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
The 2022 Cobar Rough Stock Rodeo was a real humdinger on Saturday with the event paying tribute to a former resident and Rodeo champion, Robert ‘Beeza’ Josephson. A big field of quality riders, a large and enthusiastic crowd, great music and fantastic weather all combined to make Saturday’s event a […]
High School student and beauty business owner, Bree Martin from Envy Beauty By Bree, ran a couple of Skincare and Makeup workshops for 10-18 year olds as part of Cobar Shire Council’s school holiday activities. Pictured is Bree demonstrating to some of the participants of yesterday’s session which was held […]
St John’s School Year 3/4 netball team claimed the Ridley-Trudgett Cup in their division at the Ridley-Trudgett Gala Day in Warren last Friday. The team finished the day undefeated to claim a win in the Year 3/4 division. St John’s School and Cobar Public School 5/6 teams also competed at […]