A group of 30 locals attended the a community consultation meeting last Friday to put forward their ideas on the government’s proposed Far West Initiative (FWI). While the Cobar community members were not hostile with their comments, many said they were opposed to the FWI proposal, they questioned the need […]
Member for Barwon, Kevin Humphries delivered a $7.75million cheque to Cobar Shire Council last Wednesday to help pay for the replacement of the Cobar Water Treatment Plant. Mr Humphries said the funding was made available through the NSW Government’s Regional Water and Waste Water Program. “$110million has been provided by […]
Councillors Lilliane Brady and Peter Abbott were returned as mayor and deputy mayor at last week’s Cobar Shire Council elections. The first meeting of the new councillors since the September 10 Local Government elections took place in front of a packed gallery of local residents at the council chambers last […]
Janine Lea-Barrett, Julie Payne and Christopher Lehmann are Cobar Shire Council’s newest councillors after Local Government election counting was finalised by the NSW Electoral Commission last Wednesday. The trio will join re-elected councillors Lilliane Brady, Peter Abbott, Peter Yench, Peter Maxwell, Harley Toomey, Greg Martin, Tracey Kings, Jarrod Marsden and […]
Janine Lea-Barrett is currently the front runner after the first preference votes were counted on Saturday for Cobar’s 2016 local government election. As of yesterday and before the second count of preferences was finalised, Mrs Lea-Barrett looked certain of gaining one of the 12 positions on Cobar Shire Council having […]
More business development, new investment, community leadership, attracting more visitors, having better public transport and more children’s services will make Cobar a better place to live. Those were the top priorities determined by a small group of interested residents at Cobar Shire Council’s public meeting last Wednesday night. Facilitated by […]
Cobar Shire residents will go to the polls on September 10 to elect a new council of 12 members after 15 local residents nominated as candidates for this year’s Local Government elections. Nine of the current councillors have put their names forward for re-election along with six others looking to […]
The progress of Cobar’s Multipurpose Health Service (MPS) is set to gather some pace after Cobar Shire Council and the NSW Government recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). According to council’s latest newsletter, the MOU agreement allows the NSW Government to promote the Lilliane Brady Village (LBV) to any […]
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