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8.45am: Is it your birthday today? If so, you share it with the following celebrities ...
Maroon 5 singer Adam Levine
and singer Charley Pride, to name just a couple.
8.30am: Frightening news from the US this morning, a woman aboard a United Airlines plane texted her husband that she was experiencing the "scariest moment" of her life after a passenger raced screaming toward the cockpit before being subdued by others on the plane, the woman's husband said.
8.22am: You can check a selection of Fairfax front pages here.
8.15am: Win tickets to the Dubbo Turf Club’s Dubbo Turf Club's Championships Country Series, to be held on March 22, and proudly sponsored by the Milestone Hotel Dubbo.
8.07am: Let's take a look at today's front page of the Daily Liberal.
A proposal to introduce an organic waste bin to households and reduce the frequency of mixed waste collection has sparked concern among Dubbo councillors about the resulting smell and increased costs.
Under the proposal, the organic waste bin would be collected weekly, while the mixed waste and recycling bins would be collected on a fortnightly basis.
Cr Allan Smith said he was troubled about the smell that would arise from leaving items such as nappies in the mixed waste bin for the extended time.
Our community is still made up of families and there are young children in those families. These days not many people have washable nappies, they're disposables and the disposables go in that mixed waste bin.
- Cr Allan Smith
Based on project estimate costs, the introduction of a new bin would cost an additional $63 per service per annum if mixed waste was collected fortnightly, or an extra $83 per service if mix waste collection remained weekly.
What do you think about the proposal? Have your say here.
8.03am: While you are sitting down for breakfast, why not check out our gallery of this impressive Dubbo home?
7.55am: And in national and international news ...
NATIONAL: Joe Hockey might have just found a way to broaden the Coalition's political base.The latest Essential poll shows young people and Greens voters are responding well to his push to allow first home buyers to get early access to super to buy houses.
NATIONAL: The Senate has rejected the Abbott government's proposed higher education changes - including the deregulation of university fees - for the second time within three months.The government's bill, which would have allowed universities to set their own undergraduate fees, was defeated by 34 votes to 30 on Tuesday night.
INTERNATIONAL: Residents of the southern Vanuatu island of Tanna say they are running out of food and basic supplies on after a huge cyclone tore across the South Pacific nation wreaking widespread devastation.
7.45am: What's making regional news this morning?
ORANGE: The two-day dramatic ordeal to save a stray kitten stuck in a pipe near the Orange City Centre car park ended in tragedy in the early hours of Tuesday morning when last resort rescue measures were implemented to free the animal.
ORANGE: It might be uncomfortable but Orange dog trainer Debi Coleman is crediting her biennial breast scan with saving her life and is encouraging others to get tested.
BATHURST: Third and fourth generation welfare recipients are unfortunately far too common in Bathurst, according to Central West Care director Stephanie Robinson.
7.30am: Time to take a look at some of the local news headlines for this morning.
DUBBO: A proposal to introduce an organic waste bin to households and reduce the frequency of mixed waste collection has sparked concern among Dubbo councillors about the resulting smell and increased costs.
DUBBO: A community consultation has identified a desire to keep $50,000 of funding for Buckingham Drive Park playground, instead of using it for nearby Elizabeth Park.
DUBBO: A Coalition pledge to fund a $50 million duplication of Dubbo's LH Ford bridge has been labelled "irresponsible and dangerous". Labor candidate for Dubbo Stephen Lawrence was responding to Saturday's announcement made by Dubbo MP Troy Grant and NSW Premier Mike Baird.
DUBBO: A busload of Dubbo locals were among the thousand people who flocked to Gunnedah to protest coal and coal seam gas mining at the weekend.
NARROMINE: A Narromine man's appeal for unfair dismissal has been rejected by the Fair Work Commission. Earlier this month the Commission found Mark Rowe was dismissed on reasonable grounds sufficiently serious enough to justify the immediate action.
7.15am: Good morning everyone. Welcome to Wednesday. You're grilling with Angela from Dubbo this morning. You can reach me via email: angela.clutterbuck@fairfaxmedia.com.au
DUBBO / TRANGIE / NYNGAN: Hot and partly cloudy with a chance of a shower or thunderstorm in the east, tops of 37 degrees for all three centres.
COBAR / BOURKE: Hot and sunny. A top of 35 degrees in Cobar and we sure haven't seen the end of summer, with a scorching 41 degrees forecast for Bourke.
