Cobar Shire Council was represented at the annual Local Roads Congress at Parliament House in Sydney last week. Mayor Jarrod Marsden, Council’s general manager Peter Vlatko and Cr Julie Payne, a member of Council’s roads committee, attended the meeting last Monday. Cr Marsden said the conference was very well attended […]
Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton has taken up the fight for Regional Enterprise Development Institute (REDI.E) after the Indigenous service provider found out its funding will be cut later this year. Mr Coulton advised REDI.E recently received a letter from the National Indigenous Australians Agency (NIAA) informing the organisation […]
While there might not have been enough players for a ladies golf competition game on Wednesday with many away, working or ill, there were however 16 women on hand for Saturday’s annual Vi McLaughlin Memorial Day. The Canadian game was boosted by four visitors from Coffin Bay in South Australia. […]
Cobar Public School is the second school in NSW to receive a St John Ambulance defibrillator and CPR and defibrillator awareness training. A total of 12 defibrillator units are being donated to schools across Sydney and in regional areas in memory of Andrew Sitaramayya, a former St John Ambulance staff […]
Local Colleen Boucher, Australian cricketer Glenn McGrath, AFL player Bachar Houli, comedians Hamish Blake and Jimmy Rees and former politicians Daniel Andrews, Mark McGowan and Shelley Hancock, along with 728 other Australians, were recognised in this year’s King’s Birthday 2024 Honours List. The list of recipients was announced on Monday […]
The Cobar Roosters Under 14s recorded a comprehensive 32-16 win over their Narromine Jets counterparts in Round 5 of the Dubbo & District Junior Rugby League competition on Saturday at Tom Knight Memorial Oval. Eli Martin led the try scoring with a double and Lachlan Brookman, Mason King, Tate Sinclair […]
An apology plaque inscribed with a sorry message to the Stolen Generations was unveiled at the Cobar Health Service on Friday morning. Cobar Health Service Manager Mary Urquhart welcomed members of the Cobar Local Aboriginal Land Council, Cobar Health Council, Cobar Hospital Auxiliary and Cobar Health Service staff to the […]
Brimming with confidence after their big win last week over Coonabarabran, the Roosterettes took it to the Swanettes in their Round 6 Castlereagh league Tag match on Saturday at Tom Knight Memorial Oval. The match was a very competitive game from the outset with the young Roosterettes team showing no […]
What do the Notre Dame in Paris, the National Gallery in Berlin, the Dawn Fraser Baths in Balmain and our Great Cobar Museum all have in common? They’re all grand old buildings and all make the list of top four favourite renovation projects admired by professor of architecture and ABC […]
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