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
The Lilliane Brady Village celebrated International Nurses Day last Thursday with a morning tea catered by Abby’s and Cobar Hotbake. Pictured cutting the cake are staff members Victoria Taufao, Maree Wheeler, Barbara Tupper and Maria Natui. Staff were also pleased to receive flowers from Anni’s Arts and Crafts and Cobar […]
New Kinders Lenny Hill and Elle Quintal have started big school this week. The pair have been best buddies since birth, went to day care and then preschool together but this week they have split up with Lenny heading to Cobar Public School (he had his first day yesterday) while […]
Refurbished ‘Youthie’ is nearly ready to re-open The Cobar Youth & Fitness Centre in Harcourt Street, well known as the ‘Youthie’, has been closed for more than two years and during that time it’s under-gone a major transformation. The centre was first closed in March 2020 due to COVID lockdowns […]
