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Newey submissions to be considered

  Cobar Shire Councillors will consider 23 submissions put forward by residents for the Newey Draft Management Plan at tomorrow’s Ordinary Council Meeting. The lengthy, 105 page report compiled by Council’s director of planning and environmental services, Garry Ryman, will give Councillors plenty of reading material prior to tomorrow’s meeting. […]

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Old free camping argument resurfaces at the Newey

Cobar resident (and former Cobar Shire Councillor) Julie Payne addressed councillors prior to the December Ordinary Meeting last Thursday imploring them to take free camping at the Newey Reserve off their agenda. Mrs Payne made an impassioned plea for councillors to delete free camping from the Newey Reserve’s Plan of […]

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Community shows support for campers

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 […]