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Residents across Calare will have easier access to mental health services with the Australian Government today announcing a new Head to Health adult mental health satellite for the region.
On Saturday 21 December 2019, as the hills around Lithgow lit up with flames, the Lithgow and District Workmen's Club threw open their doors to the local community.
Works are almost complete on a million-dollar upgrade and extension of Kanandah Retirement in Mudgee, with the aged care centre receiving a $1,156,048 Federal Government grant to undertake the project in August last year. The capital works, due to be complete in May, will create six new placements at the Hostel.
Disaster assistance is now available to help residents, small businesses, non-profit organisations, primary producers, and local councils in Lithgow and Mid-Western local government areas (LGAs) recover from the severe weather event and flooding that has occurred from 22 February 2022.
Students studying medicine in Calare are a step closer to taking up jobs in the bush and helping address the shortage of health professionals in regional areas, with the number of students now training at Charles Sturt University’s (CSU) School of Rural Medicine doubling.
Thanks to $500,000 in Australian Government funding through the Black Summer Bushfire Recovery Grants program, the Capertee and District Progress Association can purchase a Category 6 Bulk Water Tanker to protect their community.
Century-old machinery currently exposed to the elements at the Oberon and District Museum will soon be protected for generations to come, with plans to build and store the artifacts in a new Heritage Machinery Pavilion.