CWA Cobar Branch president Colleen Boucher attended the CWA’s State Conference last week at Royal Randwick in Sydney which celebrated 100 years of CWA. Among the guest speakers at the conference were former pro surfer Lane Beachley and Shane Fitzsimmons, the Commissioner of Resilience NSW and Deputy Secretary Emergency Management. The CWA, which has a reputation for being a hard-hitting lobby group, passed a number of motions at the conference including: calling for urgent action on the quality of health services for rural and regional communities; advocating for the mandatory establishment of specialist domestic violence operative teams in all police districts; calling for increased funding to establish and operate women’s refuges; and advocating for improved obstetric services in rural areas. ▪ Photo contributed
CWA Cobar Branch president Colleen Boucher attended the CWA’s State Conference last week at Royal Randwick in Sydney which celebrated 100 years of CWA. Among the guest speakers at the conference were former pro surfer Lane Beachley and Shane Fitzsimmons, the Commissioner of Resilience NSW and Deputy Secretary Emergency Management. The CWA, which has a reputation for being a hard-hitting lobby group, passed a number of motions at the conference including: calling for urgent action on the quality of health services for rural and regional communities; advocating for the mandatory establishment of specialist domestic violence operative teams in all police districts; calling for increased funding to establish and operate women’s refuges; and advocating for improved obstetric services in rural areas. ▪ Photo contributed
Among the colourful, creative and kooky creations at St John’s School’s Easter Hat Parade on Friday were these hats of Holland Chaplain, Sophia Le Lievre and Breaze Fairfull. ▪ Photo contributed
In their first season as a new team in the senior netball competition, the Nymagee Magpies have claimed the B Grade premiership crown after they beat Real Steel 46-23 in last Tuesday’s grand final. See match report on Page 20. ▪ Photo contributed
The Nymagee Magpies and Pumpettes were the first to take the court in the new season of Cobar Netball Association’s Senior Ladies 2022 competition on Tuesday. Pumpettes finished as eventual 47-33 winners but it was a see-saw game to start with as players settled back into, what has been for […]
