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JAILED: Aidan John Hartnett has been jailed for supplying the drug, ice.

SUBSCRIBERBathurst man given seven years' jail for ice supply network

Police intervene after three-year-old girl seen locked in car in Oberon

BREAKINGPolice intervene after three-year-old girl seen locked in car in Oberon

SMOKY, DUSTY SCENES: Air quality in the Central Tablelands has been listed as hazardous on Monday morning. Photo: Nicole Geist Pears

Bright red sunset last night, hazardous air this morning for Bathurst

Nadine Morton

GENEROUS GIFT OF GIVING: Bathurst mayor Bobby Bourke with Cathedral Catholic Primary School Year 5 students. Photo: SAM BOLT

Cathedral School makes a grand donation to Christmas appeal

Sam Bolt
25m ago

LIGHT IT UP: It's that time of year again, and we want to know which Bathurst region houses are a must-see this Christmas.

Joy to the world: We'd love to see your Christmas lights display

Grace Ryan
1hr ago

ALL A HAZE: This was how Marsden Lane and Hereford Street looked at around 10am on Monday morning. Photo: CHRIS SEABROOK 120919csmoke

SUBSCRIBERSmoke sees Bathurst sporting events cancelled, others hindered

Rachel Chamberlain
1hr ago

SPECIAL JOURNEY: Toys were collected for the Salvation Army Christmas Appeal when two motorcycle clubs took to the road on the weekend.

Christmas will be more kind after a top response to riders' toy run

1hr ago

JOB DONE: Mitchell Conservatorium executive director Graham Sattler and mayor Bobby Bourke outside the renovated caretaker's cottage.

Taking care of business: Machattie cottage work is complete

Matt Watson
2hrs ago

SUBSCRIBERSevere fire danger risk, total fire ban as Bathurst bakes in heatwave

Crowds flock to Machattie Park for Carols by Candlelight

SUBSCRIBERMore tourism accommodation proposed for Mount Panorama circuit

COMMENTOur say | So many signals that Christmas is coming

JAILED: Aidan John Hartnett has been jailed for supplying the drug, ice.

SUBSCRIBERBathurst man given seven years' jail for ice supply network

DRY TIMES: Record-breaking heat is expected in Bathurst on Tuesday with firefighters on high alert and a total fire ban in place. Photo: GENA DRAY

SUBSCRIBERSevere fire danger risk, total fire ban as Bathurst bakes in heatwave

JOB DONE: Mitchell Conservatorium executive director Graham Sattler and mayor Bobby Bourke outside the renovated caretaker's cottage.

Taking care of business: Machattie cottage work is complete

2hrs ago

SPECIAL JOURNEY: Toys were collected for the Salvation Army Christmas Appeal when two motorcycle clubs took to the road on the weekend.

Christmas will be more kind after a top response to riders' toy run

1hr ago

FLASHBACK: Oberon will return to the Mid West League - a competition the Tigers won in 2003 - next season.

Booth hopes to replicate the excitement of Tigers' 2003 campaign

No filter: Smoke from a bushfire settles over Parliament House. Picture: Marina Neil

REAL AUSTRALIAA little less conversation and a little more action?

1hr ago

Cathedral School makes a grand donation to Christmas appeal

25m ago

Joy to the world: We'd love to see your Christmas lights display

1hr ago

SUBSCRIBERSmoke sees Bathurst sporting events cancelled, others hindered

1hr ago

Christmas will be more kind after a top response to riders' toy run

1hr ago

Griffith gets a chance to play Thailand's World Cup side

1hr ago

Taking care of business: Machattie cottage work is complete

2hrs ago

NEW EXPERIENCE: Lisa Griffith and her fellow New South Wales Breakers will take on Thailand on Tuesday. Photo: IAN BIRD PHOTOGRAPHY

Griffith gets a chance to play Thailand's World Cup side

Anya Whitelaw
1hr ago

HAZY TIMES: Poor air quality led to the cancellation of Monday's harness racing meeting. Stewards made the call to cancel racing at 11.30am.

Poor air quality leads to meeting's cancellation

Alexander Grant

FLASHBACK: Oberon will return to the Mid West League - a competition the Tigers won in 2003 - next season.

Booth hopes to replicate the excitement of Tigers' 2003 campaign

Anya Whitelaw

NEW EXPERIENCE: Lisa Griffith and her fellow New South Wales Breakers will take on Thailand on Tuesday. Photo: IAN BIRD PHOTOGRAPHY

Griffith gets a chance to play Thailand's World Cup side

1hr ago

CHRISTMAS GIFT: Amanda Turnbull drove Christmas Toyboy to victory.

