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
While there are no new additions to the staff at St John’s School this year, the school however has welcomed back teachers Roslyn Lancaster (at left) and Jessica Fugar (at right) from maternity leave, along with Gabrielle Newton (centre) who is returning to full time class teaching.
Lady golfers conducted a ‘learners day’ on the Cobar course on Saturday but with a number of interested learners unavaila-ble to attend, another learners day is scheduled to be held later in the year. Glenda Peebles was the Stableford winner from Saturday’s game after finishing with 33 points. A three-way […]
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
