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Sound Chapel wins Heritage award
Cobar’s Sound Chapel was announced among the winners of this year’s Heritage Trust Awards. It is the second Heritage Trust Award win for Cobar in as many years, with The Great Cobar Museum restoration taking out the Built Heritage and Judges’ Choice Awards last year. At this year’s awards, presented […]
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Local returns to open her beauty business in Cobar
Emma Miller, who has worked in the beauty industry for over 14 years, is obsessed with all things skin and wellness, and has recently opened her own business in Cobar, Bare Beauty Skin & Wellness. After completing her Diploma of Beauty Therapy, Emma gained extensive knowledge and experience working in […]
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Whole production took just five days from go to woah
Just five days was all it took for a group of Cobar High School students to devise a plot, write a script, compose music and lyrics, and design the props and staging for their own opera. These remarkable students then performed the opera they’d called ‘Cancel Culture’, for their parents, […]
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Rotary to be a Welcome Ambassador
The Rotary Club of Cobar will take on the mantle of being a welcoming ambassador to three newcomers who are looking to relocate to work in Cobar. Rotary is partnering with Work+Stay, a social impact driven recruitment and settlement enterprise that has a focus on regional Australia. Work+Stay enterprise lead, […]
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Poorly spoken words have upset returned servicemen
Dear editor, I write because of the poorly spoken words of our town’s highest elected official, Mayor Peter Abbott, at the Anzac Day service. He chose the service as his opportunity to push controversial political opinions on Covid vaccines and facemasks that should not be associated with Anzac Day. I […]
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Pharmacy fears
Local pharmacist Shannon Eves has weighed in with other pharmacists around the country condemning the Federal Government’s proposed 60-day medicine dispensing policy as being unworkable. “When I heard about the Labor Government’s plan to introduce 60-day dispensing, I can honestly say I was both devastated and angry,” Shannon said in […]
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Locals raise $200,000 on charity ride
Local residents Jodie Jones and Simone Rogers Porter, along with a group of 35 other female Postie Bike riders, have helped to raise $200,000 for the Wings4Kidz charity. After personally using the charity a number of times to fly with her sick grandchildren to specialist medical appointments in Sydney, […]
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Local services recognise Youth Homelessness Matters Day
Youth Homelessness Matters Day was recognised in Cobar last Friday as part of local Youth Week events. Youth Homelessness Matters Day aims to highlight the resilience of young people affected by homelessness. According to the Australian Government’s Department of Social Services, over 28,000 young Australians aged 12 to 24 years […]