According to a recent report from the Grattan Institute, if you live in Cobar, you’re paying $600 more in rates than a resident of Mosman in Sydney’s North Shore but you’re much more likely to hit a pothole on your drive home. Transport and Cities Program Director at the Grattan Institute, […]
Good first impressions count for a lot and it’s good to know that’s what Cobar Shire Council’s new Director of Corporate and Community Services, Kylie Smith, received on her recent arrival in town. “I have only been in Cobar for a week and in that time, I have been very […]
Firefighting crews have been working around the clock since last Thursday trying to contain a bushfire near Mount Hope in the south of the shire. The fire at Yarra station, Tipping Way, east of Mount Hope, was reported at approximately 2.20pm on Thursday. NSW Rural Fire Service crews, along with […]
Cobar Shire Council has been crowned the Merriest Christmas Council Champion of 2022 after they raised a whopping $12,000 in a Christmas T-Shirt Day fundraiser last week. Cobar Shire Council’s Human Resources Manager Summer Patterson, who helped to coordinate the fundraiser challenge, said she was thrilled with the total that […]
Cobar Shire Council has joined 42 other Local Government Areas (LGAs) across the state that have been declared natural disaster areas due to the severe storms and flooding which began on September 14. Our shire is one of the 12 latest LGAs to be damage assessed and will now be […]
Charlie Taveira has joined the team at Cobar Shire Council as their new Director of Infrastructure Services. Having worked in Victoria for more than 30 years, moving interstate was something Mr Taveira and his family had been considering for some time. It was the hard lockdowns in Victoria during the […]
Cobar Shire Council has teamed up with Compliance Officers from Regional Ranger Services to assist Council with tackling a range of compliance and enforcement issues. Michael Ryan and Adele Lindley will be primarily responsible for ensuring the amenity of the Cobar Shire is maintained by identifying and rectifying issues relating […]
The future of child care services in Cobar is looking a lot brighter after Cobar Shire Council officially took over the running of the Kubby House Child Care long daycare centre this week. The service, which has previously been run by a volunteer management committee, has been struggling for some […]
A substantial water leak in bushland on the northern edge of town is expected to be resolved soon as part of Cobar Shire Council’s plans to upgrade water storages. Council has been aware of the leak for some time, which is located near the Sound Chapel to the north of […]
Cobar Shire Council will soon join the rest of NSW in streamlining its development applications (DA’s) processes through the NSW Planning Portal. This means the days of lodging your applica-tion paperwork directly with the Council will become a thing of the past. Council aims to have the ePlanning portal up […]
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