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Festival ready: Peter Gerber, from Pioneer Brewing Co. Photo: JUDE KEOGH 1009jkfest1

Pioneer's crafty drink idea for upcoming festival

Taylor Jurd

Bob McMillan (pictured). Photo: Ngaire Soley

Sport night aims raise drought funds, lift communities spirits

HAVING A LOOK: Micheal Lee and Cathy and Jim Hamilton. Photo: JUDE KEOGH

Art takes its place in FOOD Week through Sculpture in an Orange Garden | Photos, video

David Fitzsimons

Festival ready: Peter Gerber, from Pioneer Brewing Co. Photo: JUDE KEOGH 1009jkfest1

Pioneer's crafty drink idea for upcoming festival

FUN: The day hosts a variety of activities fun for all ages. Photo: CONTRIBUTED

Take a day off the farm and head to the Hermidale Gymkhana this Easter Sunday

Zaarkacha Marlan

The Cobb and Co stagecoach ferrying visitors to and fro during the 2018 festival. Photo: Elouise Hawkey.

Man from Ironbark festival to run on Easter weekend in Stuart Town

Daniel Shirkie

Stellar line up: After a hiatus in 2018 due to rain, VANFEST is back again in 2019 and ready to rock the Forbes Showground. Photo: VANFEST.

Hits of the Central West

Andrew Lotherington

Ironfest: Complete with costumes and medieval battles, Ironfest has been a major draw card for Lithgow having sold out over the past two years. Photo: Supplied.

What's in your backyard?

Andrew Lotherington

Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries chief executive Tony Weber is urging motorists to check if their vehicles are affected by the Takata airbag recall.

Car makers call for vital safety check

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Stellar line up: After a hiatus in 2018 due to rain, VANFEST is back again in 2019 and ready to rock the Forbes Showground. Photo: VANFEST.

Hits of the Central West

Look out for risks: There are many dangers around farms to assess and be aware of. Power lines pose a big risk and need to be avoided at all times. Photos: Essential Energy.

Spark your safety interest

Andrew Lotherington

UP SHE GOES: The towering structural steel helps to paint a picture of how the Central West Livestock Exchange expansion will look. Photo: Akura

Structural steel takes shape

REAL ESATE: Looking to invest in the Central West? New data from Suburbanite shows where you should avoid. Photo: FILE

Looking to invest in the Central West? Here's where to avoid

Nadine Morton

DREAM AWAY: Central West’s most expensive homes in 2018 – in photos. Photos: DOMAIN

Central West’s most expensive homes in 2018 – in photos

Nadine Morton

HOUSE PRICES: The median home prices for your town revealed in the latest Domain report. Photo: FILE

Median home prices for your town revealed: How much did you pay?

Nadine Morton

ANSWERING THE CALL TO SERVE: The initial 'Anzacs' were volunteers from the First Australian Imperial Force. The campaign lasted eight-and-a-half months.

A legend born from battle

RESPECT: Marchers can wear their own or a relative's medals. Your own medals should be worn on the left hand side of your chest, over your heart.

For those who fell on foreign shores

UP PERISCOPE: The AE2 was an E-Class submarine built for the Royal Australian Navy. Photos: DEFENCE

Derring-do in Dardanelles

ANSWERING THE CALL TO SERVE: The initial 'Anzacs' were volunteers from the First Australian Imperial Force. The campaign lasted eight-and-a-half months.

A legend born from battle

GETTING ACTIVE: Abby Breen, 11, Toby Bourke, 5, Alesha Bennetts, 14, and Jordan Parsons, 16, are all using Active Kids vouchers to get fit.

Many eligible children not receiving Active Kids vouchers for sport

Nadine Morton

Judge Ben Davies, Thomas Foods International, with the middleweight and grand champion steer of the show exhibited by Toll Cattle Company and prepared by St John's College, Dubbo. Held by student Brooke Garland, and pictured with RAS cattle committee chairman Greg Watson, Nick Coghlan, Albury and St John's College principal Kerry Morris.

