Cobar is looking like the place to be this October with the Running On Empty Festival organisers getting revved up for what’s sure to be a huge event. The Cobar Weekly spoke with one of the event organisers, Ben Hewlett, last week about the festival’s plans, the growing exposure for […]
The Cobar community came out to support the nominees of this year’s Australia Day Awards which were presented in a ceremony at the Cobar Memorial Swimming Pool on Friday. Colleen Boucher was awarded the Bossie Mitchell Services to the Community Award. She had some tough competition with 15 nominations in […]
Librarian Jane Siermans is thrilled with the two new spaces at the Cobar Shire & TAFE Library which will help to extend the services the library can offer. The two new community facilities in the library’s arcade were officially opened on Thursday. The construction was made possible with a $114,681 […]
From tomorrow Cobar residents, like all other Australian residents, will no longer be able to buy medication containing codeine from chemists without a prescription. The Australian Government has made changes to the law regarding the sale of medicines containing codeine. The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) unanimously agreed to the changes […]
With the current poor state of Cobar’s town water supply, Cobar Shire Council’s new water and sewerage manager Eric Poga feels he may have “jumped into the deep end” when he recently took on the role. Mr Poga told The Cobar Weekly he is however looking forward to the challenge […]
It’s been a big investment of time and money but local dance teacher Eden Coughlan is confident her new dance studio will pay big dividends. The official opening of the new Copper City Dance Centre (CCDC) studio in Linsley Street took place on Saturday after a 14 month build period. […]
Aurelia Metals Limited has received an “overwhelmingly positive response” to its capital raising activities to fund the purchase of Peak Gold Mines. The company, which owns Nymagee’s Hera Mine, announced the acquisition of New Gold’s Peak Gold Mines in November last year. Since then Aurelia’s institutional and major shareholder placements […]
Cobar’s 2018 Australia Day Ambassador is John Kundereri Moriarty AM, who has overcome adversity to achieve great success in multiple fields. Mr Moriarty is a life-long advocate for Aboriginal equality, reconciliation and cultural preservation. He is co-founder and co-chairman of The Nangala Project, a not-for-profit initiative which creates sustainable opportunities […]
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