Dubbo

Hope and help is on the way to the people of Western NSW thanks to $600,000 in special funding by the NSW Government for Lifeline Central West. Minister for Mental Health Bronnie Taylor joined Member for the Dubbo electorate Dugald Saunders to announce the funding, which will be used to purchase a new Lifeline building in Dubbo to accommodate the growing number of volunteers needed to provide suicide prevention and mental health counselling and training services to the region. Mr Saunders said the funding will allow Lifeline to provide a Rapid Community Support Program. “Lifeline Dubbo will be the base […]

The 103-year-old Rawsonville Bridge west of Dubbo will be removed and replaced following feedback from the local community. Member for the Dubbo electorate Dugald Saunders said $700,000 of NSW Government funding has been committed to investigate options to replace the bridge with a new concrete bridge. “Transport for NSW (TfNSW) is currently working with Dubbo Regional Council on the strategic design for the new bridge, with the proposal to be presented to the community once planning is complete,” Mr Saunders said. “The new bridge is aimed to provide a smoother, safer river crossing and reduce ongoing maintenance costs, allowing for

The Dubbo region will further cement itself as a world-class tourism destination, thanks to more than $10 million in funding awarded today by the NSW Government. Member for the Dubbo Electorate Dugald Saunders said money from the Regional Growth – Environment and Tourism Fund would enable not one, but three, landmark new attractions across the city: the development of a new public plaza in front of the Old Dubbo Gaol; construction of a new Wiradjuri cultural tourism centre and park at Elizabeth Park, and; construction of an outdoor events space at Ollie Robbins Oval. “The Destination Dubbo project will create

Construction on the new three-storey clinical building at the redeveloped Dubbo Hospital is progressing well, with the first of two prototype rooms for the emergency department being unveiled today. Member for the Dubbo electorate Dugald Saunders joined with the project team and senior hospital staff for a sneak peak of the new emergency department, which is currently under construction. The first prototype room in the emergency department is the resuscitation bay used to stabilise critically ill patients. The second will be an acute bay which is where Member for the Dubbo electorate Dugald Saunders joined with the project team and

The NSW Government will provide Dubbo Regional Council with a special grant of $100,000 to help fund investigations into a bridge for the southern part of the city.

A state of the art training facility for rural firefighters was unveiled today to deliver expert qualifications for the men and women who put their lives on the line protecting regional communities.

Travel times will be reduced and safety improved along Boothenba Road in Dubbo, thanks to $6 million in funding from the NSW Government’s $170 million Drought Stimulus Package.

Dubbo will be a major beneficiary of the latest round of drought funding announced by the NSW Government, with $30 million to be provided over two years to plan an expansion of the local bore field to improve groundwater supply to the city.