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GROUP 10 TEAM LISTS | Former Westside duo loom as Cowra's lucky rabbit's foot, Mortimer returns

Nick McGrath
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MINDY MELTDOWN: Nikki Poteet is set to make her wrestling debut at this year's Ironfest. Picture: SUPPLIED.

From pageants to pro wrestler, Mindy Meltdown is coming to Ironfest

Alanna Tomazin

WESTERN SYDNEY WANDERERS: The Lithgow football players take part in the coaching clinic at Marjorie Jackson sporting complex.

Western Sydney Wanderers improve country kids' football skills

Alanna Tomazin

GROUP 10 TEAM LISTS | Former Westside duo loom as Cowra's lucky rabbit's foot, Mortimer returns

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ON SONG: Easter champ Tallon Egan. Picture: SUPPLIED.

Young Lithgow talent Tallon Egan hits an Easter course winner

Jeff Geddes

The Mudgee Dragons top grade side from 2000, which won the premiership against Bathurst Panthers.

Footy flashbacks: A look at Group 10 grand finals from the 2000s

Bradley Jurd

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The Marilyn statue erected in Bendigo, Australia, in 2016. Picture: the Bendigo Advertiser.

Film goddess Marilyn Monroe double feature to screen

Ian Litchfield was pleased to have attended the Borneo Remembrance Day ceremony. Picture: KIRSTY HORTON.

Ian Litchfield's Borneo trip celebrated cultures coming together

Ciara Bastow

Beersheba Flag with Australian Lighthorse Association members in Canberra for the 100 year anniversary of the charge.

Historic World War I flag to find new home at Australian War Memorial

Ciara Bastow

Scots All Saints College Year 8 Captains Zane Newham (second from left) and Emily Brown (second from right) said they both value the environment of the new Middle School.

Why middle school is giving students the edge before senior school years

Jill Hogan

Lithgow laundry delivering the goods

Vanessa Hayden

Battling it out: There will be plenty of medieval mayhem at the 2019 Ironfest with a number of battles and displays set to entertain the crowd. Photo: Simone Kurtz.

In a kingdom not far away

Andrew Lotherington
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Scots All Saints College Year 8 Captains Zane Newham (second from left) and Emily Brown (second from right) said they both value the environment of the new Middle School.

Why middle school is giving students the edge before senior school years

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

Stirring rendition: Bill Childs plays the bugle for the 2018 Wallerawang Anzac Service in front of a wonderful turnout. Photo: Phoebe Moloney.

Celebrate mateship and time of sacrifice

Andrew Lotherington

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

RENTAL MARKET: Finding it hard to find a rental in Lithgow? You're not the only one, new data shows. Photo: FILE

Finding it hard to find a rental in Lithgow? You're not the only one

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

The Marilyn statue erected in Bendigo, Australia, in 2016. Picture: the Bendigo Advertiser.

Film goddess Marilyn Monroe double feature to screen

Church services for the Lithgow area

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Macquarie Cares Sharon Ryan and Paul Toole MP at last weeks Macquarie Care
ANZAC service..

ANZAC day is one of the most important days for our Nation

Paul Toole

The Marilyn statue erected in Bendigo, Australia, in 2016. Picture: the Bendigo Advertiser.

Film goddess Marilyn Monroe double feature to screen

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

LEST WE FORGET: Mila Staines is ready to march down the Main Street. Pictures: ALANNA TOMAZIN.

Wallerawang's ANZAC day service 2018 | Photos

RESPECT: Hannah and Yasmine Turner were proud to represent their school at the Portland service.

Portland remembers local men and women who served | Photos

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

50 special moments from dawn services across Australia

MARCH: Max Farr hitches a ride in a restored tank with Elma McKinnon. The tank they are riding in was restored by her son, Wayne Lane.

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Faces of Lithgow's 2019 Anzac Day | Photos, Video

NUMBER'S UP: Electoral officers Richelle Mills and Colette Robinson complete the first, invalid Calare ballot draw on Wednesday. Photo: DANIELLE CETINSKI

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Lucky Sam: Error forces two Calare ballot draws, Romano tops both | Video

Danielle Cetinski

WESTERN SYDNEY WANDERERS: The Lithgow football players take part in the coaching clinic at Marjorie Jackson sporting complex.

Western Sydney Wanderers improve country kids' football skills

Alanna Tomazin

NUMBER'S UP: Electoral officers Richelle Mills and Colette Robinson complete the Calare ballot draw on Wednesday. Photo: DANIELLE CETINSKI

Gee's last: Calare incumbent in seventh place on ballot paper after draw | Videos

Danielle Cetinski

FAMILY FUN: Abbey and Alex Vella.

Portland Easter Festival 2019 celebrates the reason for the season | Photos

Kirsty Horton

New trains a-coming. Picture: FILE.

The Saint: Lithgow's train future a missed free kick

The Saint

VANDALS: Graffiti on a block near Lithgow's new adventure park which appeared over the weekend. Picture: ALANNA TOMAZIN.

The Saint: It's a vandals' fame game

The Saint

Letter: Reliance on electric cars only a matter of time

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

A sniper was positioned at Melbourne's Shrine of Remembrance to watch over the Anzac Day service.

Sniper debut at Melbourne dawn service

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Clive Palmer's United Australia Party is expected to seal a deal with the LNP on preferences.

Liberals close to Palmer preference deal

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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

Bill Shorten is promising to make tackling family violence a national priority

Labor vows more help for abused women

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Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull with the man who replaced him, Scott Morrison, last year.

Turnbull throws support behind Morrison

Evin Priest

Labor leader Bill Shorten speaks to a young fan before the Collingwood-Essendon game on Anzac Day.

Day 16 of the federal election campaign

Labor leader Bill Shorten has moved to reassure big business ahead of the election.

Shorten tries to ease big business concern

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has praised Western Australia in a new interview.

PM: WA is great and vital to the economy

Steers in the purebred steer competition at the 2019 Sydney Royal Show during the live judging. Photo by Rachael Webb.

Trade steers miss specifications with rise in pH, meat colour

Hannah Powe

Kangawarra Socks 4389, Reg Cochrane Pastoral P/L, Kangawarra, Pyree. Pictured Thomas and Cathy Cochrane and Brooke Allen.

Quality despite low numbers in the Illawarra ring

Olivia Calver

Emma Northey displays her maiden ewes with dad, Paul and Sally Stockman during the West Wyalong Merino ewe competition.

Wool's her passion

Mark Griggs

FESTIVAL FUN: Central NSW Joint Organisation chair John Medcalf says festivals helped attract almost three million overnight visitors to Central NSW who spent $1.2b while they were here. Photo: FILE

Almost three million visitors spent $1.2b in the Central West

Nadine Morton

LEG ROOM: Supply and demand is the biggest factor in how airline tickets are priced.

Tips to getting the best bang for your airfares buck

Bungoolee Tours ... offering tag-along tours of Aboriginal rock art in the Kimberleys.

Your weekly travel inspiration

ON THE TILES: Do some reference checks on your tiler to make sure they are going to do a great job. Ask for some close up photos of their work - you don't get a second chance to get this right.

Simple ways to add value

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Top steak recipe from australianbeef.com.au

Try this:Beef rib eye with spicy quinoa and bean salad

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