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 | 11.11.2018
Pakistan, Cricket, Morrison: Priority check needed
The Summer of Cricket is off to a chaotic start with the Australian cricket team humiliated by Pakistan in a...
Greg Smart | 26.10.2018
Wentworth bites back against government chaos
On the same day Australia welcomed members of the English royal family to our shores to begin a fortnight of...
Greg Smart | 11.10.2018
Morrison the Evangelical
In his maiden speech to Parliament in 2008, Scott Morrison declared “growing up in a Christian home, I made a...
Greg Smart | 27.09.2018
Tracking the government spending blowout
$80 BILLION would buy a lot of aged care. $80 billion would buy a lot of public education. $80 billion would buy...
Fixing parliament: Here’s 10 easy steps for reform
Politics and politicians are a very easy target. My last article “How to destroy any remaining voter goodwill in one easy lesson” [Dubbo Photo News, August 30] highlighted how the…
How to destroy any remaining voter goodwill in one easy lesson
What were Peter Dutton and this cabal of urgers thinking? Encouraged by the right-wing press and the conservative hardliners of the Liberal Party, the Abbott-Dutton gang decided that dragging the…
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…