Development + Health
What is being built near you, and is the health system delivering? This beat tracks development through the council DA trackers and the NSW Planning Portal, and the region's health services through Western NSW Local Health District and the hospital redevelopment programs, including the Bathurst Hospital redevelopment and the completed Dubbo stages.
We read the project pages, the DA data and the health district's own reporting rather than the announcement, and we distinguish what is funded for planning from what is under construction. Where a story turns on numbers, they carry a methodology note and link to the source they were checked against.
Development + Health
Landcom and Orange City Council open sales on 24.2 hectares of council-owned land, with lots from $235,000. Both promise at least 20 per cent affordable housing. What that actually means, and the two conditions Landcom attaches to it.
18 August 2026
Development + Health
The NSW Government’s $200 million Bathurst Hospital redevelopment is in construction: an expanded emergency department, a dedicated mental health unit, upgraded maternity and paediatrics, and expanded cancer care. What each part delivers, and the completion date the project page does not give.
24 July 2026