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PROUD: Audrey Kelly will wear her great-great-uncle's medals during Anzac Day. INSET: Norman Rafferty. Main photo: PHIL BLATCH

Audrey will remember him - and his sacrifice many years ago

Matt Watson
21m ago

CRASH: The incident at the intersection of the Northern Distributor Road and the Mitchell Highway. Photos: CARLA FREEDMAN

See the crash involving a police vehicle that is under investigation

SAFE PLACE: Clinton and Jason Hunt working at the Bathurst Uniting Church site in William Street as it prepares to offer shelter for the homeless. Photo: PHIL BLATCH

Home base: CBD safe shelter will be offered again for those in need

Rachel Chamberlain
21m ago

All you need to know | What's on and open on Anzac Day 2019 in Bathurst

51m ago

BIG WIN: Calare member Anderw Gee, Bathurst mayor Graeme Hanger and members of the Wattle Flat community on Tuesday. Photo: BRADLEY JURD

Grant for facilities upgrade is a big win for Wattle Flat

Bradley Jurd
1hr ago

BACKED UP: the traffic on the Mitchell Highway earlier on Tuesday after the incident.

UPDATED
Mitchell Highway reopened after collision leaves elderly man in serious condition

Max Stainkamph
1hr ago

NUMBERS ARE IN: Police conducted 26,131 RBT during their five-day Easter long weekend operation. Photo: FILE

Licences lost by speeding motorists during long weekend police blitz

Nadine Morton

SOLEMN: Part of the crowd at the Anzac Day ceremony in Kings Parade in Bathurst last year.

Anzac Day | Here's the brutal truth about war: it's bloody awful

Stuart Pearson

BREAKING
Helicopter called, Mitchell Highway closed after two-car incident leaves one critical

Chemistry reaction: Poet to launch new collection in Bathurst

Stolen sheep were shorn and then dumped along the highway

Many eligible children not receiving Active Kids vouchers for sport

PROUD: Audrey Kelly will wear her great-great-uncle's medals during Anzac Day. INSET: Norman Rafferty. Main photo: PHIL BLATCH

Audrey will remember him - and his sacrifice many years ago

21m ago

ON RECORD: Bathurst musician Andy Nelson will be officially launching his debut album on June 1. Photo: SAM BOLT

Man on the Mountain: Andy Nelson's debut album to launch on June 1

BACKED UP: the traffic on the Mitchell Highway earlier on Tuesday after the incident.

UPDATED
Mitchell Highway reopened after collision leaves elderly man in serious condition

1hr ago

GETTING ACTIVE: Abby Breen, 11, Toby Bourke, 5, Alesha Bennetts, 14, and Jordan Parsons, 16, are all using Active Kids vouchers to get fit.

Many eligible children not receiving Active Kids vouchers for sport

OPEN FOR BUSINESS: Mad Season Cafe's Cass Eshman, owner Daniella Queenan, Korey Maynard, Jane Rutherford and Bernadette Bettison. Photo: PHIL BLATCH 040319pbcafe2

A new season beginning for well-known Bathurst CBD cafe

BATHURST RIVALS: Giants' Chelsea Gibbs and Lady Bushranger Abbey Hardie will face each other in Saturday's season opener. Photo: PHIL BLATCH

Lady Bushrangers once shone, but who Rules Bathurst now?

Audrey will remember him - and his sacrifice many years ago

21m ago

Home base: CBD safe shelter will be offered again for those in need

21m ago

All you need to know | What's on and open on Anzac Day 2019 in Bathurst

51m ago

Grant for facilities upgrade is a big win for Wattle Flat

1hr ago

UPDATED
Mitchell Highway reopened after collision leaves elderly man in serious condition

1hr ago

Licences lost by speeding motorists during long weekend police blitz

14:00PM

SAM THE MAN: Orange councillor and Shooters, Fishers and Farmers' candidate for Calare in the May 18 federal election, Sam Romano. Photo: JUDE KEOGH

Making a splash: Shooters' man pushes new dam for Central West

SAM THE MAN: Orange councillor and Shooters, Fishers and Farmers' candidate for Calare in the May 18 federal election, Sam Romano. Photo: JUDE KEOGH

Making a splash: Shooters' man pushes new dam for Central West

POLL POSITION: Paramedics student and first-time-voter, Miranda Rogers, will be thinking of the future when she casts her vote on May 18.

Gen Z battlefield: Major parties failing to convince young voters

POLL POSITION: Paramedics student and first-time-voter, Miranda Rogers, will be thinking of the future when she casts her vote on May 18.

Gen Z battlefield: Major parties failing to convince young voters

NEW SHEEN FOR CANTEEN: Member for Calare Andrew Gee, mayor Graeme Hanger, deputy leader of the Nationals Bridget McKenzie and Bathurst District Cricket Association vice-president Stephen Cain. Photo: PHIL BLATCH

New grant to upgrade canteen facilities at Bathurst Sportsground

NEW SHEEN FOR CANTEEN: Member for Calare Andrew Gee, mayor Graeme Hanger, deputy leader of the Nationals Bridget McKenzie and Bathurst District Cricket Association vice-president Stephen Cain. Photo: PHIL BLATCH

New grant to upgrade canteen facilities at Bathurst Sportsground

BATHURST RIVALS: Giants' Chelsea Gibbs and Lady Bushranger Abbey Hardie will face each other in Saturday's season opener. Photo: PHIL BLATCH

Lady Bushrangers once shone, but who Rules Bathurst now?

