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Major players to meet to discuss water
Cobar Shire Council and representatives of Cobar’s three major mines, CSA, Endeavor and Peak, will meet with WaterNSW staff in Cobar next week to discuss our water situation. WaterNSW manages and operates the state’s 42 dams and storages to deliver water for environmental, domestic, town water, stock, industrial and irrigation […]
Funding flows for drought support
Cobar Shire residents will soon see $1million worth of drought support flow through the community, with a range of projects now approved under the Coalition Government’s Drought Communities Programme (DCP). Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton was delighted that Council will receive this funding. “I am so pleased to give […]
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Locals battle it out for lip sync supremacy
As the Judge’s Choice winners, the Pumpettes were presented with the Cobar Netball Association’s Lip Sync trophy at their fundraiser at the Cobar Bowling & Golf Club on Saturday night. The event raised almost $8,000 to help with the construction of new netball courts. The Pumpettes girls were popular with […]
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McAuley team wins St John’s swimming carnival
Team McAuley were big winners in St John’s School annual swimming carnival held earlier this month at the Cobar Memorial Swimming Pool. McAuley finished with 1,097 points to win over MacKillop on 786. Milla Davey claimed the Junior Girl Champion title with Alexis Ah-See the runner-up. Nate Martin was the […]
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Children left out as Cobar Mobile suffers funding cut
Changes to funding for the Cobar Mobile Children’s Services (CMCS) will see some of their services lost to families in the Cobar district. CMCS staff provide a mobile children’s service for families living on geographically isolated properties within the Cobar Shire and has been operating since 1982. Since that time […]
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Piece of local history donated for miners memorial display
A piece of our local history is to be included in the construction of the Miners Memorial with a church bell to form part of the historical display. The old bell comes from the Anglican Church of the Resurrection at Nymagee which was founded in 1959, and was recently donated […]
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Contestants set a cracking pace at CATS triathlon event
Cooler conditions on Sunday morning helped competitors to set a cracking pace for the Cobar Athletics & Triathlon Squad’s (CATS) monthly triathlon event. Competitors said while the water temperature in the Cobar Memorial Swimming Pool was good for their swim leg, it was however a bit fresh getting out and […]
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Three big winners at monthly shoot
A squad of 13 shooters competed in the Cobar Clay Target Club’s monthly shoot on Sunday in sunny conditions. Rob Thompson (AA Grade), Jarrod Barraclough (B Grade) and Todd Polack (C Grade) were the big winners on the day winning all four events in their respective grades. There was a […]
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Mining councils recognise our mayor
Cobar’s mayor, Lilliane Brady OAM, has been honoured with Life Membership of the Association of Mining and Energy Related Councils (AMERC) group. The motion for Life Membership for Cr Brady was put to last week’s AMERC conference in Sydney and accepted unanimously. Cobar Shire’s Cr Jarrod Marsden attended last week’s […]