Following the passing of Cobar’s long-standing mayor, Lilliane Brady OAM, last week (who was still in office when she passed) Cobar Shire Council is now required to elect a new mayor. Cobar Shire Council general manager Peter Vlatko said, in accordance with Local Government regulations, our current deputy mayor Peter […]
Member for Barwon Roy Butler secured a commitment from Health Minister Brad Hazzard in Parliament last week to review the Isolated Patients Travel and Accommodation Assistance Scheme (IPTAAS). “The current IPTAAS subsidies of 22 cents per kilometre for private vehicle travel, and $43 per night for the first seven nights […]
The need for more drought funding was at the top of the agenda for yesterday’s Western Division of Councils of NSW Mid-Year Conference in Cobar. President of Local Government NSW (LGNSW), Cr Linda Scott addressed the meeting and said LGNSW had lobbied hard for increased drought assistance. “We’re pleased to […]
Three candidates, Kate Winders, Ben Hewlett and John Stingemore, have nominated for the vacant position of councillor with Cobar Shire Council. Cobar residents will go to the polls next Saturday December 8 to determine which of the three nominees will replace Greg Martin, who recently resigned to take up a […]
A group of 30 locals attended the a community consultation meeting last Friday to put forward their ideas on the government’s proposed Far West Initiative (FWI). While the Cobar community members were not hostile with their comments, many said they were opposed to the FWI proposal, they questioned the need […]
Janine Lea-Barrett is currently the front runner after the first preference votes were counted on Saturday for Cobar’s 2016 local government election. As of yesterday and before the second count of preferences was finalised, Mrs Lea-Barrett looked certain of gaining one of the 12 positions on Cobar Shire Council having […]
At a meeting last month in Cobar the Murdi Paaki Regional Assembly (MPRA) has called for eight far west local councils to be abolished, and the establishment of a model that better reflects the future demographic. The comments came as the group discussed the Far West Initiative and the Government’s […]
The parliamentary committee inquiring into local government in NSW held a public meeting in Cobar on Monday with representatives from Cobar, Bourke, Bogan and Broken Hill councils invited to speak. Cobar Shire Council’s mayor Lilliane Brady said all were in agreeance that local governments should remain “local”. Cobar Shire’s general […]
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