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Cobar High wins an Australian music award

Cobar High School Sounds & Stories has won the Excellence in Music Education category at the 2023 Art Music Awards. Sounds & Stories is a collaboration by Cobar High’s music teacher Laura Andrew and Sydney-based composer and artist Elizabeth Jigalin. Ms Andrew and Ms Jigalin were invited to attend the […]

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Award for Aurelia

Aurelia Metals was announced among the  winners of the NSW Minerals Council’s Health, Safety, Environment and Community Awards in the Hunter on Monday. The awards recognise the most outstanding innovations and contributions to the mining industry across a range of categories. The Environmental Excellence Award was presented to Aurelia for […]

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Changes imminent for Far West FDC

Cobar Shire Council is seeking to withdraw the Broken Hill Family Day Care (BHFDC) service from their Far West Family Day Care (FWFDC) operations. Cobar Shire’s general manager Peter Vlatko said council absorbed BHFDC (which looks after approximately 130 children) as part of its Family Day Care operations across the […]

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Mayoral report

Late last week the General Manager Peter Vlatko and myself attended the Country Mayors Meeting held at the Parliament House Conference Room in Macquarie Street, Sydney. It was addressed by Ministers and Shadow Ministers of the newly elected parliament and what little news there was did not appear encouraging to […]

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$1.7M in funding

Cobar Shire Council has been allocated more than $1.7 million from the latest round of the Australian Government’s Local Roads and Community Infrastructure program. The allocation for each funding recipient takes into consideration factors such as population and road length in each local area. In comparison with neighbouring shires, Bourke […]