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Water funding is not new funding

Cobar residents keeping an eye on the recent State Budget may have been confused in thinking an allocation of $36.3 million to upgrade our water pipeline was new government funding. Cobar Shire Council’s general manager Peter Vlatko said the Budget allocation of $36.3 million to upgrade the Nyngan to Cobar […]

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Opportunity for locals to be part of a music doco

Two time Aria award-winner and nine time Golden Guitar winner, Australian country music singer and songwriter, Fanny Lumsden, is appearing at the Cobar Bowling & Golf Club on Saturday night. Fanny Lumsden and her band The Prawnstars are currently on their way home after appearing this week at the Big […]

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Cr Payne walks out of meeting in disgust

Cobar Shire Councillor Julie Payne walked out of last week’s Ordinary Council Meeting in disgust and said she’s now washed her hands of Council and won’t be taking part in any further Council meetings or events.  Cr Payne left 20 minutes into last Thursday’s meeting after having her say on […]

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Visitor numbers to Cobar are rising

Cobar has welcomed 7,700 visitors to the Visitor Information Centre and the Great Cobar Museum in the first five months of this year. Cobar Shire Council’s tourism manager, Demi Smith said that figure is down slightly on last year’s total visitor figures from January to May 2023 of 8,487, but […]

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Ngalii thrilled with new bus

“The wheels on the Ngalii Preschool bus go round and round” is what the Ngalii Preschool committee, staff and kids will now be singing after they recently took delivery of their new preschool bus. Preschool director Rebecca Howard said the 10 seater bus (which is fitted with child restraints) is […]

2024

Murdi Paaki celebrates 20 years

The Murdi Paaki Regional Assembly (MPRA), a peak Aboriginal group representing the interests of 16 communities across Western NSW, the northwest and far west, celebrated 20 years of community led governance last Thursday in Cobar. The MPRA was established to facilitate collaboration between the region’s Aboriginal communities through its Community […]

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Gilgunnia Rest Area to get a $255,000 upgrade

Truck drivers and tourists are among the motorists set to benefit from an upgrade to the Gilgunnia rest stop south of Cobar. The safety and infrastructure upgrade by the NSW Labor Government at the Gilgunnia Goldfields Rest Area, located about 109 kilometres south of Cobar on the Kidman Highway, will […]