NSW Government
Labor Senator makes a visit to introduce Federal candidate
Labor Senator Deborah O’Neill paid a visit to Cobar last week to introduce La-bor’s candidate for the Parkes electorate in the upcoming Federal election. Senator O’Neill said she believes a change is in the air out west and feels Labor’s candidate, Jack Ayoub from Coonabarabran, is the new man for […]
Getting down to business
Shadow Minister for Finance, Small Business and the Gig Economy, Daniel Mookhey MLC was in Cobar last Wednesday speaking to local business people about how they were recovering from the drought and COVID pandemic. Mr Moohkey is pictured with Wendy Robinson and Kelly Randall from Cobar Furniture One who reported […]
Our Federal Member tours COVID safe storage facilities
Plans for the complex distribution process and safe and secure storage of the COVID-19 vaccines across Australia are well in hand. DHL Supply Chain’s large scale ultra-cold storage infrastructure has been chosen by the Australian Government to keep safe Australia’s supply of 20 million Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine doses, which need to […]
Lilliane to be honoured with a State Funeral
Cobar Mayor Lilliane Brady OAM, who passed away last week while still in office, is to be honoured with a State Funeral this Friday in recognition of her 40 years of service to Local Government. Deputy Premier John Barilaro announced last Wednesday that Mayor Brady, who he described as “a […]
Butler secures a review of IPTAAS
Member for Barwon Roy Butler secured a commitment from Health Minister Brad Hazzard in Parliament last week to review the Isolated Patients Travel and Accommodation Assistance Scheme (IPTAAS). “The current IPTAAS subsidies of 22 cents per kilometre for private vehicle travel, and $43 per night for the first seven nights […]
A $50K pool plan
Cobar Shire Council will spend $50,000 of their NSW Government Resources for Regions Round 7 funding on a plan to upgrade Cobar Memorial Swimming Pool. The funding will enable Council to engage a suitably qualified and reputable consultant to undertake and deliver a business case study for investigating the upgrade […]
$1.375M spend on industrial area
Cobar Shire Council has been allocated $1.375 million from Round 7 of the NSW Government Resources for Regions funding to upgrade the Cobar Industrial Estate. When applying for the funding, Council proposed the money would be spent to upgrade roads (to a standard capable of withstanding use by A Double […]
Cobar fares well in Resources for Region Round 7 funding
As part of Round 7 of the NSW Government’s $50 million Resources for Regions program Cobar Shire Council will receive $3 million to improve our town’s water security. The funding will be used to upgrade a further 5.5km approximately of the town water reticulation system. Many of Cobar’s water mains […]