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WATER WORKS: Prime Minister Scott Morrison, pictured alongside Blayney mayor Scott Ferguson and David Littleproud, was in the region on Tuesday. Photo: JUDE KEOGH

PM announces Federal government funding for 'economies hardest hit'

Danielle Cetinski
56m ago

Celebrate: Wellington's 2020 Australia Day award winners pictured with Dubbo Regional Council mayor Ben Shields at Cameron Park on January 26. Photo: Taylor Jurd

'Strong voice' recognised at Australia Day awards

Taylor Jurd

Historical: The Cobb and Co. stagecoach heading into Stuart Town last year, carrying groups of passengers. Organisers of the 2020 festival are expecting another event. Photo: Amy McIntyre.

WHAT'S ONInterest building for 2020 Ironbark festival

Taylor Jurd
2hrs ago

Wellington High teacher Tamara Donovan (inset) will undertake a year-long Bell Shakespeare mentorship program. Photos: Supplied

WHAT'S ONTeacher excited for Shakespeare program

Taylor Jurd

WARNING ISSUED: Australians have been urged to reconsider all travel to China following the outbreak of coronavirus. Image: SMARTRAVELLER

Aussies told to reconsider travel to China as coronavirus kills 106 people

Nadine Morton

Mayor Ben Shields with Australia Day Award winners and Australia Day Ambassador Paul Featherstone. Photo: CONTRIBUTED

So many good things happening in region

Ben Shields

TOURIST READY: Cleaning work is underway at Jenolan Caves in preparation for the site's re-opening on Saturday. Photo: JENOLAN CAVES TRUST

Jenolan Caves begins reopening to tourists after bushfire emergency

Nadine Morton

WATER WORKS: Prime Minister Scott Morrison, pictured alongside Blayney mayor Scott Ferguson and David Littleproud, was in the region on Tuesday. Photo: JUDE KEOGH

PM announces Federal government funding for 'economies hardest hit'

Danielle Cetinski
56m ago

Celebrate: Wellington's 2020 Australia Day award winners pictured with Dubbo Regional Council mayor Ben Shields at Cameron Park on January 26. Photo: Taylor Jurd

'Strong voice' recognised at Australia Day awards

Taylor Jurd

Wala Wildlife near Ballarat, Victoria, supported wildlife organisations in fire-affected areas.

Heroes of the home front: your messages of thanks

Ben McGregor is Wellingotn's Sports Person of the Year.

PHOTOSMcGregor humbled by Australia Day award win

Taylor Jurd

Superium won the Wellington Boot for Joseph Pride on Sunday. Photo: AMY McINTYRE

WHAT'S ONPresident says preparations going well for 2020 Boot

Taylor Jurd

Lilly Clarke accepting her award.

PHOTOSLilly named as the Junior Sports Person of the Year

Taylor Jurd

Ben McGregor is Wellingotn's Sports Person of the Year.

PHOTOSMcGregor humbled by Australia Day award win

Photo: Brisbane Broncos

Staggs will do everything he can to play in Origin

MISSING OUT: Staggs will be sidelined with an injury, but Ferguson will play. PHOTOS: AUSTRALIAN COMMUNITY MEDIA.

Tons of Central West talent named in Indigenous All-Stars squad

Daniel Shirkie

TIME TO GO BUSH: Head out to the regional areas and support communities get back on their feet. Picture: Shutterstock

Seven reasons to take a break in the bush

Peter Lynch

PRIZE: You could win a cruise from London to Bergen, via Nordkapp and the Norwegian fjords, in Explore. Entries open on Saturday.

Win a cruise to Norway - and other great travel ideas

Even in areas untouched by the fires, beds are empty and jobs are on the line. Picture: Shutterstock

You can help save thousands of jobs with just one holiday

Peter Lynch

Paul Featherstone has been announced as the 2020 Australia Day ambassador for Wellington. Photo: Supplied.

WHAT'S ONPaul Featherstone announced as Wellington's Australia Day ambassador

Great live act: Local singers Mick Austin and Chris Rogers kept the crowd entertained during the first day of Music In Between. Photos: Taylor Jurd

WHAT'S ONPlenty of toe-tapping fun for Music In Between

Taylor Jurd

Official opening of the revamped Wellington pool to be unveiled

Official opening of the revamped Wellington pool to be unveiled

Paul Featherstone has been announced as the 2020 Australia Day ambassador for Wellington. Photo: Supplied.

WHAT'S ONPaul Featherstone announced as Wellington's Australia Day ambassador

Members of the Wellington Arts committee were pleased with the turn out of people to the inaugural Second Chance Sale. Photo: Taylor Jurd

WHAT'S ONGrab a bargain and help a good cause

Taylor Jurd

Far left: Tyrone Kiernan, was named the Citizen of the Year at Wellington's Australia Day in 2019. Photo: Daniel Shirkie

WHAT'S ONLocals will be honoured on Australia Day

Taylor Jurd

Have a break: This summer explore more of our vast continent without worrying about network coverage. With Pennytel you can get 98.8 per cent coverage across Australia's populated areas.

Keeping covered this summer

Could this be the perfect Christmas present?

Could this be the perfect Christmas present?

Emma Brown

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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Have a break: This summer explore more of our vast continent without worrying about network coverage. With Pennytel you can get 98.8 per cent coverage across Australia's populated areas.

Keeping covered this summer

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

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

RENTAL MARKET: The region's most expensive place to rent revealed in new data. Photo: FILE

Region's rising rental costs, with one town jumping by 14 per cent

Nadine Morton

REAL ESTATE: Here's what $350,000 will buy you around the Central West and Orana. Photo: FILE

PHOTOSWhat $350,000 buys you around the Central West, Orana

Nadine Morton

Mayor Ben Shields with Australia Day Award winners and Australia Day Ambassador Paul Featherstone. Photo: CONTRIBUTED

So many good things happening in region

Ben Shields

HAPPY TIMES: Cobweb in his prime. He loved his garden ... it was his kingdom.