Central West Limousin steer takes top Royalgong

Karen Bailey & Hannah Powe

Wollongong, NSW, dawn service in MacCabe Park. Photos: Robert Peet

50 special moments from dawn services across Australia

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Recipe: courtesy of Sydney Seafood School. Photo: Franz Scheurer

Cuttlefish with chorizo and potatoes, pan-fried

PRODUCERS' MARKET: Neve Jansen, Tara Maloney, Tamara Townsend and Olivia Larcombe. Photo: CARLA FREEDMAN

See who we snapped out and about at the parties and events in Orange | Photos

How the python managed to get the drop on the tawny frogmouth is currently unknown

Watch a python devour a tawny frogmouth

Firefighters tackle the blaze as flames and smoke rise from Notre Dame cathedral as it burns in Paris. Photo: Thibault Camus/AP

See inside fire-ravaged Notre Dame

FORAGE: Isobel Shepherd, Liz Pilat, Samantha Morton, Natasha Gillezeau, Georgia Watt and Amy Gojnich. Photo: JUDE KEOGH

A 'sensational' success: FOOD Week visitors, organisers delighted | Photos, videos

HAVING A LOOK: Micheal Lee and Cathy and Jim Hamilton. Photo: JUDE KEOGH

Art takes its place in FOOD Week through Sculpture in an Orange Garden | Photos, video

David Fitzsimons

Winx says farewell, with Randwick a sell-out

John Ellicott

PROFOUND: With his eyes shut and his hands raised and concert lights flashing, Morrison moved at speed - bumping off people like a dodgem car. Photo: AAP

SATIRE
Holy cow: Scott Morrison out-worshiped me

Mark Bode
1hr ago

Corporal Mark Donaldson VC at the 2011 Remembrance Day National Ceremony at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen

Victoria Cross recipient Mark Donaldson reflects on the importance of Anzac Day

Corporal Mark Donaldson VC

We are stronger when we stand together

Timing is key when it comes to getting the flu shot. Photo: Shutterstock.

When is the right time to get a flu shot?

Samara Ross

KALEIDOSCOPE: "Coming from Canada I found people here fearful to dress in colour," says Evelyn Roth, pictured in her Maslin Beach home. Photo: Naomi Giatas

The colourful world of recycling pioneer Evelyn Roth

Geraldine Cardozo

JUST HANG UP: If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.

Why do we keep falling for scams?

Samara Ross

An 'emotional, humbled' World War II veteran, Sam Krycer, 100, has led Melbourne's Anzac Day march.

WWII veterans lead Melbourne Anzac march

21m ago

A man has been arrested in Turkey over an alleged plan to attack Gallipoli Anzac Day services.

Morrison downplays Anzac Day terror arrest

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Bill Shorten says $77b in tax cuts will go to the highest-income earners under a Morrison government

High-income earners to reap $77b tax cuts

A Cowes man was charged with murder after a woman's body was found in Melbourne's city centre.

Dead Melbourne woman identified as 32yo

1hr ago

RAAF serviceman Austin Asche spoke with Bill Shorten after Darwin's dawn service.

Darwin remembers war in Australia

Greg Roberts
2hrs ago

Wollongong, NSW, dawn service in MacCabe Park. Photos: Robert Peet

50 special moments from dawn services across Australia

2hrs ago

War memorial director Brendan Nelson, with Corporal Mark Donaldson, VC.
Photo: Karleen Minney.

'Heinous' terrorists disrupting way of life, war memorial director says

Andrew Brown
2hrs ago

Opposition Leader Bill Shorten has laid a wreath at the Anzac Day dawn service in Darwin.

Shorten in Darwin at dawn for Anzac Day

Daniel McCulloch

Nationals leader Michael McCormack argues if you vote Labor on Inland Rail, you've voted Labor on everything, including native vegetation. Photo Mark Griggs.

Labor bidding on Inland Rail

Daniel Pedersen
24m ago

Skye Nash, Abbey A'Vard, Chelsea Winn and James Winn.

As dawn breaks, Jerilderie remembers

Olivia Calver
1hr ago

Bourke celebrates best rain in five months

BEN DOMENSINO, Weatherzone

MOUTHWATERING EXHIBIT: A 1971 McLaren M8-F CanAm car stands in splendid isolation in The Bend’s Welcome Centre.

Tailem Bend - The accidental motorsport star

Brent Davison

Australians aren't letting travel costs stop their holiday fun.

Travelling Aussies pay top dollar for their accommodation

Get your Game of Thrones fix in person, on site

UNCERTAINTY?: Labor's proposed changes to the capital gains tax (CGT) rules may adversely affect assets bequeathed to us.

How will your capital gains be taxed under a new government?

Noel Whittaker

WHAT'S IN A NAME: Whether you call it Prosecco or Glera, there's no denying Australian versions of this popular sparkling wine are soaring in popularity despite EU laws which control the use of the name

Are you still Pro secco?

Linda Lambrechts

Traditional: ANZAC biscuits.

Anzac biscuits in an hour