012

Our say | Extraordinary meeting but expect the same old result

BORDER CLOSUREOur say | Extraordinary meeting but expect the same old result

Murray Nicholls

UNDER COVER: The line up of rams being inspected prior to the Fosterfield sale on Sunday. Photo: SUPPLIED

Good crowd turns out in wet weather for Fosterfield sale

John Seaman

Our say | National crisis that demands urgent action

COMMENTOur say | National crisis that demands urgent action

Murray Nicholls

Marj Thornton (nee Pullen) left with her friend Joy as special wireless operators at Kedleston Hall in the early 1940s.

At 98, code-cracking Marj is no enigma

NATIONAL TREASURE: Jack Thompson thinks there's something special about seeing a film at the cinema. Photo: Peter Brew-Bevan

It's never too late, says Jack

Samara Ross

Advocate says older workers' jobs are threatened by the government's new JobMaker scheme.

JobMaker sees older workers dumped by employers

Eileen Wood

Reliable supplies of safe, clean, high-quality apples are available year-round from growing regions across Australia, and we already produce most of world's most popular apple varieties.

APAL demands Australia prioritise Australian food security

NSW stuck in an unstable weather pattern

NSW stuck in an unstable weather pattern

BEN DOMENSINO, Weatherzone

Georgia White of Talbragar at Coolah with ewe lambs that were part of their rebuilding strategy. Photos: Lucy Kinbacher

Young gun leads big changes

Lucy Kinbacher

Percentage estimates of power used in drivetrains are wildly inaccurate. Photo: Shutterstock.

Drivetrain loss isn't a loss, it's just a necessary expenditure

Sam Hollier

SITTING PRETTY: Simone Mathews and husband Ben paid great attention to the facade of their new property, The Pause, in the New South Wales town of Gerringong.

How to create instant kerb appeal that will stop traffic

All you need for a sugar skull costume is some face paint and some flowers. Picture: Shutterstock

10 last minute DIY Halloween costumes

Amy Martin