Christmas Toyboy makes an express delivery for Turnbulls

Anya Whitelaw

IMPRESSING: Dean Mirfin and his mare Worldly Pleasure who notched up an impressive win at Kensington on Friday.

Mirfin's Worldly Pleasure has bucket loads of honesty

Col Hodges

These amazing natural limestone structures stand as high as 3.5 metres and were formed about 25,000 to 30,000 years ago. Picture: Shutterstock

Explore the ancient wonderland in our own backyard

Bernadette Chua

DREAM: What a way to arrive in Budapest - on this luxurious river cruise ship.

Enter now: win a $27,000 European river cruise for two

Joanne Crawford

Deals of the week: Pack for Phuket, five-star Dubai, on water in Alaska

Deals of the week: Pack for Phuket, five-star Dubai, on water in Alaska

Explore Travel

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Out now: Blood Moon, by Cold Chisel, released on December 6.

MUSICCold Chisel rolls out new rock with Blood Moon

Jim Kellar
1hr ago

Join us for the final After 5 event for 2019

What's on | Final After 5 event for 2019 will be held at art gallery

Contributed

Ian McKellen in The Good Liar. Picture: Warner Bros.

REVIEWFine actors wasted in absurd story

Simon Weaving

Leadership qualities: Kate Venables was one of the first managers in Australia to receive Chartered Manager accreditation.

The making of a leader

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Oia town on Santorini island, Greece. Get amongst the traditional and famous houses and churches with blue domes over the Caldera, Aegean sea.

Medieval cities of the Mediterranean

Emma Brown
2hrs ago

The time leading up to Christmas is rife with offers too good to resist. So make the most of them early, like this Nokia phone offer from Pennytel, which can help you prepare for the good times ahead and even finish your shopping.

'Tis the way to stay in touch this Christmas

Leadership qualities: Kate Venables was one of the first managers in Australia to receive Chartered Manager accreditation.

The making of a leader

Vehicles face airbag registration ban

Vehicles face airbag registration ban

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HAND UP: Collaborative AI, in which people and AI team up, will change the way we work.

Collaborate: AI can be your friend

Ben Jackson

RARE OPPORTUNITY: A home that's only three years old is available at 270 Hartwood Avenue, in Wentworth Estate. Photo: PROFESSIONALS BATHURST

Your chance to own an exquisite home in a tightly-held estate

Rachel Chamberlain

Open houses in and around Bathurst from Friday December 6 to Sunday, December 8 | Videos, photos, map

Open houses in and around Bathurst from Friday December 6 to Sunday, December 8 | Videos, photos, map

42 Claremont Drive

Open houses in and around Bathurst from Thursday November 29 to Wednesday, December 4 | Videos, photos, map

GENEROUS GIFT OF GIVING: Bathurst mayor Bobby Bourke with Cathedral Catholic Primary School Year 5 students. Photo: SAM BOLT

Cathedral School makes a grand donation to Christmas appeal

Sam Bolt
25m ago

ALL A HAZE: This was how Marsden Lane and Hereford Street looked at around 10am on Monday morning. Photo: CHRIS SEABROOK 120919csmoke

SUBSCRIBERSmoke sees Bathurst sporting events cancelled, others hindered

Rachel Chamberlain
1hr ago

SPECIAL JOURNEY: Toys were collected for the Salvation Army Christmas Appeal when two motorcycle clubs took to the road on the weekend.

Christmas will be more kind after a top response to riders' toy run

1hr ago

GENEROUS GIFT OF GIVING: Bathurst mayor Bobby Bourke with Cathedral Catholic Primary School Year 5 students. Photo: SAM BOLT

Cathedral School makes a grand donation to Christmas appeal

25m ago

UP IN THE AIR: Looking down Church Street between the council-built market building and the maintained garden of All Saints' Anglican Cathedral.

Yesterday Today | A bird's-eye view of Bathurst's progress

Alan McRae

Join us for the final After 5 event for 2019

What's on | Final After 5 event for 2019 will be held at art gallery

Contributed

No filter: Smoke from a bushfire settles over Parliament House. Picture: Marina Neil

REAL AUSTRALIAA little less conversation and a little more action?

1hr ago

LIGHT IT UP: It's that time of year again, and we want to know which Bathurst region houses are a must-see this Christmas.

