Cobar Shire Council is currently holding a series of community consultations to find out what Cobar Shire residents consider to be the priorities for their community. Council hosted two sessions last week, one on Friday morning at the Council Chambers and a second on Saturday morning in Drummond Park. Three […]
Local producer Andrew Mosely was invited to present at the Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) MeatUp Forum in Broken Hill last week. Andrew and his wife Megan run a mixed grazing operation at Etiwanda, 100km south of Cobar with the help of their two daughters Emily and Jess. The MLA’s […]
Cobar Shire Councillors efficiently moved through a lengthy agenda at their February Ordinary Meeting last Thursday. A number of agenda items had previously been workshopped by councillors with many only requiring “a tick and flick” at the meeting. Cr Janine Lea-Barrett praised an “in depth” report submitted to the meeting […]
As part of NSW Small Business Month, the Cobar Business Association hosted a dinner on Thursday night which was aimed at keeping local businesses informed about how Cobar’s economy is tracking. Cobar Business Association president Sharon Harland said the idea of the dinner was to find out what opportunities are […]
A lot of old farming families in the Cobar district have seen too many droughts in their lifetimes like the current one that’s gripping most of southern Australia. Tom Mitchell, a second generation grazier at Gambolalley north of Cobar, has experienced his share of droughts (he’s also lived through the […]
Regional Development Australia (RDA) Orana into setting up a BioHub industry in Cobar indicates that the proposal is economically viable. CEO of RDA Orana Felicity Taylor-Edwards said the study undertaken by EcoWaste Pty Ltd focuses on two main facilities proposed to be located at/near Cobar and at/near Dubbo. “In essence, […]
Cr Peter Yench has called for a restructure of the Far West Initiative Advisory Committee (FWIAC) in an effort to improve the sustainability of Cobar and seven other neighbouring councils. The NSW Government’s Far West Initiative was set up in August 2015 to look at ways to improve local governance, […]
A pipe dream to find a profitable use for invasive native species (INS or Woody Weeds) in the Cobar Shire might become more of a reality if the initial results of a pre-feasibility study are anything to go by. Regional Development Australia (RDA) Orana has been working with staff from […]
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