CWA Cobar Branch president Colleen Boucher attended the CWA’s State Conference last week at Royal Randwick in Sydney which celebrated 100 years of CWA. Among the guest speakers at the conference were former pro surfer Lane Beachley and Shane Fitzsimmons, the Commissioner of Resilience NSW and Deputy Secretary Emergency Management. The CWA, which has a reputation for being a hard-hitting lobby group, passed a number of motions at the conference including: calling for urgent action on the quality of health services for rural and regional communities; advocating for the mandatory establishment of specialist domestic violence operative teams in all police districts; calling for increased funding to establish and operate women’s refuges; and advocating for improved obstetric services in rural areas. ▪ Photo contributed
CWA Cobar Branch president Colleen Boucher attended the CWA’s State Conference last week at Royal Randwick in Sydney which celebrated 100 years of CWA. Among the guest speakers at the conference were former pro surfer Lane Beachley and Shane Fitzsimmons, the Commissioner of Resilience NSW and Deputy Secretary Emergency Management. The CWA, which has a reputation for being a hard-hitting lobby group, passed a number of motions at the conference including: calling for urgent action on the quality of health services for rural and regional communities; advocating for the mandatory establishment of specialist domestic violence operative teams in all police districts; calling for increased funding to establish and operate women’s refuges; and advocating for improved obstetric services in rural areas. ▪ Photo contributed
Cobar’s bus shelter and taxi rank near the intersection of Linsley and Marshall streets is looking to be close to completion with the construction fence now removed and pedestrian access is once again available to the area. While businesses and their customers in the immediate area have made a number […]
In their first season as a new team in the senior netball competition, the Nymagee Magpies have claimed the B Grade premiership crown after they beat Real Steel 46-23 in last Tuesday’s grand final. See match report on Page 20. ▪ Photo contributed
Some high scoring games were played out in the Cobar Junior Soccer Club competi-tion last Saturday, with a total of 41 goals scored over the three divisions. In the Mini’s competition, 19 goals were netted from their three games. Rovers won their match 5-2 over Chelsea with Rovers’ goals scored […]
