Bathurst Regional Council is a local government area in New South Wales, located in the Central West region. It is centred around the regional city of Bathurst, around 200km west of Sydney.

The largest local newspaper in the area is the Western Advocate, a daily (except Sundays) paper published by Australian Community Media (Rural Press Pty Ltd). Until recently ACM also published a free community title called the Western Times. Central West Village Voice was formed in May 2021 out of a merger of the Village Voice (Lithgow, NSW) and Bathurst City Life.

The ABC’s Central West station is broadcast from Orange and covers the broader Central Tablelands region. Local commercial radio includes B-Rock 99.3FM. Charles Sturt University has operated a community radio station in the region, 2MCE, since 1976.