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ACTION NEEDED: Rates of people living with dementia in the region are predicted to double. Photo: FILE

IN DEPTH
Dementia poses ongoing challenge: Services, carers in need

Last year's celebrations in the Capertee Valley. Picture: CIARA BASTOW.

Wolgan Valley to host October NAIDOC celebrations

Fire-fighters at the scene of the Lidsdale fire. Picture: KIRSTY HORTON.

Patrols: Lidsdale fire continues to burn underground

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Lithgow Aged Care sanctions: No new residents until February 2020

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Letter: Lithgow Aged Care speaks to public rumours following sanctions

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

REAL AUSTRALIA
Team Tas: it's time to decide

IN DEPTH
Dementia poses ongoing challenge: Services, carers in need

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Community raises funds for local inspiration Briony Sheather

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RU OK Day: Spreading kindess the key at Lithgow High | Photos

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Lithgow High's U15 basketball boys headed for state finals

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Call out: Chainsaws and blower stolen from Jed's Tree Services

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Thomas, Harry, in HIV awareness campaign

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The Under 15's boys squad. Picture: SUPPLIED.

Lithgow High's U15 basketball boys headed for state finals

READY TO SCORE: Jack Siejka in action just moments before his crucial try. Photo: CHRIS SEABROOK

One try is all Panthers need to take grand final win

Alexander Grant

Brogan double helps defy grand final send off as Workies bask in title glory

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Brogan double helps defy grand final send off as Workies bask in title glory

Grace Ryan

The Under 15's boys squad. Picture: SUPPLIED.

Lithgow High's U15 basketball boys headed for state finals

Path to the Premiership: See how the Grand Final Day unfolded

Path to the Premiership: See how the Grand Final Day unfolded

Grace Ryan

Medallist Ryan Wells. Picture: SUPPLIED.

Lithgow High School's Ryan Wells claims two State medals

Lithgow High School

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Last year's celebrations in the Capertee Valley. Picture: CIARA BASTOW.

Wolgan Valley to host October NAIDOC celebrations

Sculptures at Scenic World 2020 exhibition calls for artworks

Sculptures at Scenic World 2020 exhibition calls for artworks

Art of Lunch: Five artists, a gourmet chef and musical entertainment a winner

Art of Lunch: Five artists, a gourmet chef and musical entertainment a winner

Future Focus: building a stronger regional Australia

Future Focus: building a stronger regional Australia

Joanne Crawford

Future leadership: Why today's managers need to be 'intentional'

Future leadership: Why today's managers need to be 'intentional'

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Does your car harbour a deadly secret? Keep your family and friends safe by urging them to check if their vehicles are affected by the Takata airbag recall.

Car makers call for a 'tap on the shoulder' for Takata

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Future Focus: building a stronger regional Australia

Future Focus: building a stronger regional Australia

We may not have been back to the moon since 1969 but the advanced technology of today would certainly have to make for a smoother landing.

Could your mobile phone take you to the moon and back?

Emma Brown

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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Mort Street's old Lithgow TAFE building to go under the hammer

Mort Street's old Lithgow TAFE building to go under the hammer

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

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

Nadine Morton

BOOMTOWN?: Lithgow has led the way in median house prices.

Hot property: Lithgow and Central West outperforms capital cities for price growth

David Fitzsimons

R U OK?: Lithgow High School students paint a mural to recognise the importance of the day. Pictures: KIRSTY HORTON.

RU OK Day: Spreading kindess the key at Lithgow High | Photos

Last year's celebrations in the Capertee Valley. Picture: CIARA BASTOW.

Wolgan Valley to host October NAIDOC celebrations

Sculptures at Scenic World 2020 exhibition calls for artworks

Sculptures at Scenic World 2020 exhibition calls for artworks

R U OK?: Lithgow High School students paint a mural to recognise the importance of the day. Pictures: KIRSTY HORTON.

RU OK Day: Spreading kindess the key at Lithgow High | Photos

MISSED: Ms Fahey with students Lowan Francis and Saxon West. Picture courtesy of Wallerawang Public School.

Kym Fahey remembered

Wallerawang Public School

Art of Lunch: Five artists, a gourmet chef and musical entertainment a winner

Art of Lunch: Five artists, a gourmet chef and musical entertainment a winner

R U OK?: Lithgow High School students paint a mural to recognise the importance of the day. Pictures: KIRSTY HORTON.

RU OK Day: Spreading kindess the key at Lithgow High | Photos

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

ALL ABOARD: Mitchell Conservatorium's Volker Schoeler trumpets the arrival.

PHOTOS
Stop! Tarana's train station turns party zone for first Bathurst Bullet

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

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Letter: Dementia doesn't discriminate

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Letter: Lithgow Aged Care speaks to public rumours following sanctions

The deep edge off Mutton Falls Road.

Letters: Mutton Falls Road not safe for normal traffic

Marjorie Webb

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

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

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

ABARES expects the outlook for Australian farmers to be hit by the US-China trade war and drought.

Drought, trade rifts to hit Aussie farmers

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The Risk Checker test will help check risk of developing diabetes, heart disease or kidney disease.

New test for nation's 'biggest killers'

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NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian faces a spill over her handling of a bill decriminalising abortion.

NSW Premier faces spill over abortion bill

Newlyweds given love, but not a blessing, from Anglican church

Newlyweds given love, but not a blessing, from Anglican church

Fifty-seven fires were burning in NSW in the afternoon and about 20 weren't contained.

Emergency warning for northern NSW fire

Labor's bid to push businesses to paying casual loadings and permanent entitlements has failed.

Labor's bid to scrap casual rule defeated

Matt Coughlan

Workers at Cadbury's Hobart factory earn holiday leave at different rates, as per the legal decision

Holiday leave appeal will go to High Court

Scott Morrison is hosting Fiji's PM in Canberra just weeks after some blunt words between the pair.

Fiji PM not afraid to speak his mind

Angus Livingston and Finbar O'Mallon

Action in the sale marquee as buyers view prospective sires.

Yarrawonga Merino rams hit $22,000| Photos| Video

Stephen Burns

The tree Barmedman residents, Sharee and Graeme Stewart painted. The Blue Tree Project started in WA but has now spread to nearly every state in Australia. Photo Shantelle Stephens.

The poignant message behind blue trees

Olivia Calver

Heavy rain decimated 20 properties earlier this year.

Remote farm flooding declared ag disaster

John Ellicott

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

POPULAR: Bangkok, Thailand.

Bangkok tops Paris, London as world's most-visited city

Chayut Setboonsarng in Bangkok

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

Technology leads to the electric scooter invasion

Mathew Dickerson

IMPACT: Ageism, the stigma associated with dementia, and an inability to report incidents are ways people experience discrimination at work or in the community.

Remove stigma and show support for dementia

DESIGNATED SPACE: Nominate a place to set up your home office that ideally has a lot of natural light and is a little out of the way.

Five tips for creating an effective home office