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Dubbo MP calls for Mitchell Highway upgrades following fatal single-vehicle crash
Zaarkacha Marlan and Jennifer McCutcheon A fatal crash has sparked calls for the upgrade of a key western NSW highway. Emergency services were called to the Mitchell Highway at Apsley, about 5 kilometres south of Wellington, shortly after 4am on Thursday. NSW Police said officers arrived to find a vehicle had crashed into a ditch. The driver died at the scene and is yet to be formally identified. Dubbo MP Dugald Saunders said more money should be spent on the Mitchell Highway to keep drivers safe.
Your Wealth Is Part of Your Wellness
The unconscious patterns affecting your health, wealth and sense of worth, and why awareness followed my action may be one of our most powerful forms of prevention. When we talk about preventative health, we often talk about nutrition, movement, sleep, stress management, regular screenings and early detection. All of these matter. But what if preventative health begins even earlier? Preventative health is not just early detection. It is early awareness. Followed with action.
No relief from boredom and isolation as Walgett faces scorching summer without a pool
Jennifer McCutcheon and Lily Plass As the weather turns, residents of inland Australia begin flocking to their local pool for the start of the swimming season. But with a scorching summer looming, residents of Walgett in western New South Wales will not be taking part in the seasonal ritual. The town's pool will remain closed this season after it was deemed unsafe and beyond repair. It leaves few options for cooling off for Walgett parents like Katrina Marshall and her two boys aged 17 and 14.
Until You Make the Unconscious Conscious: The Patterns Running Your Life
“Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.” — commonly attributed to Carl Jung What if some of the things you believe are simply who you are aren't actually who you are at all? What if they're patterns? The overthinking. The people-pleasing. The need to control. The pressure to prove yourself. The difficulty saying no. The relationships you keep repeating. The success you chase but never quite feel. We tend to look at these as separate problems.
The Silent Generation of Grief: Seniors Overlooked in the Addiction Crisis
Healthy aging conversations often focus on mobility, nutrition, memory care, and independence. But there is a demographic quietly aging under a different kind of weight. Seniors in their 70s and 80s are carrying the heartbreak of adult children and grandchildren struggling with addiction and mental health challenges. They are rarely named in policy discussions. Rarely centred in support programs. Rarely asked how they are coping. And yet, many are living in chronic stress, grief, confusion, and shame.
Real Lives Touched by Addiction: How We Recover Better Together
— 5 min read Breaking The Cycles of Addiction & Leading Level Healing and Change Addiction doesn’t just affect one person. It moves through families, nervous systems, relationships, and generations. For me, addiction has been woven through my life in many ways, as a mother and as a wife. I have loved two husbands impacted by addiction, and I have walked beside a child through mental health challenges and substance use.
How Iceland Turned a Youth Addiction Crisis Around - And What We Can Learn
By Jen McCutcheon | Founder, Enable No More & Moms on a Mission In the mid-1990s, Iceland was faced with a crisis many parents, families, and communities can relate to: its teens were among the highest users of alcohol, tobacco, and drugs in Europe. Over time, Iceland didn’t just “get lucky” — it intentionally transformed its youth culture. The changes offer a roadmap for prevention, healing, and community renewal.
Suicide: A Spiritual Emergency in Disguise
A Mother’s Mission for International Suicide Prevention Day By Jen McCutcheon | Founder, Enable No More & Moms on a Mission (Mental Health, Addiction, Psychosis, and the Descent into Purpose) As a mother, I have walked alongside my son’s journey through brain pain, substance use, and psychosis — an experience that spiralled into what can only be called a spiritual emergency.
“Remember the Lost. Protect the Living. It’s Time to Break the Silence.”
A Mother’s Mission for International Overdose Awareness Day By Jen McCutcheon | Founder, Enable No More & Moms on a Mission Each year on August 31, the world pauses for International Overdose Awareness Day (IOAD)—a time to remember those lost, acknowledge the pain carried by the living, and take action to prevent future tragedies. What began in Melbourne, Australia in 2001 has become a global movement in over 40 countries.
When Love Hurts: Addressing Abuse in Families Impacted by Addiction
Breaking the Silence. Breaking the Cycle. Abuse is never easy to talk about, especially when it comes from within your own family. And for many parents, the pain is compounded when that abuse is coming from a child they love deeply… a child who is struggling with addiction. But here’s the truth we need to say out loud: Addiction is not an excuse for abuse. Being family does not mean you have to accept being mistreated. Families impacted by addiction often endure an unbearable emotional toll.
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Practice NursingVol. 33, No. 1 Professional Jennifer McCutcheon Jennifer McCutcheon Abstract Prescribing errors are relatively common in general practice. Jennifer McCutcheon provides an overview of common prescribing errors and how they can be prevented Nurses, pharmacists and allied health professionals are increasingly becoming prescribers and many of them work autonomously in general practice.
National shortage of antidote as mouse plague sees huge spike in poisoned pets
Australia is facing a critical shortage of the antidote used to treat poisoned animals amid heavy use in areas impacted by the mice plague.
Drug rehab facility in Dubbo finally secured to service NSW's western region
A gap in health services in regional New South Wales will be filled with the announcement of a fully-funded drug and alcohol rehabilitation centre in Dubbo.
Men arrested over execution-style murder of Bandidos president Shane De Britt
© Provided by ABC NEWS Shane De Britt, the then-president of the Bandidos' Central West chapter, was slain at his farmhouse in January. (Supplied: NSW Police) New South Wales Police have arrested two men over the shooting murder of a senior member of the Bandidos bikie gang, Shane De Britt. The president of the local Central West chapter of the gang, Mr De Britt was slain in his farmhouse at Eurimbla, near Wellington, in January.
COVID-19 NSW small business grant criteria questioned in light of business downturn from drought
Peter Nash has run a shoe shop in Broken Hill for 45 years and has endured countless droughts and the closure of mines, but nothing has come close to the economic stress of COVID-19.
Bourke has weathered drought and pandemic is ready for tourists when travel restrictions ease
Residents of outback New South Wales have survived three years of drought and three months of COVID-19 lockdown — now they are ready to rebound when travel restrictions are eased next month.
Cafe owners divided over way forward as customers dine-in under eased COVID-19 restrictions in NSW
On the second day of trade since New South Wales eased restrictions to allow 10 people at a time to eat in at restaurants, regional cafes are weighing up whether it will translate to a boost in profit.
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