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Hot weather brings more water woes
With the onset of very hot weather Cobar Shire Council received an increase in complaints earlier this month from residents with discoloured water. A number of residents also took to social media to voice their dissatisfaction with the state of the town water supply. Council’s water and sewer manager Eric […]
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Council hopeful of future air services
Cobar Shire Council is in talks with a number of airlines who have shown an interest in providing air services to Cobar. The town has been without a regular air service since Rex Airlines announced last month that it would be withdrawing its Airlink Cobar-Dubbo-Sydney service. Rex made its last […]
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Cobar’s air service grounded again
Mine workers and medical staff are expected to be the most affected by an announcement last week that Cobar’s passenger air service is set to cease at the end of the month. Jessica Makarewitsch from the Regional Express (Rex) Corporate Communications Team confirmed on Thursday that Air Link, a wholly-owned subsidiary […]
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Angela Shepherd will be missed by council and community
Angela Shepherd has had a big impact on the Cobar community for the past 11 years and will be sorely missed when she and her family soon leave town. Angela came to work at Cobar Shire Council in February 2007 as their projects officer and admits she didn’t have the […]
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Funding bonanza for community spaces
Cobar Shire Council has secured a good slice of the almost $6.5million recently awarded to the Barwon Electorate from the NSW Government’s Stronger Country Communities Fund. Council is to receive $488,340 in total with $345,280 allocated to build the next stage of the Drummond Park Adventure Playground while $142,520 will […]
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Concerns container deposit scheme isn’t ready for rollout
Labor MP Daniel Mookhey is concerned far western NSW residents have been forgotten in regards to the new container deposit scheme (CDS). Mr Mookhey said to date, no collection points have been announced for the far west and only two collection points have been announced in western NSW – Wellington […]
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Federal funds to develop a community space for Cobar
The refurbishment and fit-out of a community space in the main street will begin soon, thanks to a grant of $14,050 from Round 3 of the Federal Government’s Stronger Communities Programme. Member for Parkes Mark Coulton announced the grant last week and said the refurbishing of the unused courtyard next […]
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‘New’ councillors reflect on their first year at the table
Cobar Shire Council’s three newest councillors, Janine Lea-Barrett, Julie Payne and Chris Lehmann, have now served one year “on the job” and all agree the past year has been a real learning curve. “My first year has been exciting, frustrating, exhilarating and an education, sometimes all in the one meeting!” […]