Labor’s spokesperson for Barwon Daniel Mookhey MLC was in Cobar yesterday as part of his week-long “listening tour” of Western NSW. In addition to speaking with Mayor Lilliane Brady yesterday Mr Mookhey also met with Broken Hill mayor Darriea Turley. During his tour Mr Mookhey was keen to speak to […]
It’s not often you can get a man to talk about his feelings, but if a 120kg Super Rugby prop can get up in front of a crowd and talk about mental health, then surely that’s a very powerful message for others. Waratahs Super Rugby player and Batyr ambassador Paddy […]
A miners memorial service, held on Friday night as part of this year’s Festival of the Miner’s Ghost program, has been hailed as a great success and there are calls for it now to be an annual event. The service was held at the Miners Memorial Park opposite the Great […]
“Ask Me Anything” was the invitation for the Grandparents’ Day event on Sunday as part of the Festival of the Miner’s Ghost activities, and ‘anything’ was certainly asked. The audience was entertained by stories, received the wisdom of the elders, and also the wisdom of the young. Among the questions […]
Local residents were given the opportunity to provide input on Cobar’s Airport Master Plan. Cobar Shire Council’s asset and airport manager Anil De Silva said due to a well researched and planned application, council had received grant funding to create an airport Master Plan. “Council wants to ensure that Cobar […]
Labor Senator Deborah O’Neill, who is also the assistant shadow minister for mental health, paid a visit to Cobar on Monday to see first hand how a new suicide prevention program will work in our community. Senator O’Neill has been looking at mental health programs in the region and came […]
The Peak Gold Mines’ mine rescue team has taken out a top award at the Victorian Mines Rescue Competition. Peak was one of 10 teams competing at the 25th running of the competition, held at the Yallourn Power Station in Victoria last week. The Peak team performed extremely well throughout […]
The Cobar Arts Council’s 2017 Art and Photography Exhibition was officially opened last night with a strong field of entries in both the adults and children’s sections. This year the Thelma Wade Perpetual Trophy was awarded for the best drawn or painted portrait and went to Dora Difilippo for her […]
Cobar Shire Council has been recognised for its environmental efforts with two Local Government awards. Council received the awards under the 2016/2017 Excellence in the Environment Awards program run annually by Local Government NSW which aim to recognise the outstanding achievements by NSW councils in managing and protecting the environment. […]
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