Cobar Shire Councillor Julie Payne walked out of last week’s Ordinary Council Meeting in disgust and said she’s now washed her hands of Council and won’t be taking part in any further Council meetings or events. Cr Payne left 20 minutes into last Thursday’s meeting after having her say on […]
The Murdi Paaki Regional Assembly (MPRA), a peak Aboriginal group representing the interests of 16 communities across Western NSW, the northwest and far west, celebrated 20 years of community led governance last Thursday in Cobar. The MPRA was established to facilitate collaboration between the region’s Aboriginal communities through its Community […]
Cobar Shire Council hosted the Western Division Councils of NSW 2024 Mid Term Conference last week with Minister for Agriculture, Minister for Regional NSW and Minister for Western NSW, the Hon. Tara Moriarty addressing the conference. Minister Moriarty told the representatives present from the eight far west councils that the […]
Local Colleen Boucher, Australian cricketer Glenn McGrath, AFL player Bachar Houli, comedians Hamish Blake and Jimmy Rees and former politicians Daniel Andrews, Mark McGowan and Shelley Hancock, along with 728 other Australians, were recognised in this year’s King’s Birthday 2024 Honours List. The list of recipients was announced on Monday […]
A fine, sunny day helped to bring in an estimated record crowd of 1,200 for the Cobar Miners Race Club winter race meeting on Saturday. Pictured are Fashions on the Field winners: Contemporary—Krista Nardi and runner-up Leah Le Lievre (with judge Kylie Harvey and presenter Jai Silkman from Silkman Austen […]
Polymetals Resources (Endeavor Mine) and Metals Acquisition Limited (CSA Mine) have formed a non-exclusive strategic alliance in an effort to extract greater value from both neighbouring mines. Metals Acquisition Limited (MAC) will invest $2.5 million for an initial 4.31 per cent interest in Polymetals and then invest a further $2.5 […]
Another local industry that will create an estimated 50 jobs and make good use of Invasive Native Scrub (INS) is expected to commence next year. Plans to establish Cobar’s BioHub were discussed at a public information session at the Cobar Bowling & Golf Club on Thursday. The BioHub facility will […]
Local golfers got some expert tips from the pros when they took part in the PGA Legends Tour Pro-Am golf event on Sunday.
Despite a dump of 52mm of rain on Friday, this year’s Cobar Show has been hailed as a resounding success. The committee scrambled and re-scheduled a number of events (including the CSA fireworks display) to Saturday and show-goers responded with a big crowd attending on Day 2. See Pages 10, […]
The Cobar, Ivanhoe and wider communities came together on Saturday night at the Cobar Bowling & Golf club to fundraise and pay tribute to a “sensational man who everyone holds in high regard”, Glenn ‘Spinksey’ Spinks. Glenn’s eldest daughter Lisa Travis explained that her father suffered an aneurism […]
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