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Celebrating our culture and history

Cobar Aboriginal Lands Council hosted a NAIDOC Day event in Drummond Park on Friday. Organiser Rena Clements said it was great to see students from Cobar High School, St John’s School, Ngalli Preschool, members of the public and lots of local organisations taking part in the day which is an […]

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Council’s improved cash position

Cobar Shire Council’s cash position has improved over the past year. Council’s audited financial statements will be presented to tomorrow’s Ordinary Council Meeting with Council’s director of finance and community services Kym Miller “delighted” with council’s current cash balance. Mr Miller told The Cobar Weekly they had originally planned for […]

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O’Neill Road town water not viable

A report to Cobar Shire’s Ordinary Council Meeting tomorrow will recommend that council doesn’t extend the town water supply to include O’Neill Road residents. The report, compiled by council’s water and sewer manager Eric Poga, comes after much debate has been waged on the matter by councillors for more than […]

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Endeavor to cut operating costs

Endeavor Mine will be terminating its contract with one of their contractors, Macmahons, in an effort to reduce costs and sustain the operation. Endeavor’s general manager Denver D’Angelo announced on Monday night their contract with Macmahon would be terminated which would directly affect 40 Macmahon personnel. “Macmahon have made assurances […]

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Cobar gives a proper send-off to an icon

A crowd of almost 200 former clients, bar staff, bouncers and publicans of the New Occidental Hotel gathered on the old site on Saturday afternoon for “Last Drinks at the Occ’. With the permission of the current owners of the now vacant land on the corner of Lewis and Marshall […]

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AWU hears Peak workers’ concerns

The Australian Workers Union (AWU) is concerned the protracted uncertainty of employment at Peak Gold Mines (PGM) is having a detrimental effect on the mental health and safety of their members. AWU NSW Branch vice president Ron Cowdrey and organiser Brock Skelton were in Cobar last week to meet with […]