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| UpdatedThe Catholic Church reveals which schools and children's homes had more than 20 claims of child sexual abuse — one institution alone faced 219 accusations.
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| UpdatedA "wickedly manipulative" serial paedophile priest is sentenced to stay behind bars until at least 2026 for the sexual abuse of boys at St Stanislaus College in Bathurst in central west NSW.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, sexual-offences, religion-and-beliefs, catholic, sydney-2000, bathurst-2795
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A rise in koala sightings in the New South Wales central tablelands is leading to hopes the region could be instrumental in the fight to save the species.
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| UpdatedCity councils will battle on with their fight against council amalgamations, while regional centres celebrate, after the NSW Government's announcement of a split policy on forced council mergers.
Topics: state-parliament, local-government, nsw, uralla-2358, walcha-2354, bathurst-2795, oberon-2787, burwood-2134, blayney-2799, orange-2800, canada-bay-2046, strathfield-2135, dungog-2420, maitland-2320, hornsby-2077, mount-kuring-gai-2080, hunters-hill-2110, lane-cove-2066, ryde-2112, mosman-2088, north-sydney-2060, willoughby-2068, newcastle-2300, randwick-2031, shellharbour-2529, waverley-2024, wollongong-2500
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| UpdatedThe NSW Government will push ahead with forced council amalgamations in the city, but will walk away from regional council mergers that are currently in court.
Topics: state-parliament, government-and-politics, local-government, nsw, uralla-2358, walcha-2354, bathurst-2795, oberon-2787, burwood-2134, blayney-2799, orange-2800, canada-bay-2046, strathfield-2135, dungog-2420, maitland-2320, hornsby-2077, mount-kuring-gai-2080, hunters-hill-2110, lane-cove-2066, ryde-2112, mosman-2088, north-sydney-2060, willoughby-2068, newcastle-2300, randwick-2031, shellharbour-2529, waverley-2024, wollongong-2500
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| UpdatedFrom working class England where education was of little significance, to leading one of Australia's largest universities, Scott Bowman is changing people's attitudes towards education and championing the underdog.
Topics: university-and-further-education, access-to-education, immigration, work, human-interest, people, rockhampton-4700, bathurst-2795, united-kingdom
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| UpdatedThe Forestry Corporation buys 7,000 hectares of pine plantation and plantable land near the timber towns of Oberon, Tumut and Tumbarumba.
Topics: forestry, timber, oberon-2787, bathurst-2795, tumbarumba-2653, tumut-2720
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| UpdatedVictims of the notorious paedophile priest Brian Joseph Spillane say they now feel "dead inside" and fail to have successful relationships or careers because of the abuse they endured at St Stanislaus College at Bathurst.
Topics: bathurst-2795, sydney-2000, nsw
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| UpdatedThe mayor of Bathurst Gary Rush has downplayed concerns about the ongoing costs of a major local kangaroo relocation project, saying preventing vehicle collisions is the priority.
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Facing online sales and changing consumer culture, Myer employees in Orange, New South Wales, are preparing for the store's final days.
Topics: unemployment, history, regional, community-and-society, work, relationships, orange-2800, bathurst-2795
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The St Stanislaus College at Bathurst in central west New South Wales will formally apologise for historical child sex abuse at the school, which is celebrating its 150th year.
Topics: sexual-offences, child-abuse, catholic, secondary-schools, bathurst-2795
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It is hoped a plan to relocate hundreds of kangaroos from one of Australia's most iconic racetracks will serve as a test case for tackling the high number of vehicle collisions with native animals.
Topics: animals, animal-behaviour, bathurst-2795
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| UpdatedBathurst prison staff contain a riot which involved 76 inmates in the jail's accommodation unit and saw one officer struck on the head several times by a prisoner.
Topics: police, prisons-and-punishment, bathurst-2795
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Concerns about unemployment and a lack of frontline services have prompted calls for an urgent mental health solution in the NSW city of Lithgow.
Topics: mental-health, regional-development, lithgow-2790, bathurst-2795, katoomba-2780
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There are concerns rental affordability could become a long-term problem in parts of central-west New South Wales.
Topics: housing-industry, regional-development, bathurst-2795, orange-2800, dubbo-2830, armidale-2350
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The story of the famous New South Wales motor racing circuit of Mount Panorama, or Wahluu, is re-created in Lego, complete with beer-swilling race fans and miniature models of Aboriginal sites of significance.
Topics: children, sculpture, library-museum-and-gallery, kids-games-and-links, community-and-multicultural-festivals, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, bathurst-2795
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An exhibition of the work of Brett Whiteley captures how the rolling hills and rustic villages of inland New South Wales were an early solace and shaper of the young artist and continued to permeate his career.
Topics: visual-art, regional, community-and-society, arts-and-entertainment, bathurst-2795, lavender-bay-2060, oberon-2787, sofala-2795, carcoar-2791