Consternation is growing among local landholders who have received approval to clear their land but are now being hit with stop-work and rehabilitation orders. Jillian Prince, at Lachlan Downs in the south of the shire, said they had followed the required approval land clearing processes on their property as directed […]
Cobar High School’s Ag students have once again signed up for the NSW School Merino Wether Challenge, supported by Australian Wool Innovation (AWI), in partnership with various stud breeder associations. The annual challenge aims to broaden students’ learning experience and is an engaging hands-on program (much different from classroom learning) […]
Fuel prices—everybody is talking about them, social media is making jokes about the high prices but everyone is worrying about how high they will go. The surge in prices and fuel shortages across Australia, particularly in rural areas, comes in response to global oil disruptions as a result of the […]
Cobar received a good report from a group of visiting medical students who were in town on Friday as part of a rural tour organised by the Rural Doctors Network (RDN). The RDN organises three Go Rural trips each year and takes university students to visit rural medical facilities and […]
Demolition work has commenced this week on the former Kubby House Child Care building as part of an exciting project to transform the space into a dedicated facility for Cobar Outside of School Hours Care (COOSH). The project for Cobar Shire Council has been made possible with $1,317,405 funding from […]
Cobar’s mayor, Jarrod Marsden, who has been acting as the interim chair of the Western Division of Councils, was formally elected to the top job last week when the group met in Cobar for their annual general meeting. The annual meeting provides a platform for Local Government representatives to hear […]
The 2026 Suzuki Run fundraiser has once again raised some serious cash with organiser Graeme ‘Barto’ Barton reporting this year’s event raised over $50,000. The 7th Suzuki Run to Tilpa is done and dusted (except this year’s event wasn’t so dusty after recent rain) and thanks to the efforts of […]
State Member for Barwon Roy Butler has been hosting Independent Member for Wagga Wagga Dr Joe McGirr on a tour across the electorate and they called into Cobar yesterday. Mr Butler has been introducing Dr McGirr to people involved in delivering medical services across the region. Dr McGirr has a […]
Sophie Cain is yet another success story of Cobar High School’s school-based traineeship program. Before she completes Year 12 this year, Sophie already knows where her career will take her, and it’s here, working in Cobar. Sophie wants to be a Registered Nurse and a Nurse Practitioner. To achieve her […]
How do you attract doctors, speech pathologists, occupational therapists, nurses and other medical staff to come to Cobar? It’s easy, you just put them all on a bus and drive them out here! That’s the thinking of the Rural Doctors Network which runs a Go Rural program (funded by the […]
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