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Newey Plan of Management progresses
Cobar Shire Councillors voted last week that council commence the process to have the Newey Reserve reclassified as a park. A report to last week’s Ordinary Council Meeting from council’s environmental supervisor Melissa Gunn advised, under the Crown Land Management Act 2016, categorisation of the Newey Reserve was required to […]
Mining councils recognise our mayor
Cobar’s mayor, Lilliane Brady OAM, has been honoured with Life Membership of the Association of Mining and Energy Related Councils (AMERC) group. The motion for Life Membership for Cr Brady was put to last week’s AMERC conference in Sydney and accepted unanimously. Cobar Shire’s Cr Jarrod Marsden attended last week’s […]
Businessman speaks on local effects of tourism decline
Local businessman Geoff McGuinness used the public access forum at last week’s Ordinary Council Meeting to speak about his concerns (and that of other local business owners) on the decline of tourists stopping in Cobar. “The town is a laughing stock,” Mr McGuinness told council. “Bourke’s caravan parks are overflowing. […]