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Success for Indigenous Youth Team at National carnival
Local Ben Griffiths joined the Indigenous Youth Team at the Rugby 7’s National Championships on the Sunshine Coast on the weekend. The team had mixed results finishing with wins over Tasmania 32-5 and South Australia 36-0 (with Ben scoring a try in this match). Ben also scored in their 32-17 […]
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Cobar’s new health service is on track to open in January
Cobar’s new health service is on track to be open to the public by the end of January 2020. NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard paid a visit to Cobar last week to inspect the new facility which is “all but” complete. Minister Hazzard was impressed with the Cobar’s “21st Century […]
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Church group helps to make Christmas brighter
The Generocity Churches Sisterhood Women hosted their 7th annual Christmas Gingerbread House making workshop on Saturday night. The workshop, which encourages women to come together to meet new people, this year had 65 women in attendance who learnt how to create a delicious gingerbread house. Generocity Church Pastor Lauren Williams […]
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Cobar High students put on a Spectacular performance
Seven Cobar High School students are back at school (and work) this week following their Spectacular experience in Sydney last week. The students, Jordan Warren, Holly Marsden, Lucy Scott, Georgia Boland, Bree Martin, Elly-May Hand and former Year 12 student Bella Coughlan spent the week in Sydney rehearsing and performing […]
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Ward Oval facilities set for multi-million dollar upgrade
Sporting and community groups who are regular users of Ward Oval were thrilled when Cobar Shire Council unveiled their plans last week to spend $4million-plus on an upgrade of the sporting facility. The plans outlining the upgrades and concept drawings were revealed at a public meeting last Thursday at the […]
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Health minister tours our new hospital
Health Minister Brad Hazzard was in Cobar yesterday to inspect the new facility. Minister Hazzard was joined by local Aboriginal elder Joan Evans, who delivered the welcome to country, to mark the major milestone by planting a tree at the front of the new facility. “The Cobar community now has […]
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Tarra Burke reckons she wouldn’t want to live anywhere else
Born and bred Cobar local, Tarra Burke, believes she has the best job in the world and Tarra also reckons she lives in one of the best places in the world. As a child and family health nurse at Cobar Community Health, Tarra sees on average about 25-30 families each […]
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Barto’s take this season’s Ladies Indoor Netball crown
The Ladies Indoor Netball crown was claimed by Barto’s on Monday night after they comprehensively beat Hot Shots 43-21 in their grand final game. Barto’s had a number of advantages going into Monday night’s game at the youth centre. In addition to being the underdogs (Hot Shots went into the […]