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Federation mine gets green light Aurelia Metals has received Development Consent from the NSW Government to develop its Federation mine near Nymagee.

The approved underground mine development near the existing Hera Mine, will extract both base and precious metals, including zinc and copper—metals critical to a low-carbon economy.

Deputy Premier and Minister responsible for resources Paul Toole said the project will provide up to 400 regional jobs and help to drive economic growth.

“The NSW Liberal and Nationals Government has a vision to make this state the number one investment destination for mining, exploration, and advanced manufacturing, and this latest approval is an important step towards realising that vision,” Mr Toole said.

“Hera Mine has been running for 11 years and is coming to the end of its operations, so this is a new opportunity to expand the industry with the development of Federation Mine to produce critical minerals such as copper, silver, rare earth elements, cobalt and lithium, used in everyday products such as batteries, electric vehicles, generators, jewellery and mobile phones will be mined.

“These minerals will be transported to Hera Mine for processing, securing around 150 existing jobs and creating up to 100 new positions and 150 construction roles.”

This project approval follows the discovery of an underground deposit in April 2019 containing high-grade metals, comprising of zinc, gold, copper and silver.

The regulatory approval was one of the fastest consenting processes in recent NSW history. Continued on Page 10.

Brigade attends fire at mine site Pg 3

Geoffrey Langford marks 50 year milestone Pg 6

RFS kept busy with fires

More than 2,000ha on three separate properties in the Cobar Shire were burnt out by bushfires over the weekend. The NSW Rural Fire Service (NSW RFS) Geandale, Cobar Headquarters, Nymagee, Louth Road and Tindarey fire brigades were called upon to assist fight the three separate fires that occurred on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. As the hot, dry weather (interspersed with thunderstorms) continues, NSW RFS is warning residents to continue to remain vigilant with an increased risk of grass fires. NSW RFS Acting District Manager Brad Lennon urged residents when reporting a fire or suspected fire, to please contact 000 to allow the closest help to be activated. More information on Page 3. ▪ Photo contributed

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Local business woman shares her stories through a podcast Local business woman, Seigrid Peters, “The WOW Pod began as a means to educate “I’ve been working on this ever since August from The Pink Galah art gallery, this week myself in small business, I had questions and 2022, when my podcast equipment arrived. launched her own podcast as part of Cobar wanted to talk to others,” Seigrid told The “I taught myself how to use the equipment— Shire’s WOW week of events celebrating Cobar Weekly. a slow but rewarding process, I researched local women.

“I'm a big believer in sharing stories. It can how to record the sessions, how to broadcast be very powerful.” the podcast online through Spotify and Apple Seigrid said she created the WOW Podcast to Podcasts and what I needed to do online to set provide rural women with a platform to ampli- it all up. fy their voices, their stories, passions, chal- “It wasn’t a split second decision, this has lenges, successes and to bring a focus to small taken time, research and my interest to try business in rural Australia. something new. It was another passion project “It’s all about celebrating women who are to add to my list.” having a go, stepping outside their comfort While podcasts initially don’t provide an zones, making it happen regardless of location income many, like Seigrid, do it for the love. and running a business alongside families and If however her podcast does become successlife,” Seigrid said. ful and she develops a big listener base/gets She hopes sharing their stories via the pod- more downloads, there will be the opportunity cast will bring rural women and communities to earn money through sponsorship and ads. closer together.

“I’m not focused on this though, if it happens “Even though I will be speaking to different - great - if not, it won’t change anything here,” women in different industries, we can all meet Seigrid said. common ground on different topics,” she said.

“I'm learning alongside my listen“I thought maybe others would like to hear ers. Knowledge is so powerful.” what I find out and create an opportunity to Seigrid describes her podcast style as a bit support others in their small business endeav- like “having a conversation over a cup of tea”. ours. Alone we can only do so much, together “Everyone does it differently, but the way in we can make positive change and impact which I have been interviewing is more conwhere we live.” versational based.

