Dubbo

A 26-year-old man was charged with murder, after a teenager died from stab injuries to the neck in a rural New South Wales town.

Police described the erratic movements of the car's driver during a pursuit before the Mazda crashed into a bus, killed the 32-year-old driver and injuring seven others.

Police said the man allegedly tested positive for methamphetamine during a roadside drug test.

When Ricky Hampson Jr's nephew heard about his death, the young boy asked his mum: "If I go to hospital, will they save me?"

A 16-year-old girl is dead and her 10-year-old sister is in a critical condition after a horror crash for one Gold Coast family en-route to the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

The innovative toilet block opened to the public in July and came at an estimated cost of $300000.

A driver has been charged with manslaughter over the drowning death of a five-year-old boy in floodwaters in the NSW Central West.

Police have released CCTV footage as they search for a second man believed to be involved in the stabbing death of a man in regional New South Wales earlier this year.

A father and son have spoken about the moment they confronted a man allegedly threatening to stab people in a Dubbo shopping centre.

Police are investigating the vicious fatal stabbing of a 39-year-old man who died inside his home.

An elusive but deadly form of cholesterol could increase the risk of multiple heart attacks in older Aussies, a study has found.

The quad bike and ute allegedly collided on Gulargambone Road, Bourbah, about 58km southwest of Coonamble about 3.45pm yesterday.

During an unexpected blackout her machine was switched off while she was sleeping about 5am on May 8.

A trial has begun for a man charged with murdering teenager Michelle Bright and trying to rape another young woman over two decades ago in central NSW.

As the SES cleans up the debris from a freak storm which slammed NSW, authorities are hoping a storm forecast for this afternoon is not as severe as predicted.

Two men driving white Toyota LandCruisers have crashed into the terminal doors of a NSW regional airport.

A boy who drowned in floodwaters in rural New South Wales has been identified as five-year-old "bright bubbly boy" Jayden El Jer.

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.

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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

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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.

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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.