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Month: February 2021
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Yabbies bring home Western Districts trophy
The Cobar Yabbies Senior Men’s Swimming Club returned home with the 2021 Western Districts AIF swimming trophy on Sunday after the club finished as the carnival’s point score winners. Hosted this year by the Forbes Diggers Club, the 2021 Western Districts AIF Carnival had 120 swimmers competing from six clubs […]
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Cobar Shire to elect new mayor
Following the passing of Cobar’s long-standing mayor, Lilliane Brady OAM, last week (who was still in office when she passed) Cobar Shire Council is now required to elect a new mayor. Cobar Shire Council general manager Peter Vlatko said, in accordance with Local Government regulations, our current deputy mayor Peter […]
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Our Federal Member tours COVID safe storage facilities
Plans for the complex distribution process and safe and secure storage of the COVID-19 vaccines across Australia are well in hand. DHL Supply Chain’s large scale ultra-cold storage infrastructure has been chosen by the Australian Government to keep safe Australia’s supply of 20 million Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine doses, which need to […]
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Rural, residential and business sales soaring in Cobar
Rural, residential and business sales soaring in Cobar Investors, local and first home buyers have been keeping Cobar’s real estate agents busy over the past few months with rural, residential and business sales all soaring. David Russell, principal and co-owner of Landmark Russell (Nutrien Harcourts), has been working in the […]
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Another rainy Friday recorded in Cobar
Rain on Fridays in Cobar has become a bit of a habit over the past few weeks with another downpour of 18mm recorded by the Bureau of Meteorology again this week. Friday’s good drop comes on top of last week’s 36.2mm and the 12.4mm recorded in town the week before. […]
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Lilliane to be honoured with a State Funeral
Cobar Mayor Lilliane Brady OAM, who passed away last week while still in office, is to be honoured with a State Funeral this Friday in recognition of her 40 years of service to Local Government. Deputy Premier John Barilaro announced last Wednesday that Mayor Brady, who he described as “a […]
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Butler secures a review of IPTAAS
Member for Barwon Roy Butler secured a commitment from Health Minister Brad Hazzard in Parliament last week to review the Isolated Patients Travel and Accommodation Assistance Scheme (IPTAAS). “The current IPTAAS subsidies of 22 cents per kilometre for private vehicle travel, and $43 per night for the first seven nights […]
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Lilliane leaves a lifetime legacy
Tributes are flowing in for our long serving Mayor Lilliane Brady OAM who passed away peacefully at Cobar Hospital on Sunday at age 90. Over Cobar’s 150 years of history, many people have helped to shape Cobar’s identity as a community but none more-so than Lilliane Brady OAM. The tributes […]