Seigrid admits initially she didn’t know “Businesses that have already been featured much about the process of setting up a pod- have felt comfortable enough to get behind the cast. mic and have a yarn.

“I thought surely it’s not that hard. But, it’s “I’m really excited for people to hear what a challenge and I’ve learnt so much about I’ve been working on.”

Local artist, Seigrid Peters from The Pink been the process and about myself.”

She released her first episode on Monday, Galah gallery, has started her own Seigrid said it took some time and a fair bit which was a welcome to the podcast, expodcast, which she launched on Monday as of research to find out exactly what she need- plained why she was doing it and spoke about part of Cobar Shire’s WOW week of events ed to do to make the self-funded project hap- the importance of celebrating others’ success pen. in business. celebrating local women. ▪ Contributed Seigrid aims to release a new episode each Monday.

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NSW RFS is on moderate alert

Cobar Shire residents are being warned to plan and prepare for a fire with the NSW Rural Fire Service (NSW RFS) issuing a ‘Moderate’ Fire Danger Rating for today.

NSW RFS Acting District Manager Brad Lennon said with the continued hot, dry weather and thunderstorms over the weekend, the RFS brigades have been kept very busy.

Cobar Headquarters, Geandale, Louth Road and Tindarey rural fire crews attended a fire that was caused by a lightning strike just before 1.30pm on Sunday at Cable Downs, 40km north west of Cobar.

The fire burnt out approximately 997ha before it was contained at 2am on Monday morning.

The Nymagee Rural Fire Brigade assisted with another fire at Piney south of Nymagee at around 7.30pm on Saturday which is also believed to have been caused by another lightning strike.

Approximately 600ha was burnt out before it was contained.

An area of approximately 700ha was burnt at Nullawarra, 30km south of Cobar, on Friday after a hot motor accidentally ignited dry grass at around 5.30pm.

Geandale and Cobar Headquarters crews assisted.

Brigade attends fire at mine site

Cheers to further improvements

Families were invited to join the residents at the Lilliane Brady Village for High Tea on Monday afternoon. (Pictured are Maureen Griffiths and son John with Pat Rice and her daughter Leanne Mackay.) Cobar Shire Council’s general manager Peter Vlatko also attended and he and his staff spoke about Council’s plans to return the Village to being the first class facility that it was before it was plagued by staffing shortages and COVID lockdowns over the past three years. Mr Vlatko assured residents and their families that Council was keen to make further enhancements to improve the lives of residents and also the staff working there.

NSW Fire and Rescue Station 256 Cobar crews were called to respond to a fire at the Peak Gold Mine site on Friday afternoon.

Acting Brigade Captain Alex Lennon said they responded to the building fire at 3.15pm.

“On arrival the crew found a structure attached to the cement batch plant well alight and was impacting vehicles parked in the area.”

He said the crew immediately went to work to protect the vehicles and extinguish the fire.

“With the very grateful assistance of Cobar’s Rural Fire Service crew, we had the job all wrapped up by 4.30pm.

“The cause of the fire at this stage is unknown.”

Mr Lennon said further investigations into the cause of the fire are being carried out by Peak Gold Mines.

Investigations continuing

Officers from the Central North Police District are currently investigating a number of incidents that have occurred recently in the Cobar area.

In addition to a number of rural thefts, police are also investigating two reports of broken windows at Cobar High School and the Khan’s IGA supermarket, and two burnt out vehicles found at two separate locations north of Cobar on the common.

Anyone with any information regarding any of these incidents is urged to contact Cobar Police or Crimestoppers.

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Council trials a new road product on Old Res Road Sealing of the access road to the Old Res The Otta seal product is to be applied from the road by approximately 2kms. north of Cobar commenced yesterday as the existing road seal which meets Old Bourke Cobar Shire Council’s director of engineerpart of Cobar Shire Council’s trial of a new Road to the intersection located close to the ing services, Charles Taveira said the Otta gravel sealing product. reserve and will increase the sealed section of method is an innovative approach to low-cost sealing and can lead to significant improvements in the condition of rural roads.

