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Helen Ridley, Doreen Williams, volunteer Janet Beasley, and Stevie Stewart stand in The Smith Family’s old shop, which is currently destocked in preparation for the opening of their new store in Macquarie Street. Photo: Darcee Nixon

Volunteer at The Smith Family’s new Dubbo store

The Smith Family is one of Australia’s largest volunteer organisations with more than 2751 people in NSW (nearly 9000 nationally) generously donating their time, skills and energy each year to support the charity’s mission of helping disadvantaged children with their education. Volunteers help with so many aspects of The Smith…
Above: Truckie and volunteer Craig Porter, volunteer Krystal Haycock and Aussie Helpers co-founder Brian Egan. Photo: Dubbo Photo News

The message for farmers: Aussie Helpers have got your back

Due to route restrictions on road trains which prevent them from going east of the Newell Highway, these vehicles are a rare sight in Dubbo. However, on Friday, May 18, Dubbo Photo News caught up with a very special road train from Charleville, Queensland, and its crew of Aussie Helpers…
Concerned citizen Mary Meehan and Aldi managers Ashley Edwards and James Winter place non-perishable items in a collection trolley for donations to drought-affected families. Similar trollies are outside Coles, and Woolworths Delroy Park and Riverdale. Photo: Dubbo Photo News

A practical way for you to put food on your neighbour’s table

Aldi, Coles, Woolworths Delroy Park and Woolworths Riverdale have all rallied behind concerned citizen Mary Meehan to help achieve her quest to collect non-perishable goods for donation to drought-afflicted families. Residents wishing to support the collection drive can find signposted trollies near the front entrance of each supermarket and place…
Fletcher International CEO Melissa Fletcher told the crowd at the Prime Lamb Charity Auction about her passion for family and the business her parents have built, and about her passion for the Yalari Foundation which supports good education for Aboriginal students. Photo: Dubbo Photo News.

Education is the key: Fletcher CEO

The Prime Lamb Charity Auction was staged amidst sleet and freezing temperatures during the annual Dubbo Show, but it didn’t affect the generosity of those involved. A variety of charities will benefit from the $24,850 raised but the one that got the biggest kick-along was the Yalari Foundation, an organisation…
Dubbo Regional Council’s property development officer Alex Noad says Council is already preparing for the next stage of development at its Keswick Estate. Photo: Darcee nixon

Strong land sales in Keswick, Council says

Lots in Dubbo’s Keswick Estate are selling like hot cakes, as part of a growing demand for residential land in the city, according to Dubbo Regional Council. The Stage 4 Release 3B has been extremely popular since its December launch, with more than half of the development receiving interest from…
NSW Minister for Tourism and Major Events Adam Marshall in Dubbo this week. Photo: Supplied.

Tourism plan should ignore boundaries

When Adam Marshall launched a specialised tourism plan at Old Dubbo Gaol this week he used a Churchillian turn of phrase, describing the thick document as the ‘End of the Beginning’. Mr Marshall, the NSW Minister for Tourism and Major Events, said plenty of work has been done behind the…
Head of Campus Dubbo CSU Cathy Maginnis, McGrath Foundation Breast Care Nurse Vanessa Hyland, Breast Care Advocate Donna Falconer and McGrath Foundation Breast Care Nurse Margie Collins, pictured at the Dubbo CSU Campus. Photo: Dubbo Photo News

Dubbo panel to discuss breast cancer

‘BREAST CANCER UNCOVERED’ is the topic of the next Explorations Series free public lecture at Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Dubbo, to be held today (Thursday, May 24). Head of Campus at CSU in Dubbo, Cathy Maginnis, said the Explorations Series is part of the university’s community engagement program, which…
Craig Heading with Tingo, the first dingo in Australia to pass assistance training, with friend Brittany Dayken. Photo: Dubbo Photo News

Tingo the Dingo just made history

Assistance animals are essential for allowing people living with disability, physical or neurological, to navigate the world independently. For many years Craig Heading relied on the generous help of friends. “Friends and relatives had been doing shopping for me, for years. Then 18 months ago we got on a program…
Rotary Club of Dubbo Macquarie member Peter Bartley looks forward to welcoming the crowds expected at the Michael Egan Memorial Book Fair on the weekend of May 26 and 27. Photo: Dubbo Photo News

Word on the street is: book yourself in for the fair

A new venue for the annual Michael Egan Memorial Book Fair guarantees lovers of books 20,000 reasons to save the dates, according to one of the organisers, Rotarian Peter Bartley. The hard-working team from the Rotary Club of Dubbo Macquarie will throw open the barn doors – well actually, the…
Wellington resident and DRC councillor David Grant says a clear strategy for Wellington for what’s needed beyond amalgamation spending is required to ensure a strong future for the town. Photo: Dubbo Photo News

Clear strategy for Wellington needed, councillor says

Wellington resident and Dubbo Regional Council Councillor David Grant has advised amalgamation money which has flowed into Wellington does have an end date and the town and Council must be strategic about how the town will continue to grow once the phase of funding ends. “People get blinded by lot…
Demographer Bernard Salt will be one of the keynote presenters during the Orana@Work Employer Summit at Dubbo RSL Club on Tuesday, May 22. Photo: The Demographics Group

Pushing into agtech for future of trade

Taking overseas air freight from a vision to a reality in the Orana region is just one of the suggestions made by Bernard Salt ahead of his visit to Dubbo next week. As the keynote speaker for the inaugural Orana@Work Employer Summit hosted by Regional Development Australia (RDA) Orana, Mr…
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian, property owner Phil Sheridan, Agriculture Minister Niall Blair, newly appointed drought coordinator Pip Job, and Member for Dubbo Troy Grant... pictured on dry land near Dubbo on Monday. Photo: Dubbo Photo News.

Memories of the ‘82 drought return

The 1982 drought still conjures up nightmares for farmers. The fact that horror dry stretch is being mentioned in comparison to the current drought was enough to bring NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian to some parched properties just south of Dubbo on Monday to announce that Australian Rural Woman of the…
Australian Red Cross First Aid Trainer George Chapman with President of Rotary Club West Dubbo Nicole Shanks, and the club’s Secretary Lyn Smith, and the new Automated External Defibrillator installed at Ted’s Milk Bar in West Dubbo. Photo: Dubbo Photo News

Dubbo another AED closer to being a ‘Heart Safe City’

Dubbo now has another Automated External Defibrillator (AED) installed, thanks to an ongoing push by George Chapman, the local Trainer/Assessor with Australian Red Cross. Making AEDs readily available increases the chances of survival when someone suffers cardiac arrest. According to the Australian Red Cross, more than 30,000 Australians suffer from…