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Water plant team keen to get started
Laurie Curran says his team is very much looking forward to working on the Cobar water treatment plan upgrade project. Mr Curran is the managing director of Laurie Curran Water P/L, and has just won the tender to build Cobar’s new Water Treatment Plant. Mr Curran, along with company director […]
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More discussion needed on Newey Master plan
Cobar Shire Councillors have deferred discussions on the Draft Land Use Master Plan for the Newey until their next meeting. Councillors were only presented with the draft master plan, written by council’s director of planning and environmental services Garry Ryman, last Wednesday—one day prior to the June Ordinary Council Meeting. […]
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Water upgrades ahead
Member for Barwon Kevin Humphries and Cobar Shire Council Mayor Lilliane Brady have announced the tender for the construction of Cobar’s replacement Water Treatment Plant had been awarded to Laurie Curran Water Pty Ltd. “The council, at its recent Extraordinary Council Meeting, approved the recommendation of the Tender Evaluation Committee […]
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Good work and practices of Cobar Hospital in the spotlight
The good work and practices of the staff at Cobar Hospital were put in the spotlight recently when the hospital’s health services manager, Mary Urquhart recently addressed a major health conference. Mrs Urquhart was invited to speak at the ‘Studer Group Australasia – What’s Right in Health Care Conference’ in […]
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Does Cobar’s water meet health standards?
Cobar Shire Council’s general manager Peter Vlatko and the Western NSW Local Health District (WNSW LHD) want to assure the Cobar community that our water supply meets public health standards. In response to a request from local resident Lydon McIntyre for a document attesting that Cobar’s water meets drinking water […]
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Locals help to raise more than $1.6million in Shitbox Rally
The 2017 Shitbox Rally from Adelaide to Cairns was dirty, exhausting, offered very little home comforts and involved lots of long days driving on some of Australia’s roughest roads. David and Xenia Schraag, Cobar’s entrants in this year’s Shitbox Rally, which raises funds for cancer research, experienced all of the […]
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Rural Addressing a joint program for council and Rotary
Cobar Shire Council and the Rotary Club of Cobar have joined forces to install Rural Addressing number posts on selected roads on the outskirts of Cobar. Council’s asset manager Anil De Silva, who is also a Rotarian, said council was happy to involve the Rotary Club of Cobar in the […]
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Health Minister signs off on MPHS
Cobar Shire Council reports the proposed new Multi Purpose Health Service (MPHS) has finally been signed off by the State Health Minister which paves the way for council to recruit an aged care provider for the Lilliane Brady Village. Council’s director of finance and community services Kym Miller said State […]