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Three new faces join the council
Janine Lea-Barrett, Julie Payne and Christopher Lehmann are Cobar Shire Council’s newest councillors after Local Government election counting was finalised by the NSW Electoral Commission last Wednesday. The trio will join re-elected councillors Lilliane Brady, Peter Abbott, Peter Yench, Peter Maxwell, Harley Toomey, Greg Martin, Tracey Kings, Jarrod Marsden and […]
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Cobar Back Roads
The ABC Television’s Back Roads edition based on Cobar aired last Thursday night and received plenty of positive comments. Filmed in August 2020, the show’s host Heather Ewart outlined our town’s mining and indigenous history and showcased Cobar in a very favourable light. In interviews she conducted with a number […]
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Mayor Brady’s re-election confirms a record breaking reign
It’s official—following her re-election last week for her 17th year in office, Cobar’s mayor Lilliane Brady OAM is now the longest serving female mayor in New South Wales. Cr Brady was re-elected to the top job at Cobar Shire Council’s extraordinary meeting last Thursday with Cr Peter Abbott also re-elected […]