Anya Whitelaw

GOOD SPORTS: Whatever sport you follow, the Western Advocate has it covered.

Why the Western Advocate is offering our readers a sporting chance

TWO FROM TWO: Hot Embers stays clear of the field to win Monday afternoon's Reliance Bank Pace (1,730 metres) at Bathurst Paceway. Photo: PHIL BLATCH

O'Shea's gelding looking Hot on return from injury | Video

Alexander Grant

BATHURST RIVALS: Giants' Chelsea Gibbs and Lady Bushranger Abbey Hardie will face each other in Saturday's season opener. Photo: PHIL BLATCH

Lady Bushrangers once shone, but who Rules Bathurst now?

FIGHTING FINISH: Amanda Turnbull urges Firestorm Red to the line for her father Steve in the Wagga Derby at Riverina Paceway on Sunday.

Easter feature double shows that the Turnbulls are no bunnies

Courtney Rees

SPOILS OF SUCCESS: Cameron Hart and Peter Trevor-Jones celebrate after Beetson's win in the Wagga Pacers Cup on Sunday. Photo: LES SMITH

Beetson delivers to show that Trevor-Jones is not going insane

Courtney Rees

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All you need to know | What's on and open on Anzac Day 2019 in Bathurst

51m ago

ON HER WAY: Poet, writer and editor Tricia Dearborn's new collection, Autobiochemistry, has been praised.

Chemistry reaction: Poet to launch new collection in Bathurst

GETTING ACTIVE: Abby Breen, 11, Toby Bourke, 5, Alesha Bennetts, 14, and Jordan Parsons, 16, are all using Active Kids vouchers to get fit.

Many eligible children not receiving Active Kids vouchers for sport

Nadine Morton

Scots All Saints College Year 8 Captains Zane Newham (second from left) and Emily Brown (second from right) said they both value the environment of the new Middle School.

Why middle school is giving students the edge before senior school years

Jill Hogan

What is a gigabyte? Many people don't know what data usage is required for even the most common activities like streaming videos.

Seven fun ways with 10GB

Emma Brown

Marvel at the lost city of Machu Picchu, a 15th-century Inca citadel, located in the Eastern Cordillera of southern Peru, on a mountain ridge 2,430 metres above sea level.

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Scots All Saints College Year 8 Captains Zane Newham (second from left) and Emily Brown (second from right) said they both value the environment of the new Middle School.

Why middle school is giving students the edge before senior school years

Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries chief executive Tony Weber is urging motorists to check if their vehicles are affected by the Takata airbag recall.

Car makers call for vital safety check

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VERTO CEO Ron Maxwell says that the whole team are driven by their desire to change lives by providing services that help people obtain the confidence, skills and qualifications they need to gain employment.

How big business can help small towns make a difference in Australia

Kathryn Carter

Open houses in and around Bathurst from Thursday, April 18 to Saturday, April 20 | Videos, photos, map

Open houses in and around Bathurst from Thursday, April 11 to Sunday, April 14 | Videos, photos, map

CBD apartment blocks could have young people living the high life

Rachel Chamberlain

SAFE PLACE: Clinton and Jason Hunt working at the Bathurst Uniting Church site in William Street as it prepares to offer shelter for the homeless. Photo: PHIL BLATCH

Home base: CBD safe shelter will be offered again for those in need

Rachel Chamberlain
21m ago

WOMEN'S RULES: Chelsea Gibbs and Abbey Hardie during a photo shoot with Western Advocate photographer Phil Blatch this week.

Bathurst's musical talents are making a real song and dance

Parade
2hrs ago

TIMELESS: English production company Adverse Camber will bring the new show Dreaming the Night Field: A Legend of Wales to Bathurst next month.

The arts column | The night sky's the limit in new show

Steven Cavanagh

SAFE PLACE: Clinton and Jason Hunt working at the Bathurst Uniting Church site in William Street as it prepares to offer shelter for the homeless. Photo: PHIL BLATCH

Home base: CBD safe shelter will be offered again for those in need

21m ago

THREE OF US: Presenter Hannah Meyers will welcome guests Smith and Jones to her show this Friday.

Tuned In | Special show will feature the songs of Gallipoli

Lisa McLean

GETTING ACTIVE: Abby Breen, 11, Toby Bourke, 5, Alesha Bennetts, 14, and Jordan Parsons, 16, are all using Active Kids vouchers to get fit.

Many eligible children not receiving Active Kids vouchers for sport

Nadine Morton

BATHURST RIVALS: Giants' Chelsea Gibbs and Lady Bushranger Abbey Hardie will face each other in Saturday's season opener. Photo: PHIL BLATCH

Lady Bushrangers once shone, but who Rules Bathurst now?

