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Kym Miller’s long list of accomplishments recognised
Cobar Shire Council staff, former staff, members of the community and visitors from Bourke Shire Council, gathered at the Empire Hotel on Friday afternoon to farewell Council’s long serving Director of Finance & Community Services, Kym Miller. In his 11½ years with Council, Mr Miller was responsible for taking Council […]
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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 […]
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Services Club is in a precarious financial situation
The Cobar Services Club will hold its annual general meeting next month with the main item on the agenda being the club’s uncertain financial situation. The club’s secretary/manager Linda Carter said in the whole time she’s held the position (10 years), the club’s financial position has always been a worry. […]
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Cobar to be included in clinical trial
Cancer patients living in Cobar will benefit from a clinical trial to be undertaken by Macquarie University in collaboration with the Oncology Department at Dubbo Hospital, as well as the newly formed Western NSW Clinical Trial Support Unit and NSW Health. Macquarie University has received a grant of $1.2 million from Australian cancer charity […]
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Council welcomes a new asset manager and an engineer
Cobar Shire Council has recently welcomed two new staff members with Brett Richards taking on the role of Asset and Facilities Manager and Niduku Wijewickrama is Council’s new Water & Sewer Engineer. Brett is tasked with compiling and registering a comprehensive list of all council assets, developing an Asset Management […]