Joy to the world: We'd love to see your Christmas lights display

1hr ago

Tasmania's George Bailey was bowled by SA's Wes Agar after shouldering arms at Bellerive Oval.

Tasmania frustrate SA in Sheffield Shield

1hr ago

There are almost 100 bush and grass fires in NSW, including the "megafire" in the Hawkesbury region.

Lightning likely to spark new NSW blazes

1hr ago

JOB DONE: Mitchell Conservatorium executive director Graham Sattler and mayor Bobby Bourke outside the renovated caretaker's cottage.

Taking care of business: Machattie cottage work is complete

Matt Watson
2hrs ago

White Island, pictured here in 2017, has erupted off the coast of New Zealand.

Volcano erupts off New Zealand coast

Ben McKay
2hrs ago

More than 2000 koalas may have died in NSW bushfires.

Koalas: 2000 feared dead in NSW fires

Heather McNab
2hrs ago

SA Treasurer Rob Lucas has announced a budget surplus of $289m for the 2018/19 financial year.

SA budget finishes strongly in the black

Tim Dornin

UP IN THE AIR: Looking down Church Street between the council-built market building and the maintained garden of All Saints' Anglican Cathedral.

Yesterday Today | A bird's-eye view of Bathurst's progress

Alan McRae

Our say | Old ambulance station might be the answer, but maybe not

COMMENTOur say | Old ambulance station might be the answer, but maybe not

Murray Nicholls

Letter | Generosity will make a difference to kids in need

Letter | Generosity will make a difference to kids in need

Ronald McDonald House Charities Australia CEO Barbara Ryan

Purple Our World and World Pancreatic Cancer Day chair Jessica Abelsohn with her mum Rochelle Goulburn at Jessicas wedding, just four months before Rochelle died from pancreatic cancer.

Do you know the symptoms of pancreatic cancer?

Geraldine Cardozo

GOLDEN OLDIES: See veteran entertainers (l-r) Max Gillies, Normie Rowe and Tony Barber in Senior Moments 2: Remember, Remember.

Yes, you are having another Senior Moment

Geraldine Cardozo

Edgars Mission provides its rescued farm animals with everything they need from a warm coat to a set of wheels.

Make it your mission to visit this sanctuary for rescued farm animals and weary travellers

Sue Preston

Fatal hit-and-run accused Kenneth Wayne Grant (centre) has been granted bail .

Father of ex-NSW police minister gets bail

17m ago

Koalas got more mentions on social media than Labor leader Anthony Albanese during the bushfires.

Climate key point in bushfire postings

18m ago

Bob Hawke's daughter Rosslyn Dillon claims he asked her not to report rape claims against a Labor MP

Hawke sisters divided over will fight

23m ago

NSW Water Minister Melinda Pavey says the state has legal advice saying it can leave the water plan.

We're legally free to drop basin plan: NSW

40m ago

A Queensland man accused of fighting for a terrorist group has faced an Adelaide court.

Terror suspect faces court in Adelaide

Kathryn Bermingham
42m ago

A bushfire advances on a hilltop property in Bawley Point on Thursday afternoon. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

11 homes, dozens of sheds destroyed in South Coast fire

Andrew Brown
55m ago

GUTTED: What remains of Peter Simons' half built home at Flat Rock.

'It looks like you've been nuked': text message delivers worst news

John Hanscombe
55m ago

PM Scott Morrison will soon decide where work on six Collins class submarines will be conducted.

Cabinet dives into submarine work decision

Paul Osborne
55m ago

RAS names its rural achievers

RAS names its rural achievers

Newsroom
1hr ago

Selling at the Braidwood store sale continues as a plume of smoke from surrounding bushfires rises in the distance. There were over 900 cattle yarded with producers keen to offload before Christmas.

Heifers make up to $1488 at Braidwood

Olivia Calver

Save the Koalas: Aussie Ark president Tim Faulkner. The organisation is planning a koala sanctuary in the Hunter.

Australia, we're building a Koala Ark

Damon Cronshaw

SCANDI BARN: This style is typified by steeply pitched roofs, which were a necessity to stop snow collecting in the Scandinavian winters. Photos: James Hardie

Making sense of the Modern movement

Light from the skylight is diffused by canvas panels. Joinery: Forest Furniture. Images: Ingvar Kenne

Weaving magic

FRESH LOOK: While the facade, front bedroom and hallway were restored, the remainder of the property was upgraded with a new, modern extension, adjoining the original front of the house.

Classic Victorian treated to a modern edge