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Landholders hungry for Spencer’s message
08 Mar 10 | Parkes MP Mark Coulton has welcomed Federal education minister Julia Gillard’s intention to “talk turkey” about Youth Allowance before students in his electorate become roasted ducks.   | Hunger-striker Spencer out of ... | Farmers’ groups meet and vow to ...
Hunger-striker Spencer out of his tree and in Dubbo
03 Mar 10 | Property rights’ most passionate campaigner Peter Spencer will be in Dubbo this Sunday following a meeting with NSW Farmers’ Association and the Regional Community Survival Group in Tottenham on Friday which he tips “is going to be a hot party”.  | Farmers’ fight for rights won’t ... | Spencer hungry to bring ...
02 Mar 10 | The NSW Farmers’ Association will on Friday explain its position on property rights and compensation at a meeting in Tottenham with Peter Spencer and the Regional Community Survival Group, after the State Government said NSW Farmers’ Association had already agreed on the contentious issue.  | Farmers being ‘blackmailed’ ...
Farmers being ‘blackmailed’ over property rights
01 Mar 10 | Farmers want to know who signed off on the contentious terms and conditions that “blackmail” them into giving up their property rights, after the Government claimed compensation wasn’t necessary because the NSW Farmers’ Association had agreed to the arrangements.   | CommentsComments (1)
Climate change nothing to do with emissions: author
20 Feb 10 | Carbon emissions are not driving climate change and the people who believe this are “misguided dopey greens”, according to climate change sceptic Professor Ian Plimer.  | CommentsComments (5)
NSW producers take their protest to Canberra
26 Jan 10 | Wellington farmer Peter Carter is determined to be part of an “iconic and history-making” rally in Canberra next week that has the potential to launch constitutional change capable of halting “erosion of property rights”.   | CommentsComments (1) | Farmers rally in support of ... | Protesting Spencer out of his tree
18 Jan 10 | The NSW Greens are calling for a moratorium on new mines in western NSW after Federal Opposition leader Tony Abbott proposed a Commonwealth takeover of the water resources of the Murray-Darling Basin.
17 Jan 10 | Despite waters subsiding in most areas there remains a number of farmers in the Brewarrina region isolated by floodwater.
New river life in memory of Danny
22 Dec 09 | Danny Bower had many passions in life but among them were family and fishing.  | CommentsComments (1) | Much-loved local ‘idol’ bid a ...
07 Oct 09 | While the dust storm that enveloped Dubbo a fortnight ago is a fading memory for some, farmers may be feeling the cost for some time yet.  | SLIDESHOW: Dusty Dubbo.
30 Sep 09 | Parkes MP Mark Coulton has ramped up his attack on the Rudd Government’s proposed emissions trading scheme (ETS).  | CommentsComments (1)
Show caution to the wind: health service
26 Sep 09 | Greater Western Area Health Service has advised people to stay indoors, avoid spending time outside after more dust storms were reported in western NSW yesterday afternoon.  | Dust has settled but more could ...
Health issues expected from lingering dust
24 Sep 09 | Pharmacists and paramedics may be in demand again today with dust from yesterday’s storm lingering.  | Precautions taken during severe ... | Dust storm covers Dubbo in red ... | SLIDESHOW: Dusty Dubbo.
Precautions taken during severe weather conditions
24 Sep 09 | Local trainer Mick Lew let his horses have the morning off yesterday because “they’re no different to any other athlete” with a need for clear air to breathe.  | Dust storm covers Dubbo in red ... | Health issues expected from ... | SLIDESHOW: Dusty Dubbo.
Estate residents get green thumbs out
07 Sep 09 | Residents of Apollo Estate joined forces with Housing NSW and Centacare to kick off a garden project at Apollo House yesterday, which is hoped to bring the community closer together.  | CommentsComments (3)
31 Aug 09 | Macquarie River Food and Fibre (MRFF) strongly dispute claims made by CSU professor Max Finlayson last week that the irrigation industry is the cause of the decline of water to the Macquarie Marshes.  | CommentsComments (1) | Draft plan a boost for ...
Zoo bucks claims of tarnished reputation
07 Aug 09 | The reputation of Dubbo’s world-famous zoo is safe because it would never sell its animals if there was “even a sniff” of them ending up as targets for huntersm, it says.
Here to garden, but let’s start with a cuppa
03 Aug 09 | Staff at Dubbo’s Shoyoen Gardens were treated not only to expert advice from Japanese horticulturalists on Friday, but also to a traditional tea ceremony.
Council 'doing its best' for rivers
27 Jul 09 | Dubbo City Council has come out on the defence about claims residents no longer care for the city’s rivers, after a letter from a concerned reader about the state of two local watering holes was printed in the Daily Liberal .
15 Jul 09 | An allocation of $26 million to Landcare projects by Federal Government does not make up for neglect of the central west during the drought, according to Opposition spokesman for agriculture and Calare MP John Cobb.   | Landcare group receives torrent ...
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