Drought affected families in the Cobar district once again have access to a Rural Drought Support Worker following the recent appointment of Grace Murray in Bourke. Ms Murray was appointed under the NSW Department of Primary Industries (DPI) Rural Resilience Program to support farming communities across the Far West. DPI’s […]
There’s plenty of success stories coming out of the TAFE NSW Vocational Preparation Automotive course currently being run at the Cobar TAFE campus. Four Cobar High School (CHS) students who commenced their Certificate II in Vocational Preparation (Automotive) course last year have since gained mechanical apprenticeships. Automotive TAFE teacher Jamie […]
The Cobar community has this past week farewelled Sr Trish Vagg who is returning to Ballarat following her retirement. A Sisters of Mercy nun, Sr Trish came to serve the St Lawrence O’Toole Catholic parish in Cobar 11 years ago. In addition to her church duties (and in the absence […]
At the recent February meeting of the Country Women’s Association (CWA) branch members were advised of two donations the group had received for their Drought Appeal in the Cobar district. One donation was from Robert Khan, Director of Khan’s SUPA IGA Supermarket with the cheque presented to president Colleen Boucher […]
Cobar Mobile Children’s Service (CMCS) is set to receive $437,000 in the next two years to support the delivery of playgroup services for children aged 0-3. Minister for Early Childhood Education Sarah Mitchell was in Cobar on Monday afternoon along with Nationals Candidate for Barwon Andrew Schier to hear first […]
With no end in sight to one of the worst droughts on record Cobar’s three biggest employers, CSA, Endeavor and the Peak mines, are all actively working to conserve water to ensure their operations continue. The mines have been given assurances that their allocations will remain as is until July. […]
Ability Links is calling on local businesses to join in their ‘Access at a Glance’ project which aims to promote the accessibility of businesses. Linker Wendy Beetson has started visiting local businesses to talk about the new campaign which helps to promote increased accessibility to businesses and also to raise […]
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 […]
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