Dubbo

The family of a man who died just hours after being turned away from a regional New South Wales hospital are demanding an inquest.

The Southern White Rhinoceros is set to have a better chance at survival thanks to a new Australian breeding program.

A NSW man has allegedly tested positive to cocaine after being pulled over for driving with an unsecured load in Dubbo.

A Dubbo woman has been charged after allegedly fraudulently claiming $65,000 worth of mouse plague and COVID-19 disaster relief payments.

Kids will return to school in NSW from October; NSW records 882 cases, two deaths; Victoria records 79 new cases

Western Sydney hospitals swamped with 200 daily COVID-19 cases; ACT records 14 new cases; Victoria blames young people for virus spread; Limited new freedoms for vaccinated in Sydney

NSW records 919 cases; Queensland pausing domestic arrivals; Victoria records 45 new cases

Coles, Woolworths and Chemist Warehouse among new exposure sites in Victoria as state opens Pfizer jabs to younger people; NSW records 753 cases, hits 6m jabs; Berejiklian flags freedoms for fully vaccinated

New Zealand lockdown extended; NSW records 818 new cases, three deaths; PM reiterates pandemic exit plan; Premier slams 'disgraceful' protest scenes in Melbourne

PM wants focus off counting cases; Bunnings closing close Sydney stores amid new restrictions; Cases grow in regional Victoria

The permit system will begin as the Australian Defence Force troops will start immunising some of the most vulnerable members of western NSW from tomorrow.

Aussies aged 16-29 to be invited for jabs; NSW records 681 new cases, one death; Victoria records 57 new cases; Regional NSW lockdown extended

New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian has announced that residents in the state's West and regional communities will be in lockdown until "at least" August 28. 

Western NSW is on high alert, as COVID-19 cases continue to be recorded in the region.

One in two Aussies will soon have had first jab; NSW 'following a similar trajectory' to Melbourne's deadly second wave as state records 633 new cases, three deaths; Qantas to make vaccinations mandatory

Australia now giving 200 vaccine doses a minute; NSW records 452 new cases, one death; Whole of New Zealand to lockdown over one case

NSW has 478 new virus cases; Melbourne lockdown extension and curfew; Snap lockdown in NT; 19 new cases in ACT

Of the new cases in the region, 32 are from Dubbo and three are from Mudgee. A case has also been detected in Bourke.

Students from Dubbo West Public School will be unable to return to campus until Wednesday after the site was named as an exposure site last Friday.

A schoolgirl in regional NSW has described fearing she may have put others in danger after testing positive to COVID-19.

Police say he sent it to a group chat, where one of the members notified his workplace believing he was a close contact.

Australia hits vaccination milestone; NSW records 390 new cases, woman in 40s among two deaths; ACT outbreak grows to six

Dozens of new exposure sites have been identified across regional NSW today as the Delta variant seeps further out of Sydney.

Cases grow to four in ACT; Two deaths, 345 new cases in NSW; Queensland 'very concerned' about NSW; Victoria has 21 new local cases

Dubbo's mayor said a snap COVID-19 lockdown was another blow to the regional NSW town after residents already endured a mouse plague and drought.

Infected Sydney man who allegedly went to Byron Bay charged; NSW records 344 new cases, two deaths; Dubbo sent into lockdown; Melbourne lockdown extended

A snap, seven-day lockdown has begun in Dubbo today after two COVID-19 cases were recorded in the New South Wales regional hub.

When three buses packed with 128 people arrived at Taronga Western Plains Zoo yesterday, staff called NSW Police.

Shops, service stations and cafes in Forbes, Dubbo, Moore and Coonabarabran have all been identified by NSW Health.

Long queues have already begun forming in Dubbo after authorise issued an alert for over a dozen exposure sites in the region.

A 34-year-old man is accused of all but destroying a country golf course by ploughing it with a tractor.

The daughter of a local handyman gunned down near Dubbo in the NSW central west has issued a plea for more information on the first anniversary of her father's death.

A woman has been charged following a violent brawl involving up to 20 people in Dubbo in regional New South Wales yesterday.

The 25-year-old is expected to fac court today after four boys — aged six, seven, nine and 10 — and a 34-year-old woman were hit near Dubbo, NSW.

A woman is fighting for life in hospital after allegedly being rammed at by a car in a road rage attack in Central NSW yesterday.

A New Zealand woman has been charged over the 2016 murder of Dubbo farmer Robert Dickie.

A 61-year-old woman is fighting for her life in a critical condition at Dubbo Base Hospital after being diagnosed with coronavirus.

In the pouring rain around 5.30pm yesterday emergency services were called after reports a motorcyclist had crashed near Eulomogo Creek bridge on Old Dubbo Road, Dubbo.

The enormous cloud saw night descend prematurely on the town of Dubbo, as residents were blanketed in a thick coat of red dust.

Two people have been injured after a helicopter crashed in a paddock near Dubbo.

Barry Wheeler has lived his entire life in the Central West of New South Wales, and seen a lot, but it's been the past three years that have brought him to his knees.

Two teenagers have been injured in a school fight involving a knife in Sydney's north-west.

A country NSW mechanic who lost his arm in a savage dog attack has expressed his sympathy for the now-arrested owner.

A cannon has been seized from a property in rural NSW after police executed a search warrant.

A man has died in a fiery crash in Central Western NSW, the second fatal collision in the area in 48 hours.

The NSW coalition has been returned to power for a third straight term with a government majority after Nationals candidate Dugald Saunders won Dubbo.

Five-year-old Luke Vincent presented Meghan with flowers before embracing Harry.  

Prince Harry has paid a touching tribute to Dubbo amid its drought crisis in an uplifting speech delivered amid an unseasonal downpour.

One Dubbo farming family doing it tough have revealed how the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have sympathised and listened to their plight as the drought continues to grip NSW.

It’s official – the Royals will be visiting Dubbo, ‘the centre of the universe’, during their visit to Australia later this year, landing in the regional city on October 17.