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| UpdatedSchool children in a small town in western New South Wales hit the pots and pans to help provide energy for firefighters.
Topics: agribusiness, bushfire, food-and-cooking, education, human-interest, coolah-2843, dubbo-2830, orange-2800
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As primary producers cope with the damage to their bushfire-hit properties in western New South Wales, veterinarians evaluate injured animals.
Topics: agribusiness, livestock-welfare, livestock, bushfire, coolah-2843, dunedoo-2844, dubbo-2830, orange-2800
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A high end manufacturer and retailer from Norway says the legend of the Australian wool industry is a powerful marketing tool and they will be telling that story.
Topics: wool, sheep-production, agricultural-marketing, agricultural-prices, manufacturing, wellington-2820, norway, hobart-7000, coolah-2843
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A western council has expressed interest in resettling Syrian refugees to help stem its declining population.
Topics: refugees, coonabarabran-2357, coolah-2843
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| UpdatedFarmers are facing mixed blessings from rain and unseasonably hot days in October and November.
Topics: rainfall, crop-harvesting, weeds, weather, coolah-2843, dubbo-2830
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GRDC's Andrew McFadyen says a wet end to harvest had implications for yield and grain quality but it has set up farmers in the northern cropping region with soil moisture for their summer cropping rotation. See the full story
Topics: grain, agricultural-crops, rainfall, dubbo-2830, coolah-2843
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The Warrumbungle Shire says some of its smaller towns are at risk of losing a police presence and wants extra officers recruited to address the issue.
Topics: police, coolah-2843, dubbo-2830, dunedoo-2844
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The mothballing of the Cobbora Coal Mine development has given the little community of Coolah a boost to their tourism potential.
Topics: mining-environmental-issues, rural-tourism, coal, agricultural-crops, agricultural-shows, equestrian, community-development, coolah-2843, dubbo-2830, cobbora-2844
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Topics: coal, community-development, rural-tourism, agricultural-shows, coolah-2843, dubbo-2830, cobbora-2844
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Funds allocated by the NSW Government after they mothballed the Cobbora coal development have put new resources into the community of Coolah. See the story
Topics: coal, mining-rural, community-development, coolah-2843, dubbo-2830, cobbora-2844
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Topics: pest-management, pests, agricultural-crops, pasture, weetaliba-2395, dubbo-2830, coolah-2843
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| UpdatedFarmers are being urged to get on top of hatching locusts before they take to the wing in the centre and north of New South Wales
Topics: pests, pest-management, agricultural-crops, pasture, weetaliba-2395, coolah-2843, dubbo-2830
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Topics: agricultural-crops, pests, pest-management, pasture, weetaliba-2395, coolah-2843, dubbo-2830
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Topics: pests, pest-management, pasture, agricultural-crops, coolah-2843, weetaliba-2395, dubbo-2830
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Tom Dunlop says locust are hatching and banding on his Weetaliba farm, putting even more pressure on pasture supplies as he faces a dry start to summer. See the full story
Topics: pest-management, weetaliba-2395, coolah-2843
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| UpdatedLisa Messenger's flair and renegade approach to entrepreneurship sees her rubbing shoulders with some of the biggest names in business, including Martha Stewart and Richard Branson.
Topics: author, books-literature, people, small-business, print-media, media, coolah-2843, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedDetectives investigating the murder of a woman more than 20 years ago in central-west New South Wales say they are close to making an arrest.
Topics: crime, murder-and-manslaughter, police, coolah-2843, dubbo-2830, narrabri-2390
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| UpdatedTopics: grain, oilseeds, wheat, crop-harvesting, rainfall, storm-event, coolah-2843
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Police are investigating fresh leads into the murder of a woman at Coolah more than 20 years ago.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, police, coolah-2843, dubbo-2830
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Fighter jets could be seen flying as low as 50 metres from the ground in parts of the central west this week.
Topics: air-force, gulgong-2852, dubbo-2830, orange-2800, mendooran-2842, binnaway-2395, coolah-2843
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Troy Palmer told Michael Pritchard that the red tape had delayed him being able to get his drought affected cattle on to the Long paddock
Topics: drought, disasters-and-accidents, beef-cattle, coolah-2843, muswellbrook-2333, nsw
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Last year's Heywire winners have turned their ideas on rural issues into a reality since returning from the Heywire National Youth Summit in Canberra earlier this year.
Topics: youth, rural, rural-youth, depression, mental-health, coolah-2843, canberra-2600, newcastle-2300