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MP calls for upgrades on 'patchwork' highway after fatal crash
By Zaarkacha Marlan and Jen McCutcheon
A man has died after his car crashed into a ditch beside the Mitchell Highway near Wellington in the NSW Central West, sparking calls for an urgent upgrade of the road.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-15/fatal-crash-mitchell-highway-near-wellington-nsw/107268792
#RoadAccidentsandIncidents #Police #ZaarkachaMarlan #JenMcCutcheon
Man filmed speeding denies being driver in fatal highway crash
By Zaarkacha Marlan
A 25-year-old man is facing trial in the Dubbo District Court after pleading not guilty to dangerous and drink-driving charges after a crash that killed four people.
Turtles found buried in metres of mud returned to rejuvenated wetland
By Zaarkacha Marlan
Turtles rescued from the Gingham Waterhole in north-west NSW have begun returning, while keepers at Taronga Western Plains Zoo in Dubbo incubate more than 250 eggs laid by females brought into care.
Salesman's 'superhero' branding triggers DC Comics trademark dispute
By Zaarkacha Marlan and Lucy Thackray
A Dubbo business owner is fighting comic book giant DC Comics over allegations his promotional character "Fanman" is deceptively similar to Superman.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-22/dubbo-fanman-dc-comics-superman-trademark-dispute/107150930
#PopularCulture #CopyrightInfringement #RegionalCommunities #ComicsandGraphicNovels #ZaarkachaMarlan #LucyThackray
A 500km walk has paid off for a 12-year-old determined to meet the PM
By Zaarkacha Marlan
Dusty Langby walked more than 500 kilometres from Warren to Canberra to ask Anthony Albanese to match $500,000 he raised for Little Wings. The prime minister said yes to that and more.
#ChildrensHealth #Activism #RegionalCommunities #GovernmentFunding #ZaarkachaMarlan
Feral pig problem raises bird flu fears in famous wetlands
By Zaarkacha Marlan and Kim Goldsmith
Landholders fear the Macquarie Marshes feral pig problem could make a bird flu outbreak harder to contain as concerns grow about the potential impact on the internationally recognised wetlands.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-14/macquarie-marshes-landholders-prepare-bird-flu/107133908
#AvianInfluenza #Birds #Wetlands #NatureReserves #Environment #WildlifeDiseases #RuralandRemoteCommunities #ZaarkachaMarlan #KimGoldsmith
Racehorse injury rules under spotlight after jockey's death
By Zaarkacha Marlan
A NSW coroner recommends stronger safeguards for racehorses returning from injury following an inquest into the death of French apprentice jockey Marina Morel.
Man who beat his partner to death found 'not criminally responsible'
By Zaarkacha Marlan
The family of a woman killed by her partner in western NSW has told a court about the devastating impact of her death before the judge delivered a special verdict.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-19/andrew-charles-smith-bourke-murder-special-verdict/107050586
Court finds man found not criminally responsible for killing mother
By Zaarkacha Marlan
A 31-year-old has been found not criminally responsible for killing his mother at a Gunnedah caravan park, just hours before he was due to see a psychiatrist.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-11/gunnedah-mother-death-verdict/107023798
#CourtOrderedMentalHealthTreatment #Police #MentalHealth #ZaarkachaMarlan
Bystanders deprived Canberra man of 'any chance of survival' after overdose
By Zaarkacha Marlan
A coroner finds a group of bystanders, including two workers from a drug harm minimisation organisation, acted in a "morally blameworthy" manner after waiting hours to call an ambulance for a Canberra man who fatally overdosed.
Woman pleads not guilty over Jerrabomberra crash that killed pedestrian
By Zaarkacha Marlan
A woman charged over the death of a Canberra tourism leader near Queanbeyan almost two years ago has pleaded not guilty to dangerous driving occasioning death.
Drug driver who killed 20yo in stolen car to have sentence reduced
By Zaarkacha Marlan
A woman jailed for 14 years over the killing of 20-year-old Matthew McLuckie in a high-speed, drug-fuelled crash will receive a reduced sentence following an appeal.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-31/shakira-adams-wins-appeal-jail-sentence-fatal-crash/106978608
Chef appeals against sentence in 'horrific' murder at Canberra zoo
By Zaarkacha Marlan
It remains one of the ACT's most significant sentences, with Chief Justice McCallum stopping short of sentencing the offender to life in jail.
Canberra woman avoids jail over fatal crash while unable to properly see road
By Zaarkacha Marlan
A woman who fatally struck a motorcyclist after driving into oncoming traffic has been spared jail, with a judge finding imprisonment would "pile trauma upon trauma" for her family.
Man who murdered Canberra Zoo co-worker 'remains infatuated' with her
By Monte Bovill, Elizabeth Byrne, and Zaarkacha Marlan
Jude Wijesinghe previously pleaded guilty to stabbing his co-worker Tshewang Choden to death in the kitchen area of the National Zoo and Aquarium in Canberra, where they both worked, in 2023.
#Homicide #Courts #MonteBovill #ElizabethByrne # #ZaarkachaMarlan
Indigenous culture 'completely misunderstood', inquest hears, as late dad's fear of hospital revealed
By Zaarkacha Marlan
An Indigenous man who died after being misdiagnosed at Dubbo hospital wrote to a relative he feared going to hospitals, an inquest has heard.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-29/dougie-hampson-inquest-hears-of-hospital-fear/103525804
#Aboriginal #CourtsandTrials #HealthAdministration #HealthcareFacilities #ZaarkachaMarlan
Inquest hears of 'false diagnosis' of Indigenous man, who died 24 hours after leaving hospital
By Zaarkacha Marlan
Hospital staff reported seeing Dougie Hampson "writhing in pain" when he presented to Dubbo Base Hospital, an inquest into his death has heard.
#Aboriginal #Discrimination #CourtsandTrials #HealthPolicy #HealthAdministration #HealthcareFacilities #IndigenousPolicy #IndigenousCulture #StateandTerritoryGovernment #ZaarkachaMarlan
Massage therapist jailed for sexually assaulting women more than 30 years his junior
By Zaarkacha Marlan
The 61-year-old's opportunistic conduct against clients in their 20s became increasingly serious before he was arrested, a Dubbo court has heard.
Massage therapist jailed for sexually assaulting women more than 30 years his junior
By Zaarkacha Marlan
The 61-year-old's opportunistic conduct against clients in their 20s became increasingly serious before he was arrested, a Dubbo court has heard.