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Local honoured with King’s Birthday OAM
Local Colleen Boucher, Australian cricketer Glenn McGrath, AFL player Bachar Houli, comedians Hamish Blake and Jimmy Rees and former politicians Daniel Andrews, Mark McGowan and Shelley Hancock, along with 728 other Australians, were recognised in this year’s King’s Birthday 2024 Honours List. The list of recipients was announced on Monday […]
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Acknowledging Stolen Generations’ grief and suffering
An apology plaque inscribed with a sorry message to the Stolen Generations was unveiled at the Cobar Health Service on Friday morning. Cobar Health Service Manager Mary Urquhart welcomed members of the Cobar Local Aboriginal Land Council, Cobar Health Council, Cobar Hospital Auxiliary and Cobar Health Service staff to the […]
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Museum makes list
What do the Notre Dame in Paris, the National Gallery in Berlin, the Dawn Fraser Baths in Balmain and our Great Cobar Museum all have in common? They’re all grand old buildings and all make the list of top four favourite renovation projects admired by professor of architecture and ABC […]
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Trackside winter fashion and fun
A fine, sunny day helped to bring in an estimated record crowd of 1,200 for the Cobar Miners Race Club winter race meeting on Saturday. Pictured are Fashions on the Field winners: Contemporary—Krista Nardi and runner-up Leah Le Lievre (with judge Kylie Harvey and presenter Jai Silkman from Silkman Austen […]
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Councillors not all in agreeance on future of the Town Hall
Cobar Shire Councillors have adopted an estimated $3 million Master Plan and Business Case for the redevelopment of the Town Hall building in Barton Street. Established in 1893, the Cobar Town Hall holds both historical and cultural value for the community, having long served as a focal point for numerous […]
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Rates revenue a small piece of pie
Cobar Shire Council has recently released its 2024/2025 Annual Operational Plan (AOP) with Council expecting the year ahead will again be extremely busy with limited funds available. The AOP projects Council will receive approximately $61M in revenue (that includes grants and capital contributions) in the coming year. “The Council […]
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Crash causes extensive damage
A Cobar man has been charged with negligent driving after he crashed into the toilet block at the truck stop on the Barrier Highway west of Cobar around 12.20am on Sunday. Police received a report that a motor vehicle had hit the public toilet, causing extensive damage. The driver […]
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Polymetals and MAC alliance
Polymetals Resources (Endeavor Mine) and Metals Acquisition Limited (CSA Mine) have formed a non-exclusive strategic alliance in an effort to extract greater value from both neighbouring mines. Metals Acquisition Limited (MAC) will invest $2.5 million for an initial 4.31 per cent interest in Polymetals and then invest a further $2.5 […]
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New Canbelego drilling campaign
Helix Resources Ltd has commenced a new drilling campaign targeting highly prospective IP anomalies at the Canbelego copper project, east of Cobar. The Canbelego Joint Venture project is located within part of Helix’s Western Group Tenements. Helix’s Managing Director, Dr Kylie Prendergast said the new ‘far’ Western Canbelego target is […]