State politicians check in on Cobar

There doesn’t appear to be a lot of interest from local residents as to how Cobar Shire Council plans to spend its revenue from ratepayers and grant funding next year, if the attendance at last week’s public meeting is anything to go by. The meeting to outline council’s budget, it’s […]

The issue of free camping at the Newey has stirred the community with a packed gallery at last week’s ordinary meeting of Cobar Shire Council. Cr Julie Payne, whose motion prompted the discussion on the matter, admitted that while her motion may not have originally been correctly worded, her use […]

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 […]