“It is an alternative approach to gravel resheeting or using a conventional chip seal.

“The approach includes placing gravel/ crushed rock on thick film soft bitumen which is then rolled,” Mr Taveira said.

“Initially the road presents as gravel until the bitumen works its way up through the aggregate and turns into a bituminous premix.”

He said Regional NSW and Victorian Councils such as Horsham and Narrandera have used the technique and reported increased savings from adapting the technology and allowing local roads to be sealed.

“Otta sealing reduces the lifecycle cost by half as the need for continuous re-sheeting is curtailed,” Mr Taveira said.

As part of the trial, the sealing of the road will be monitored for one year to determine its performance under Cobar’s weather and traffic conditions.

Council urges residents to take care when travelling on the new pavement as there will be loose aggregate on the road.

Work began yesterday on the sealing of the access road to the Old Res with Cobar Shire Council trialling a new low cost Otta seal product.

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Geoffrey Langford marks a 50 year milestone in his career Local resident Geoffrey Langford, who a very different profession to what he entered. to be in the room when the boss was interviewhas operated his own law practice in Cobar “It’s changed dramatically, I think when I ing someone and so you learned how to do since 1984, this week celebrated a 50 year was admitted there were about 8,000 solicitors those practical aspects.” milestone in his career, when he began his in NSW now I think it’s something like “I fondly remember my first day. I was 24. “apprenticeship” as an Articled Clerk.

38,000.

“I arrived early in my new suit and with my Geoffrey said 50 years later, law has become “It was a profession in which there were no new briefcase on my arm and I was welcomed corporates, they were all individual owners of by the boss’ secretary Mrs Locke. their businesses in partnerships.”

“She took me down to the Article Clerks He said back when he started working in the room and there I met Mr Alpa and Mr Woodprofession the bigger law firms only had a ward—they were all Misters in those days. maximum of 20 partners.

“They were Clerks at the firm, ex service “Then it went to 50 partners and in the last men, and older men.”

30 odd years, we got the very big firms, inter- He recalls all the Articled Clerks were sumnational firms, huge things. moned by Mr Woodward, the Senior Clerk, “So the sole practitioner, such as what I have and he went along with the other four “boys” been since 1984, is a thing of the past.” and they were all lined up.

He said the system of training to become a “Then he roared the living daylights out of solicitor has also changed and the Article Clerk us,” Geoffrey said. system he trained under 50 years ago has been “A mistake in a title search had been made abolished. the previous Friday by one of the clerks and he “A new training system called College of had picked it up.”

Law was introduced.

Mr Woodward kept on roaring before Mrs “We worked on the streets and did our stuff Locke leant in to mention that Geoffrey had on the floor,” he said. only started that morning.

Geoffrey began working as an Articled Clerk “Then he said, ‘Oh Mr Langford, welcome to on March 6, 1973 after completing his law the firm. Sorry we had to meet like this but I’m degree at Sydney University. sure if you’d been here on Friday you’d have “I did two degrees—I did Arts first (I was made the same mistake!’ still 17 when I left school and you had to be 18 “At that stage I should have taken the cue to do Law), so I did Arts first and then I did a shouldn’t I?” Geoffrey joked.

Law degree,” Geoffrey told The Cobar Week- He however stuck around, earnt his practicly. ing certificate and was admitted as a Solicitor “The first job I landed was with Conway, on June 5, 1974.

McCullum & Co and I was articled to Michael Late in 1974, he went to work with Flashman McKelvey.” & Co in Nyngan and then spent three years Geoffrey explained that as an apprentice, working with a firm in Tenterfield.

Local solicitor Geoffrey Langford still has essentially what he did was to follow a master “I thoroughly enjoyed that,” he said.

“Then I went to W Armstrong & Co in the Articled Clerks Training Book that he solicitor or lawyer from the firm.

“You learned about serving summons, and I Bourke and then at the end of 1983, I decided was given 50 years ago when he had my first visit to Long Bay with a solicitor I’d come back here.” commenced his first job at a law firm in to interview a prisoner.

