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Renewed call for 24hour police station in Wellington By NATALIE LEWIS WELLINGTON residents have had enough of the town’s lawlessness and are once again calling for action from the State Government. Criminal acts including murder, drug dealing, home invasions and burglary have reached fever pitch for the close-knit community and Wellington Community Progress and Action Group has started a petition for a 24-police station in town. ›› STORY: P23
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Diane and Pat O’Brien love their kelpie Jock who's truly a member of their family as he’s always looking out for his humans. PHOTO: DUBBO PHOTO NEWS/STEVE COWLEY
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School closed for Covid clean By JOHN RYAN JUST as the Dubbo Regional Local Government Area was seeing an easing of lockdown restrictions came the first hiccup, with Wellington Public School forced to close for a deep clean after a positive Covid test relating to a member of the school community was identified. All staff and students were asked to self-isolate and follow the NSW Health advice and protocols, and NSW Health also requested that anyone who had been unwell or developed symptoms Continued page 5
DOG-GONE AFTERNOON
PREMONITION: While shopping for groceries Pat O’Brien had a feeling something was wrong
By JOHN RYAN
WHEN Pat O’Brien was at South Dubbo IGA on Sunday, he felt like he’d lost something. “When I was shopping in IGA, I felt strange, as though I’d left something behind, and I kept thinking I’d lost something. I must have had a mental connection somehow that he’d been taken,” Mr O’Brien told Dubbo Photo News, referring to the family’s much-loved pet kelpie Jock. Continued on page 2
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