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Health Minister signs off on MPHS
Cobar Shire Council reports the proposed new Multi Purpose Health Service (MPHS) has finally been signed off by the State Health Minister which paves the way for council to recruit an aged care provider for the Lilliane Brady Village. Council’s director of finance and community services Kym Miller said State […]
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Tree planting program gives Marshall Street a makeover
The main street will soon be a blaze of colour with 25 new trees being planted to provide shade and visual aesthetics to the town. Cobar Shire Council’s urban supervisor Paul Sullivan told The Cobar Weekly they plan to plant trees from the Cobar Memorial Services Club along Marshall Street […]
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Water treatment plant upgrade is one step closer
Cobar Shire Council has awarded the tender for the construction of its new water treatment plant. The tender was approved on Thursday by councillors at an extraordinary meeting however council’s general manager Peter Vlatko said the name of the successful tenderer is not yet public knowledge. “Council accepted the recommendation […]
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Children’s care services in danger
Around 80 families across the far west that access educators under Cobar Shire Council’s In-Home Care service are in danger of losing their government funding. Cobar Shire Council’s director of corporate and economic services Angela Shepherd said there are two areas of concern with children’s services funding that may affect […]
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RFS shed fix set to be a slow process
Cobar Shire Council is working with the Rural Fire Service (RFS) but has a slow process ahead to resolve the issues relating to the organisation’s new shed in Cobar. The matter was discussed last Thursday night’s council meeting when Cr Peter Yench called for an update and also for further […]
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Funds to finally build truck wash
Cobar is one of 26 towns to be approved for funding for a truck wash out site. At a NSW Nationals conference in Broken Hill on the weekend NSW Roads Minister Melinda Pavey announced the successful recipients to share $10million in joint government funding to build new or upgrade existing […]
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Grain transport gets a boost from government roads funding
Cobar was one of five councils to share in over $30million in roads funding announced by the State Government on Friday. Cobar Shire will receive $1million in funding which will see 11.8 kilometres of gravel between two sealed sections of the Grain Road (in the south of the shire) upgraded. […]
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Humphries offers opinion on our water
State Member for Barwon Kevin Humphries has released a statement about Cobar’s water quality. “It is clear the Cobar Council needs to replace at least part of its water reticulation scheme. Some pipes have bad internal corrosion,” Mr Humphries said. “It is also clear that Cobar Council has never kept […]
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Tempers flare as councillors consider cutting numbers
A motion to reduce the number of councillors elected to Cobar Shire Council has caused tempers to flare at last Thursday’s April Ordinary Meeting of council. Cr Yench had put forward a notice of motion calling for a report on the process to reduce the number of councillors from 12 […]