He recalls Allan and Lilliane Brady encourSydney.

“We did title searches and slowly graduated aged him to come and open a practice in Cobar.

Geoffrey’s father was also ill and he decided to return home to his family in March 1984.

Geoffrey’s father died later that year and, as Public Notice well as working in his new practice, he also took over the running of the family property.

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“I do keep out of Family Law as it’s very difficult when you’re in a country town.”

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“And I don’t want to leave Cobar,” he said.

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Almost three decades of service

Tender awarded to Dubbo builder

Dubbo builder, David Payne Constructions (DPC), has been awarded the contract to build Cobar Shire Council’s new child care centre at Ward Oval.

DPC was awarded the tender at the February Ordinary Council Meeting for almost $14 million for the construction of an 88 place early learning centre, along with a new Multipurpose Hall that includes a stage, kitchen, canteen and bar.

The Dubbo builder is one of the largest builders in the central west and is no stranger to big projects having recently completed the Dubbo Rural Fire Service’s new $20 million administration building and training centre; as well as Taronga Western Plains Zoo’s $9 million café and $6.5 million African Lion Exhibit.

The builder also has a good track record with projects for Cobar Shire Council having carried out the renovation building work to The Great Cobar Museum in 2021.

29 years ago …

• Cobar Shire Council made the decision to Lee Davey has been a familiar face in the front office at Cobar High School for more than 29 years as the school’s administration support officer. Lee worked her last day at the school on Friday and among those who praised her for her long service to the school was Charles Dwyer, the NSW Government Department of Education Director of Educational Leadership with the Mitchell Network. Lee was also farewelled by the staff with a morning tea on Monday morning. ▪ Photo contributed

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• Cobar artist Vic Maloney was invited to forward some of his artwork to London to be viewed by His Royal Highness Prince Charles.

• Cobar was celebrating the 125th anniversary of the discovery of copper in Cobar.

• The Cobar Genealogy Group embarked on a project to restore the grave of Sidwell Kruge.

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Health worker keen to see more community connections Local Rachael Davis has been working program for Cobar residents.

“It’s talking to the students about helping with the Royal Flying Doctor Service “Next month we’re looking at doing Smart out a mate. For example, if there’s somebody (RFDS) for the past six months as an AOD Recovery training which is similar to AA near them that’s in a crisis, that maybe needs (Alcohol and Other Drugs) Clinician and [Alcoholics Anonymous] and is group based. an ambulance, then they need to get the amCommunity Engagement Worker.

“It’s connection groups where people are bulance and not worry about if they’ve been Rachael’s passionate about her role working able to talk about their addictions.” drinking or whatever. with locals to help with addiction and to im- Rachael said RFDS is also looking at taking “Their priority should be about saving their prove their overall wellbeing. the Save a Mate training to the high school. mate.”

She said one of the best ways of doing that is to connect with others in the community.

“Whether it’s going and speaking with a psychologist, or speaking with a mental health worker,” Rachael said.

“Or other services like CatholicCare if they might need help with financial difficulties, we can get them in contact with a financial councillor or help with housing.

“Sometimes they might have family members that might need assistance with Barnardos or with Interrelate.

“Someone in the family might be on NDIS, we can help get support through Flourish— any sort of service that can help them with their recovery.”

Rachael said often when there is a drug and alcohol problem, there is also a mental health problem.

“We usually work on both,” she said.

Rachael has a Diploma in Counselling, and has almost completed her Certificate IV in Mental Heath training.

She is currently working on a number of community engagement projects, including a ‘Walk this Way’ initiative.

RFDS has collaborated with Interrelate, the NSW Outback Division of General Practice and Cobar Shire Council to present ‘Walk this RFDS’s Rachael Davis (at front pushing the pram) is keen to see events like Walk this Way’, which gives the community the oppor- Way, held at the Cobar Youth & Community Centre, well attended so that community tunity to connect socially in a safe and sensi- members have the chance to connect socially in a safe and sensitive environment. tive environment on a fortnightly basis.

