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NZ offers blueprint for Australia’s home-building productivity fix

Australia should follow New Zealand in reforming zoning rules to boost limp construction produc

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Jacob Shteyman

16 Sep 2025

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Bicentenary of local larrikin legend Dusty Bob’s Australian adventure, Part 2

The question of who, amongst these men, “founded Dubbo” is rather amusing for, in a sense, Dubb

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16 Sep 2025

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Senior drivers targeted in flood of fake online reports

Rumours on social media that the federal government is introducing new laws targeting mature drivers including a night time curfew have been exposed as AI-generated nonsense.

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Kate Atkinson

14 Sep 2025

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Retirement finances not so super for Indigenous people

Indigenous people are facing a retirement disadvantage, with 65 per cent dying before reaching

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Keira Jenkins

08 Sep 2025

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Home prices continue rising amid supply-demand mismatch

Home values have grown at the fastest rate in 15 months as the mismatch between supply and dem

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Jacob Shteyman

07 Sep 2025

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Bicentenary of local larrikin Dusty Bob’s Australian adventure (Part 1)

Bicentenary of local larrikin legend, “Dusty Bob’s” Australian adventure (Part I)

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Contributed To Dubbo Photo News

06 Sep 2025

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Home care help kicks in sooner after political backflip

The rollout of thousands of extra home care spots has been brought forward by the federal gover

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Zac De Silva

03 Sep 2025

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Social media bans and age restrictions ‘can be done’

More than 60 age verification tools have been tested as part of a push to better protect childr

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Dominic Giannini

01 Sep 2025

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Housing bubble warning as deposit scheme fast-tracked

House prices could surge and mortgage defaults rise when a government scheme to help first home buyers begins ahead of schedule, experts warn.

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Jacob Shteyman

25 Aug 2025

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Pause on new regulations aims to fast-track building homes

A pause in new regulations on construction standards will aim to have homes built faster under changes stemming from the productivity roundtable.

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William Ton

25 Aug 2025

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Outback music festival built for comfort, not for greed

Organisers of Australia’s biggest outback music festival have ruled out building on the event’s

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Suzanne Simonot

24 Aug 2025

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Remembering aviators from Narromine who fought in the ‘Far East’

Australians are commemorating the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II this year, with w

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David Dixon

24 Aug 2025

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VJ80: The 80th anniversary of the end of WW2

In World War 2, over 22,000 Aussies were taken as prisoners of war, mostly in Singapore. They endured a hellish 3.5 years of captivity under the Japanese, with around 8000 dying in captivity. Then came August 15, 1945: the Japanese surrender, the end of the war. Finally!

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Stuart Lloyd

22 Aug 2025