Regional News

Infrastructure, services, plans for the bush must be Budget focus, says RAI

Infrastructure and services planning for the growing population of our regional areas, should be a focus of next Tuesday’s May 14 budget, one of our leading bush think-tanks believes. The Regional Australia Institute (RAI), is calling on the...

Regional Newsdesk

11 May 2024

Regional News

‘Big’ surprise for this year’s Sarah Jane Fine Foods theme

The highlight of the Dubbo Show each year for bread and cake-lovers from throughout the region, is discovering what amazing display Ben Furney Flour Mill’s Sarah Jane Fine Foods outlet, is featuring on their iconic display stand. Outgoing and...

David Dixon

10 May 2024

Regional News

Debra there to help Aussie farmers in need of a hand

By David Dixon Doing their level best for our hard-hit farming communities, Aussie Helpers, will be at Dubbo Show this year, but only in spirit. Local Dubbo Depot Coordinator, Debra Ball, has been called away to North Queensland this weekend, but...

David Dixon

10 May 2024

Regional News

Working together to defeat domestic violence, Collective annual conference seeks solutions

By David Dixon Recent tragedies have shown the need for agencies working together to combat the problem of domestic violence, with an upcoming conference in Dubbo, aiming to achieve just that. Timing of this year’s annual get-together of the Dubbo...

David Dixon

10 May 2024

Regional News

Stock Route Music Fest success with great turn up, fine weather

Featuring fantastic autumn weather and a large out-of-town contingent, it was a record-breaking attendance at the Stock Route Music Festival at Dubbo on Saturday. Supported by Dubbo Photo News, the 2024 event made history smashing ticket numbers...

Regional Newsdesk

07 May 2024

Regional News

Volunteering in focus: Dubbo meetings are looking to future of helping others

By David Dixon Tracking the present and future of volunteering, is the aim of a series of focus groups being held in Dubbo. The “State of Volunteering” events aim to drill-down into recent studies to examine how different groups in the community...

David Dixon

09 Apr 2024

Regional News

Mental health training for our volunteer first responders

First-responder volunteers such as country bushfire brigades, first-aid groups, and State Emergency Services (SES) members, are often exposed to a range of traumatic events for which their training ill-equips them. With this in mind, not-for-profit...

Regional Newsdesk

06 May 2024

Regional News

Local kids leaving Indigenous mark on new Dubbo Bridge

Everyone wants to leave their mark on the world. Well, a group of Dubbo kids are being invited to do just that, on the New Dubbo Bridge, anyway. Selected local school students are being invited place their handprints on the huge storm-water pipes...

Regional Newsdesk

06 May 2024

Regional News

Serving justice, 50 good years for Alan as a JP

Justices of the peace play an important role in our legal system, as Government-appointed volunteers, who carry-out a range of important documentary, administrative, and advisory duties. So it was a great honour for local Alan Blacker and his wife...

Regional Newsdesk

06 May 2024

Regional News

Baz is Horizons Men’s Shed men’s table-setting winner

Barry Harvey was the lucky winner of a hand-made table setting for a recent raffle by the Horizons Village Men’s Shed. The table setting was made by Barrie Cox, one of the Men’s Shed members. Pictured above, are, from left, table-setting winner...

Regional Newsdesk

06 May 2024

Regional News

Picnic on Wednesday to celebrate Family Day Carers’ great local work

Doing great work for dozens of local families with pre-school children, Dubbo Family Day Care, are getting ready to celebrate National Family Day Care Week with a special picnic next Wednesday. The local group is one of the thousands of family day...

Regional Newsdesk

05 May 2024

Regional News

Jock hits first century, now waiting for his birthday card from the King!

Former long-time local, Jock Dunn has had his big 100th birthday, now he’s waiting for his birthday card from the King! Jock — who hit the century mark on Thursday, April 18 — was a resident of Dubbo for more than 50 years, and now resides in...

David Dixon

05 May 2024

Regional News

Want a start in music? Come to Dubbo’s Boom. Clash, Rockstar!

By David Dixon Beatles, AC/DC, Nirvana, they all started somewhere, so why not take your first step to rock stardom, by entering Dubbo’s Boom. Clash, Rockstar! rock band talent quest? A unique rock-and-roll mentoring program for emerging and young...

David Dixon

03 May 2024