“The casual walk and talk offers opportunities to build a rapport between professionals working in the Mental Health, Drug & Alcohol field and the general wellbeing/support space, as well as other members of the community,” Rachael explained.

“It’s about engaging with others and having a bit of a conversation.

“While we are walking, some people will come up and have a yarn and might tell us they know somebody that needs help and asks where they can go to get it.

“Or we’ll try and engage with others by just checking in and asking how they are going.”

Rachael said it’s a very relaxed atmosphere, and there’s no pressure to talk if people don’t want to and they can walk at their own pace.

“We have information brochures on resources and referral pathways to health and wellbeing professionals and we finish with a chat over a cuppa which allows for further engagement.”

She said ‘Walk this Way’ ticks all the boxes—it gets people out and about and talking to others which can help with depression.

Exercise is also of benefit to both mental and physical health.

“The benefit of doing it in here at the Cobar Youth & Community Centre is that we’re under the air conditioner for summer, and in the winter, if it’s raining outside, we can still walk.

“It’s a flat safe surface, which is important for many of the elderly,” she said.

“We had 16 people the first week, which was great!”

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Rural health career scholarships

Aurelia gets green light to develop Federation mine

Cobar and other rural communities will of health professions including allied health, benefit from a program that attracts nursing and midwifery, medical and Aboriginal healthcare workers to rural and regional allied health. areas and supports those already providing “We want our health workforce to feel supexcellent healthcare in the bush to increase ported and provide them with the opportunity their skills. to upskill or retrain while staying connected to Continued from Page 1.

Aurelia’s Interim Chief Executive Officer, Minister for Regional Health Bronnie Taylor their community.” said healthcare workers wanting to further their Applications are now open for Nursing and Andrew Graham said the quick development careers in rural and regional NSW are encour- Midwifery, Allied Health and Medical scholar- approval could be attributed to the project’s aged to apply for assistance under the NSW ships. low environmental impact and the detailed Government’s $5 million Rural and Regional Mrs Taylor said this program is also targeting work completed by the Aurelia team.

Health Career Scholarships Program. new workers, with scholarships that can be “We are incredibly proud this development “This is a terrific program which offers nine used to cover the cost of travel and accommo- will provide 140 skilled jobs over the life of different scholarships that will support more dation, childcare, technology and training fees - the mine and continue our contribution to the than 1,100 health workers over the next four aimed at making it easier for students to choose regional economy, as well as supplying metyears,” Mrs Taylor said. to move away from the city. To apply, visit the als that are essential for renewable energy “These scholarships are flexible to the needs Health Education and Training Institute web- technologies.” Mr Graham said. of individuals and are available across a range site at www.heti.nsw.gov.au.

He said zinc is the fourth most consumed metal in the world (behind iron, aluminium and copper) given its primary use in galvanising iron and steel to prolong life.

“The outlook for zinc is exciting with demand for the metal increasing, including from its use in manufacturing green technologies, such as wind turbines and solar farms, where it is used as a coating to prevent corrosion,” Mr Graham said.

The Federation mine will have a small disturbance footprint given most mining activities will occur underground.

Ore mined from Federation will be treated through Aurelia’s two existing processing plants in the region from which the concentrate product will be trucked to Hermidale for railing and export.

Mr Graham said the approval to develop Federation comes at the perfect time for the central-west region.

“As our Hera Mine comes to the end of its economic life, we now have a tremendous opportunity to sustain hundreds of regional jobs with the development of the Federation Mine.

“And this is only the start for Federation.

“While the current development has an eight year mine life, the orebody is open in all directions and has significant potential to grow.

“Once we are underground, we will continue drilling to extend the deposit and mine life.

“It’s entirely possible that Federation will mimic other orebodies in the region, like the CSA Mine and our Peak Mine, which have each operated for more than 30 years,” Mr Graham said.

