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Suicide prevention program targets locals in need of help
Local Jody McCabe has been signed up as a new project officer working on a Suicide Prevention Trial Project here in Cobar. Funded by the Primary Health Network in Western NSW, the project runs until June 2020. Jody was recently “walked through” her role by fellow senior project officers Bec […]
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Local students prepare to perform in front of the state
Cobar High School students will be joining more than 5,000 stars at the 2018 Schools Spectacular to be staged at Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney later this month. This year’s Schools Spectacular ensemble includes 40 Featured Performers, an incredible 100-piece symphony orchestra, a stage band, 2,700-voice choir, 2,300 amazing dancers, […]
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City cousins chip in for Cobar council’s drought relief fund
Canterbury-Bankstown Council’s mayor Khal Asfour was in Cobar last week to hand over a $5,000 donation to Cobar Shire. Cr Asfour made a quick trip to Cobar and Broken Hill last week along with his general manager Matthew Stewart and other Canterbury-Bankstown staff members. Cr Asfour told The Cobar Weekly […]
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Union calls for a halt to Peak’s contractor plan
The Australian Workers Union (AWU) has called on Aurelia Metals, the owner of Peak Gold Mines, to put the transfer of the mining workforce to contractor Pybar Mining Services on hold while a number of urgent issues are resolved. AWU NSW Branch vice president Ron Cowdrey said on Monday the […]
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Council will go ahead with truck wash
The main discussion at last week’s Cobar Shire Council Ordinary Meeting was whether or not council should go ahead and build a new truck wash. Cr Peter Maxwell put a rescission motion to the meeting calling for council to reconsider building a new truck wash which he said had morphed […]
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Good showing from locals in festival show and shine
Cobar local Tanya Gilbert took out the People’s Choice award at the 2018 Dust Bowl Fuel Burners Show n’ Shine event on Saturday with her 1956 Holden FJ Ute, affectionately known as ‘Poison Ivy’. The Show n’ Shine was the feature event of the inaugural Running On Empty Festival program […]
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National attention on a local cause
A local woman’s battle to have a law changed regarding the definition of guilt by reason of mental illness has gained national attention. Wendy Robinson has been involved in a court case spanning over 18 months to prevent her brother from inheriting from their parents’ estates after he murdered them […]