Love and loss ... the price we are willing to pay for our pets

Lyndell Whyte

REPORT RESERVE DUMPING: Reserve Dumping may cost you up to $5000 in fines. Photo: CONTRIBUTED

This is how much you'll be fined if you're caught dumping rubbish

Mayor Ben Shields with Australia Day Award winners and Australia Day Ambassador Paul Featherstone. Photo: CONTRIBUTED

So many good things happening in region

Wellingtons 2019 Australia Day award recipients cut the celebratory cake with Mayor Ben Shields. Photo: CONTRIBUTED

Featherstone big part of this year's ceremony

Ben Shields

Book club to connect bibliophiles

Book club to connect bibliophiles

Wellington Rotary members, Jennifer Wykes, Liz Masters and Emily Falson, helped cook and serve the barbecue breakfast.

PHOTOSLocals celebrate Australia Day at Cameron Park | Gallery

Photo: Alison Plasto

PHOTOSLocals capture moment dust storm, rain sweeps through town | Photos, Video

Throwback Thursday: Gallery of January 2010

PHOTOSThrowback Thursday: Gallery of January 2010

Historical: The Cobb and Co. stagecoach heading into Stuart Town last year, carrying groups of passengers. Organisers of the 2020 festival are expecting another event. Photo: Amy McIntyre.

WHAT'S ONInterest building for 2020 Ironbark festival

2hrs ago

Throwback Thursday: Gallery of February 2010

PHOTOSThrowback Thursday: Gallery of February 2010

Throwback Thursday: Gallery of January-March 1968

PHOTOSThrowback Thursday: Gallery of January-March 1968

Arlo White and Archie Ritch were really excited with the new-look pool.

PHOTOSFamilies flock to the Wellington pool's reopening | Gallery

Taylor Jurd
Orlander Ruming

Champions: Wellington locals Diego Baradit and Charmaine Bell entered into the cob loaf competition. Photo: Taylor Jurd.

PHOTOSWorld champion crowned at annual Cob Loaf festival | Photos

Taylor Jurd

When PR magic conspires on centre court

OPINIONWhen PR magic conspires on centre court

Janine Graham

Mayor Ben Shields with Australia Day Award winners and Australia Day Ambassador Paul Featherstone. Photo: CONTRIBUTED

So many good things happening in region

Ben Shields

UNSUNG HEROES: Too often, we take Australia's fine hospitals and the staff that make it all possible for granted.

OPINIONHealthy respect for our hospitals grows

Father Brendan Lee

Lying fallow, but not for long. Best-selling author Judy Nunn is fermenting ideas for her next blockbuster book. Photo: David Hahn bauersyndication.com.au

Judy Nunn on life, ageing, being positive and a good yarn

Eileen Wood

GENERATIONS: BlazeAid volunteers Tom, Charlotte (14) and her grandfather Ian at the Ebor in camp in NSW. Photo: Ken Guymer

BlazeAid volunteers do flamin' lot of good

Simon Garner

STRETCH AND SAVE: Only a quarter of Australians over 65 are meeting the national physical activity guidelines of 30 minutes activity per day, says ESSA.

Affordable exercise classes a 'game changer' for older Aussies

Geraldine Cardozo

Australian scientists have managed to grow the coronavirus in a lab outside of China.

Aust lab grows coronavirus for research

14m ago

SELFLESS: Donna Meehan with her mother, Elisabeth, and grandson Sonny Joe.

Stolen generation author pays tribute to adoptive mother

26m ago

Front pages of the Bega District News in February 1952 following devastating bushfires. The papers were discovered in an old shed this week by Wolumla's David Warren.

Scarily familiar: Bega's bushfires of '52 remembered

26m ago

Jeffrey Steven Steel pleaded guilty after a secretly recorded phone call was allowed as evidence.

Sydney scout master jailed for raping teen

31m ago

Cobargo's Clare Rugendyke hopes the start of the school year brings normality back to her children.

School resumes in bushfire-ravaged Cobargo

Ashlea Witoslawski
38m ago

Jacob Cummins was killed when he was run down by a car in a residential street.

Jury shown footage in WA teen murder trial

39m ago

The impact of the fires on the mountain pygmy possum population in NSW is not yet known.

NSW fire-affected possums given biscuits

Heather McNab
1hr ago

Retiring Qld MP Jann Stuckey says the Liberal National Party just wanted a "skirt" to replace her.

LNP wanted a 'skirt' to replace me: Qld MP

Sonia Kohlbacher
1hr ago

Rob Bulle's daughters Bec and Ali on one of the family's properties that was hit by both fire and floodwaters. Rebuilding after fire was interrupted by tsunami-like flash flooding.

Jingellic hit by flood after fire

Olivia Calver
26m ago

Bad manners: Australians have had a gutful

Bad manners: Australians have had a gutful

Daniel Pedersen
1hr ago

Silt and dirt cover paddocks off Werris Creek Road after storm rain washed through paddocks, knocking down fences and causing hundreds of thousands of dollars damage to rail, road and water infrastructure. Photo by Kylie Raines.

Natural disaster declaration bid by Liverpool Plains council

John Ellicott

DIY OR OUTSOURCE: If you're looking to outsource some of the work at home, tackle jobs such as ironing yourself and call in the professionals for the trickier chores.

Rise of DIFY (do it for you)

Cost of building a garage

Cost of building a garage

SIX OUT OF TEN: The sharemarket historically has six out of ten good years.

Follow the basic principles of investing for the best result