Do you have pressing concerns about what is or is not being done in our state? This Friday (31st) is your chance to tell Member for Orange Philip Donato MP what’s on your mind at one of his regular community barbecues.

Council is looking for energetic people to come on board and make sure Orange’s Australia Day festivities in Cook Park remain one of the highlights of the social calendar.

Councils and community groups can now apply for up to $1 million in funding through the Safer Communities Fund.

Now’s your chance to have a say on what the Orange Central Business District of the future should look like?

Federal Member for Calare, Andrew Gee has greeted the election of Scott Morrison as Prime Minister as a solid choice, but called for an end to the factional warfare and political bloodletting the nation has witnessed over the past few days.

Four men and one woman have been charged and police have seized cash and drugs as part of a investigation into an alleged large-scale drug supply syndicate operating in the central west.

In the two years since the Ashcroft’s kicked off their Let’s Make Better Charity, the Orange Community has rallied behind many worthy local causes, but none more so that the current plight of our farmers during this devastating drought.

Orange City Centre customers will soon see free parking times extended from two to three hours after Council gave approval to the proposal at their Tuesday night meeting.