updated 8:36 PM UTC, Sep 19, 2019
Local People in the news
The history behind the headstones
Local retiree Karlyn Robinson never set out to write a book about a cemetery but the lure of a bushranger’s...
Profile: Terry Wilcher, founder of 123 Tix
Terry Wilcher and his 123 Tix online ticket booking service recently won “Regional Business of the Year” at the 2018…
New chapter begins for retiring library director
Like a good book, what lies ahead for former Macquarie Regional Library director John Bayliss is a bit of a…
Zoo wouldn’t be the same without volunteers
The mood was informal but that did nothing to detract from the sentiment expressed by Taronga Western Plains Zoo staff…
Opinion & Analysis
Greg Smart | 22.08.2019
Gathering to activate ‘quiet Australians’ raises questions
Conservatism American style came to Australia recently when Sydney played host to the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). Fashioned on the...
Greg Smart | 09.08.2019
Redemption story: That didn’t take long did it?
Eighteen months have not quite passed since the event described at the time as the “darkest day in Australian cricket”...
Greg Smart | 25.07.2019
Public entitled to its outrage at parliamentary entitlement
The word “entitlement” sprang to public notice in early 2014 when then Federal Treasurer Joe Hockey declared the “the age...
Greg Smart | 05.07.2019
Unholy row for the “game they play in heaven”
Rugby Union is known as the game played in heaven. Star player Israel Folau continues to bring both the game...
Our ‘un-Australian’ anthem is girt by controversy
Is ‘un-Australian’ the most misused and falsely appropriated word in our national dialect? I think it is, and I use the recent controversy around our national anthem to argue my point. Indigenous…
January 26 – the date of no meaning
AUSTRALIA DAY is upon us again, and so is the now inevitable uproar in the press and on social media about the date of Australia Day. The mere hint of changing…
Sport
“Bomber” and “Wallo” enjoy catch up with old boxing trainer
Famed Australian coach of many champions, Johnny Lewis, flew into Dubbo recently and there to greet him were two of...
Barry Perry remembered as one of the best
When Leo Nosworthy arrived at Macquarie in the 1959, he thought he had found the end of the rainbow. He…
John Hill climbing a personal mountain
John Hill is climbing a personal mountain Dubbo College Year 12 student John Hill is best known for his boxing talent…
Aspen and Callum have champions’ hearts
Getting up at 6 o’clock in winter is a challenge for anyone; hopping out of a warm bed and into…