TWO FROM TWO: Hot Embers stays clear of the field to win Monday afternoon's Reliance Bank Pace (1,730 metres) at Bathurst Paceway. Photo: PHIL BLATCH

O'Shea's gelding looking Hot on return from injury | Video

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HOME DEFEAT: Western NSW Mariners FC couldn't hold off a fast-finishing Bankstown on Monday, going down 5-2 at Jack Brabham Park's Bernie Stedman Field. Photos: MATT FINDLAY

Mariners' lack of game management proves costly as Bankstown storm to comeback win | Photos, videos

ATTACKING SPARK: St Pat's fullback Erin Naden slices through Lithgow's defence in their Good Friday clash. Photo: ANYA WHITELAW

Saints aren't feeling the pressure of being title favourites | photos

Anya Whitelaw

NEW WHEELS: The new Aubin Brothers Racing Ginetta enters Pit Straight at Mount Panorama. Photo: ANYA WHITELAW

Hot, sweaty, fighting traffic - but the Aubins were still smiling | photos, video

Anya Whitelaw

ENDURANCE BATTLE: All the action from the Bathurst 6 Hour. Photo: PHIL BLATCH

Leahey proud of his team's ability to cope with change | Photos

Alexander Grant

ENTERTAINERS: Country music performers Travis Collins and Mickey Pye. 041419pbtravis2

Travis Collins show at Panthers Bathurst, April 14, 2019 | Photos

WOMEN'S RULES: Chelsea Gibbs and Abbey Hardie during a photo shoot with Western Advocate photographer Phil Blatch this week.

Bathurst's musical talents are making a real song and dance

Parade
2hrs ago

SOLEMN: Part of the crowd at the Anzac Day ceremony in Kings Parade in Bathurst last year.

Anzac Day | Here's the brutal truth about war: it's bloody awful

Stuart Pearson

COMMENT
Our say | Church attacks a cowardly strike against us all

Murray Nicholls

YOUR SAY: Council on the Ageing (COTA) Australia is on the lookout for older Australians to be part of its 2019 Federal Election Panel. Photo: Paul Jeffers

Federal election: Be a voice for older Australians

"Who would have thought it?": Prolific singer-songwriter Brian Cadd, once described as "Australia's answer to Quincy Jones", marvels at a lifetime in the music business. His latest album, recorded in Nashville, is Silver City.

Brian Cadd rocks his babies

John Piggott

'URBAN COMMUNITY': An artist's impression of the Discovery Rise planned development at James Cook University's Townsville campus. Image: Supplied.

Work starts on university-based retirement communities

Geraldine Cardozo

Rungnapha Kanbut has pleaded not guilty at her trial in the NSW District Court.

Thai sex worker testifies at slave trial

14m ago

Advocates for veterans left incapacitated say compensation payments are totally inadequate

Payment for injured veterans 'inadequate'

22m ago

Bill Shorten says $77b in tax cuts will go to the highest-income earners under a Morrison government

High-income earners to reap $77b tax cuts

Prosecutors have been given more time to organise a new indictment against Rick Thorburn.

Thorburn to face judge-only trial

The number of foreign parents coming to Australia to join their kids will be uncapped under Labor.

No cap on foreign parent entry under Labor

51m ago

Clive Palmer wants to delay publication of election results until booths close countrywide.

Palmer continues fight to block poll count

Karen Sweeney
1hr ago

Scott Morrison says responsibility for ending gay conversion therapy falls with the states.

Gay conversion therapy a state issue: PM

1hr ago

Former ADF medic James DeAngelis will spend Anzac Day with his children Ava, 6, and Harry, 4.

Qld soldier finally home for Anzac Day

Aaron Bunch
1hr ago

Brunchilli Vanahlem Eileen 2 was awarded Sydney Royal supreme champion dairy female for 2019.

Jersey studs dominate interbreed

Hannah Powe, Olivia Calver & Jamie Brown
26m ago

Auditor-general asked to review water buybacks since 2008 as the issue puts pressure on coalition. Photo: AAP Image/Lukas Coch

Auditor to review decade of water buybacks

Matt Coughlan

Action through the pens at the Cooma weaner sale. "The majority of the steers went to Victoria with the odd pen heading to the Riverina," Damian Roach said. Photo: supplied

Cooma steers hit $1170

Australians aren't letting travel costs stop their holiday fun.

Travelling Aussies pay top dollar for their accommodation

Get your Game of Thrones fix in person, on site

Beautifully presented: Le Petit Flot’s prawn-and-avocado salad is one of chef Colin Yee's creations, which are all to kill for.

Sydney's heart opens up

JOHN ROZENTALS

Imagine being greeted by this when you get to work of a morning. Photo: FILE.

A dog at work can make you more productive

Grace Ryan
2hrs ago

CUTIE PIES: You can house-train your pet rabbits and let them exercise in your home.

Curious animals that make great pets

RSPCA

Anxiety is emotionally and physically exhausting and getting help early is essential. Recovery from an anxiety disorder is possible with the right treatment and support.

How to deal with anxiety

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