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Cobar Shire Council is keen to let the public know their water supply is “totally safe” after detecting contaminated soil on the build site of the new Water Treatment Plant last week. Routine testing during preparations for the official opening of the new Water Treatment Plant last week found fill […]

A report to Cobar Shire’s Ordinary Council Meeting tomorrow will recommend that council doesn’t extend the town water supply to include O’Neill Road residents. The report, compiled by council’s water and sewer manager Eric Poga, comes after much debate has been waged on the matter by councillors for more than […]

Local businessman Geoff McGuinness used the public access forum at last week’s Ordinary Council Meeting to speak about his concerns (and that of other local business owners) on the decline of tourists stopping in Cobar. “The town is a laughing stock,” Mr McGuinness told council. “Bourke’s caravan parks are overflowing. […]