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Vaccination roll out to start soon

The Western NSW Local Health District (WNSWLHD) will start providing COVID-19 vaccinations to its staff from next Mon-day. WNSWLHD Chief Executive Scott McLachlan said as part of Phase 1a of the Australian Government’s COVID-19 Vaccination schedule, the most at-risk groups will receive the vaccine as soon as possible. “Phase 1a […]

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TAFE automotive students to benefit from donations

Cobar’s TAFE NSW automotive students will be able to hone their practical skills, thanks to a donation of unwanted vehicles. Instead of sending unclaimed impounded vehicles to auction or scrap, Dubbo Regional Council has donated them to TAFE NSW as learning resources for students in Dubbo and Cobar. Dubbo Mayor […]

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Financial incentives for apprentices

Regional Development Australia Orana (RDAO) welcomes the Federal Government’s extension to the Boosting Apprenticeship Commencements (BAC) wage subsidy which will assist business owners across the region. RDAO Director for Regional Development Megan Dixon said under the scheme, employers who sign up an apprentice or trainee before the end of September […]

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Playing with colour

There was a big class of 12 artists for Cobar Arts Council’s water colour workshop at the railway station on Sunday. The workshop was the second in a Colour Play series being run by the arts council and facilitated by local artist Kylie Harvey. During the second workshop Kylie demonstrated […]

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Help for rep junior players

Cobar’s junior representative netball teams have been given a boost with the donation of equipment and uniforms under a new Netball NSW ‘Sister City Association’ arrangement with the Newcastle Netball Association. The agreement aims to help smaller rural clubs with things like umpire/coaching accreditation. The Cobar juniors have recently received […]

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The Force was with Empire

  The force was definitely with the Empire on Saturday after they defeated Nymagee by two wickets in the 40 Overs senior cricket grand final at Ward Oval. After they won the toss and elected to bat first, Nymagee should have heeded the advice: “Don’t underestimate the Force” of the […]

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Council shares speaker with the public

Former explosives expert Darren Flanagan will be the guest speaker at a public event next Thursday night. Mr Flanagan is to be Cobar Shire Council’s Health and Wellbeing Day speaker and Council is inviting the public to go along to his talk. Having been one of the explosives experts who […]

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Cricket’s best of 2020/2021 season

        The Cobar and District Cricket Associationend of season presentations were held on Saturday night at the Services Club. Rather than having winners from each individual competition, this season’s statistical awards were won by combining results from both the Twenty/20 and 40 Overs competitions which means most […]