Bathurst Council seeks race weekend funding, and Lifeline Central West to hold DV prevention workshops

Practice for the Bathurst 1000 begins today at Mount Panorama head of Sunday's great race. Also today, a free community event will be held today at the Cathedral Parish in Bathurst for Mental Health Awareness Month. Plus news from Bathurst, Orange and Central West NSW.

Brodie Kostecki and Todd Hazelwood have won the Peter Brock trophy after Anton De Pasquale's car ran out of fuel in the final lap. Also today, Orange MP Phil Donato says he's not surprised the State Department of Public Prosecutions chose not to launch an appeal against the sentencing of Molly Tice…

The killer of mother and childcare worker Molly Ticehurst has filed his intention to appeal his conviction of 28 years' prison time. Also today, Calare MP Andrew Gee says the need to resurface the track at Mount Panorama is becoming clearer. Plus news from Bathurst, Orange and Central West NSW.

There are calls for answers from Rex Airlines after it announced flights from Sydney to Orange, and Port Macquarie and Sydney will be suspended from October 25. Also today, a bill to force mandatory life sentences for DV murder while the offender is on bail or subject to an AVO, may be debated on t…