State Member for Barwon Roy Butler has been hosting Independent Member for Wagga Wagga Dr Joe McGirr on a tour across the electorate and they called into Cobar yesterday. Mr Butler has been introducing Dr McGirr to people involved in delivering medical services across the region. Dr McGirr has a Rural Health Action Plan which is a roadmap for reversing the decline of regional health care. As the Chair of the Legislative Assembly Select Committee on Remote, Rural and Regional Health, which reviewed the progress of the implementation of the recommendations of the Rural Health Inquiry, he has been tasked to look at some of the specific challenges facing medical and hospital administrators in Barwon.
State Member for Barwon Roy Butler has been hosting Independent Member for Wagga Wagga Dr Joe McGirr on a tour across the electorate and they called into Cobar yesterday. Mr Butler has been introducing Dr McGirr to people involved in delivering medical services across the region. Dr McGirr has a Rural Health Action Plan which is a roadmap for reversing the decline of regional health care. As the Chair of the Legislative Assembly Select Committee on Remote, Rural and Regional Health, which reviewed the progress of the implementation of the recommendations of the Rural Health Inquiry, he has been tasked to look at some of the specific challenges facing medical and hospital administrators in Barwon.
Local businessman, shire councillor, entrepreneur and part-time rodeo rider, Chris ‘Dido’ Deighton has assembled his own rodeo team for the 2026 Cobar Rodeo. Dido has loaded his chuckwagon with 10 brave men for one of the most adrenaline-pumping and at the same time dangerous events in rodeo, bull riding. Bull […]
Two one-sided matches were played in Round 5 of the Opens Touch competition on Thursday night at Ward Oval with the competition’s front runners, Makos and Blossoms, keeping their unbeaten records in tact. Makos finished as big 18-1 winners over Fast Fades. Rhylee Jeffery led the scoring for her Mako’s […]
NSW Health inspectors, with the support of local police, conducted two inspections on a local main street business last week, with the second resulting in a closure order. During a search of the premises on Wednesday February 18, NSW Health seized an amount of illegal tobacco products and vapes and […]
