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Van Huizen wins veterans' golf after a week of excellent scores

Van Huizen wins veterans' golf after a week of excellent scores

Charlie Stobo and Arjun Nair have both enjoyed their whirlwind visit to the Central West to interact with junior cricketers. Photo: Ben Rodin

NSW's Nair and Stobo enjoy their time in Cowra ahead of summer cricket

Ben Rodin

Have your say in this year's Central West Rugby Union People's Choice Team Of The Year

HAVE YOUR SAY
Have your say in this year's Central West Rugby Union People's Choice Team Of The Year

Central Western Daily

Van Huizen wins veterans' golf after a week of excellent scores

Van Huizen wins veterans' golf after a week of excellent scores

Jacob Haeata holds up his medals and ribbons after competing in Canada, but is set to focus in on his NRL ambitions. Photo: Ben Rodin

Haeata begins to climb the ladder towards NRL after athletics success

Ben Rodin

Cheryl McKeown, Annette Sutherland and Anne Coates, the winners in last week's golf tournament, will all take part in the WDLGA tournament this Thursday. Photo supplied by Cowra Ladies' Golf.

Western District finals come to Cowra for ladies' golfers

NSW DPI livestock research officer, Gordon Refshauge.

Taking sheep and goat industries into the future

Kelsey Sutor

Gooloogong Log Cabin will be reopened on Sunday, September 22.

Gooloogong Log Cabin to be reopened

Alla Dubyk as a young woman at Cowra Migrant Holding Camp.

Milestone bringing Cowra and Ukraine closer together

NSW DPI livestock research officer, Gordon Refshauge.

Taking sheep and goat industries into the future

Cowra Public School students ring the World Peace Bell at last year's World Peace Day celebrations.

Climate change focus for World Peace Day events

RAFCA Awards Chief Judge Yvonne Lawrie with artworks made by local preschool students.

Children's artworks to highlight importance of recycling

Kelsey Sutor

What's your plan: Having a Bushfire Survival Plan will help you avoid making last minute decisions that could be deadly.

Ensure you have a fire plan

Bright Beginnings: Manager, Brad O'Connor, along with his son Brenton, have given the Cowra Hotel a new lease on life. Photos: Matthew Chown.

A chance for a fresh start

Andrew Lotherington

TECHNOLOGY: Your event will hum with a tech person on hand. Ask the function centre if they offer such critical back up as part of the package. Photo: Supplied.

Avoiding the function flop

What's your plan: Having a Bushfire Survival Plan will help you avoid making last minute decisions that could be deadly.

Ensure you have a fire plan

Raising the standard of managers and leaders to create a better society

Raising the standard of managers and leaders to create a better society

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BETWEEN SERVICING: How can we, as car owners with potentially limited mechanical knowledge, make sure we are maintaining our vehicles to make it from one service to the next?

Getting the service right

REAL ESTATE: Here's what $350,000 will buy you around the Central West and Orana. Photo: FILE

PHOTOS
What $350,000 buys you around the Central West, Orana

Nadine Morton

GOING UP: Most Central West locations experienced an increase in their rental costs during the past year. Photo: FILE

Going up: Weekly rental costs are rising in many Central West towns

Nadine Morton

A look back at history with Throwback Thursday: July 2002 Pt 3

PHOTOS
A look back at history with Throwback Thursday: July 2002 Pt 3

A photo from the 1963 Lachlander (the magazine of Cowra High) of Desley Thickett.

Calls to help finish quilt project

Chrissy Slarke with Rodney Levett from Fly Oz.

Auxiliary Father's Day raffle takes off

A look back at history with Throwback Thursday: July 2002 Pt 3

PHOTOS
A look back at history with Throwback Thursday: July 2002 Pt 3

Elvine Elliot-Horsfall with Jock, Tom, Tobi and Eve Casey. Photo contributed.

Elvine Elliot-Horsfall's 105 years young

A look back at history with Throwback Thursday: July 2002 Pt 3

PHOTOS
A look back at history with Throwback Thursday: July 2002 Pt 3

THE RINGER: AKA Good Fruit and Vegetables editor Ashley Walmsley.

REAL AUSTRALIA
Farmers' take on the fake and flowers bloom despite the drought

Spring snow at Medlow Bath on September 17. Photo: Brigitte Grant Photography

Spring snowfall in Blue Mountains and beyond

Raising the standard of managers and leaders to create a better society

Raising the standard of managers and leaders to create a better society

TEAM TAS: Pride in the jumper on show right here.

