2025
Local News
2025
100 riders celebrate 100 years of RFW
The Royal Far West’s Ride for Country Kids 2025, which passed through Cobar on Thursday and Friday, has now officially wrapped up! The event was the Royal Far West’s biggest Ride ever with 100 riders taking part in Royal Far West’s 100th year. It reconnected with Royal Far West’s past […]
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Cobar High School principal looks back on 30 years
Cobar High School principal, Shane Carter, has this week been recognised for 30 Years of Service by Education NSW. Mr Carter has spent all of those 30 years teaching and in leadership roles at Cobar High School. He’s passionate about education, the school, his staff and his students. “I think […]
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Govt to strengthen consultation with rural communities
The Minns Labor Government has released a new guide to strengthen consultation practices with regional, rural and remote communities across the state. This is part of the State Government’s ongoing work to build stronger regional communities by delivering solutions tailored to local communities and informed by local knowledge. The Regional […]
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Mums and Me enjoyed a Mother’s Day High Tea
The Cobar Arts Council celebrated Mother’s Day by hosting a Mum & Me High Tea at the Cobar Railway Station on Sunday. The event was sold out early with a group of 40 lucky mums (and some of their family members) being royally spoilt by the Arts Council “chefs and […]
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New tourism tools welcomed at Great Cobar Museum
With the tourism industry in Cobar currently thriving, staff at The Great Cobar Museum and Visitor Information Centre now have a host of new tourism tools at their disposal. The Museum has recently taken delivery of Kidman Way and Cobar Shire brochures, new town maps, Top 10 attractions maps, an […]
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Call for more information on pipeline project
State Member for Barwon, Roy Butler and Cobar Shire Mayor, Jarrod Marsden have called for better communication, greater clarity and cost recovery (who pays) information from the NSW Government on the costing of the Nyngan to Cobar water pipeline project. Mr Butler said this follows the release and publication of […]
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Cobar puts out the welcome mat
The Cobar Christian Churches held a Welcome to Cobar event at the Cobar Shire Library on Tuesday night with Cobar Shire Mayor Jarrod Marsden joining other local residents to officially welcome 11 new people to town. Organiser Anglican Church’s Reverend James Daymond said it was an opportunity for new residents […]
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Nationals retain seat of Parkes
The Nationals have retained the seat of Parkes following the 2025 Federal Election count on Saturday. Following his win, Jamie Chaffey, The Nationals candidate for Parkes, said he was grateful for the opportunity to serve the people of the Parkes electorate. “Over the last nine months of the campaign I […]
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Funding to help shape a housing plan
Cobar Shire is one of five councils in the Barwon region set to benefit from more than $660,000 in funding, as part of Round 3 of the Regional Housing Strategic Planning Fund. Council will receive $166,840 in funding to support the development of a local housing strategy aimed at guiding […]