REAL AUSTRALIA
Team Tas: it's time to decide

A still from drone footage at Werri Beach by Christopher Joye.

Watch shark head straight for unaware surfer

Brendan Crabb

The dichotomy of the 21st century laid bare. Photo: Shutterstock

REAL AUSTRALIA
From robot dairy farms to Mother Nature exploding on your doorstep

NOTHING HERE: A kangaroo looking for food on farm land at drought-stricken Lightning Ridge. Picture: Rural Aid

Drought, dead cattle and a bleak forecast

Belinda-Jane Davis

ON SITE: Me, where Annette Deverell's remains were found in 1982 in the bush outside of Mandurah, WA.

REAL AUSTRALIA
My cold case crime podcast for forgotten victim

Carla Hildebrandt

Innocence robbed: Any good person - and even most of the bad - despises paedophilia.

OPINION
Breaking seal burns refuge of good sinners

Father Brendan Lee

THE RINGER: AKA Good Fruit and Vegetables editor Ashley Walmsley.

REAL AUSTRALIA
Farmers' take on the fake and flowers bloom despite the drought

Let's support our mental health caregivers

OPINION
Let's support our mental health caregivers

John Farhall

See over a million spring flowering bulbs at Tesselaar Tulip Festival in Victoria, including tulips, daffodils, ranunculus and anemones.

Hello petal! Australia's must-see flower festivals

Geraldine Cardozo

FRIEND IN NEED: Alma's recognition of Tom's stroke symptoms helped to get him to hospital for a treatment in a timely fashion

Quick thinking Alma a stroke of luck for Tom

ART FORM: "I've stuck with pen, paper and paint," says Hairy Maclary creator Lynley Dodd, pictured here painting the cat Scarface Claw in her home studio in New Zealand.

Hairy Maclary creator Lynley Dodd's chaos theory

Geraldine Cardozo

Kate and Tick Everett have released an anti-bullying film in honour of their late daughter Dolly.

Dolly's parents release anti-bullying film

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NSW is banning cash donations of more than $100 to political parties.

NSW caps cash donations in wake of ICAC

59m ago

MIddle-aged women should monitor 'bad' cholesterol levels , which rise after menopause: study.

Cholesterol levels higher in older women

1hr ago

NSW Transport Minister Andrew Constance has called for MPs to respect the conscience vote process.

NSW Liberal urges abortion debate respect

Edwin Tjandra, the victim's father said Molloy's seven-and-half year jail term is vastly inadequate.

Car thief who killed boy in crash jailed

Rebecca Le May

The NSW premier may have survived the past 24 hours but time will tell if her authority is damaged.

Rebels may yet crack 'business as usual'

Jodie Stephens

Dry thunderstorms, high temperatures and winds will make fire fighting conditions volatile.

Stanthorpe fire an 'accident': Qld Police

Nationals senator Perin Davey (C) has defended the agriculture and mining industries.

Nationals senator defends farming, mining

Matt Coughlan

The NSW Nuffield Farming Scholarship winners for 2020.

Meet the 2020 NSW Nuffield Scholars

Judged by Graeme Hibbard, Deepdene Poll Dorsets, Narrandera, the pen of 123 ewes offered by Peter and Michelle Burden, Colinrubbie sold for $295.

Narrandera first-cross ewes top at $315| Video

Stephen Burns

Peter Cabot (centre) leading the Landmark Wagga Wagga team Hamish McGeoch and Shannon Wicks at the Gnadbro first-cross ewe sale, Collingullie.

Gnadbro first-cross ewes average $276

Stephen Burns

Get in early: The ACCC inquiry found foreign cash is more expensive at airport locations than at other locations. When buying USD200 in February 2019, consumers could have saved AUD40 by purchasing from the cheapest supplier at a non-airport location, compared with the most expensive supplier at the airport.

Australians paying millions too much for foreign currency services: ACCC

FASCINATING: The Australian Fossil and Mineral Museum is known for exhibiting specimens from every major stage of life on Earth.

A weekend at the museum

Andrew Lotherington

Master reef guide Pablo Cogollos takes passenger on Sunlover Reef Cruises on a snorkelling tour. Picture: Calypso Reef Imagery

Discover the reef with a master guide

Podium finish: Coach your girls to gold-medal performance in terms of health, wellbeing and egg-laying.

Help your chooks put in a prize-winning performance

Diagnosing endometriosis can be challenging

Diagnosing endometriosis can be challenging

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E-scooters are taking over streets in Europe with modern technology paving the way.

Technology leads to the electric scooter invasion

Mathew Dickerson