Aurelia already has a head start on mine construction with essential surface and civil works completed at the Federation site and the pre-approved exploration decline developed to 80m above the elevation of the uppermost ore production level.

Aurelia Metals is expected to announce a funding arrangement to finance the development of the Federation mine by the end of March and, soon after, mobilise the resources required to continue excavation of the decline to access the high-grade Federation orebody.

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Summer continues to linger longer It still feels like the height of summer in Cobar (as well as many other places around the state) with the Bureau of Meteorology recording temperatures close to 40 degrees over the past week in Cobar.

Sunday was our hottest day of the week when the mercury hit 38.9 degrees.

Monday was a warm one too with a top of 37.8 degrees.

A maximum of 30.8 was recorded last Wednesday before the mercury creeped up to 34 degrees on Thursday.

On Friday it reached a top of 36 and Saturday’s maximum daytime temperature was slightly warmer with 36.7 degrees.

Cobar received a shower of rain in the early hours of yesterday morning with 0.4mm recorded in the Bureau of Meteorology’s gauge.

This brings Cobar’s total rainfall total for 2023 to 107.8mm.

According to Elders Weather reports, this year’s rainfall to date is higher than the 2022 figures which show we had 82.6mm up to the same time last year however it’s below the long term average of 122.1mm.

The forecast for the week ahead is for continued warm days with a top of 29 predicted for today while tomorrow should be slightly cooler at 27 degrees.

Friday will be warm and sunny with some light winds and a top of 31 degrees.

The outlook for the weekend ahead remains warm with 33 forecast for Saturday while the thermometer is expected to creep up to 34 degrees on Sunday. (There’s a slight chance of some showers on both days.)

The mostly sunny weather looks set to continue into the start of the working week with 34 the forecast top for Monday and 34 is also predicted for Tuesday.

Girl Guides host movie night

The Fugar family, Layla, Mia and Monty (pictured with Cobar Girl Guides Sienna Jones and Cora McKervey) paying their gold coin entry fee for the Guides’ movie night at the Cobar Youth & Community Centre on Friday. The Guides set up a popcorn and snacks station and the kids watched ‘The Sea Beast’ with all proceeds from the night going towards upgrading the outdoor area at the Guide Hall.

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POSITIONS VACANT

LEADING HAND - MOBILE MAINTENANCE CSA Mine, Cobar, NSW Job Ref: CSA0587 CSA Mine is looking for an experienced Leading Hand to join the Mobile Maintenance team (B Crew). As a Leading Hand, you will contribute to a safe and efficient team environment, while delivering vital, high quality maintenance solutions. This role would suit a tradesperson wanting to take the next step in their career, with demonstrated leadership qualities and a dedication to working safely with continuous improvement.

In this role you will: • Plan and coordinate all weekly and daily mobile maintenance activities in a safe and efficient manner by prioritising resources, machinery and people • Perform services, repairs, and maintenance on a range of mobile equipment • Have the ability to demonstrate competencies of testing and adjusting of machine operating and monitoring systems utilising relevant literature and testing equipment • Ensure an effective handover with cross-shift/supervisors which includes end of shift facilitation of the meeting • Inspect housekeeping and enforce the regularity of housekeeping in all areas of underground mobile plant • Provide coverage for the Mobile Plant Supervisor when required About you: • Current Australian Driver’s Licence (minimum P2 or equivalent) • Mechanical Trade Certificate • Minimum of 5 years’ experience in the mining industry • Underground mechanical maintenance experience in mobile fleet • Advanced understanding of equipment and stores Conditions This is a residential position and is offered on 7/7 roster. Relocation costs and a housing subsidy will be provided to the successful candidate to assist in relocating to Cobar. CSA also provides Pool & Gym Reimbursements to our employees and their dependants.

Benefits You will be entitled to a comprehensive range of benefits aimed at attracting and retaining our most valuable asset, our people. We offer competitive remuneration and other financial benefits including medical and insurance discounts, recognition and reward programs, external education opportunities, further development and career pathways, plus use of CSA Rewards, our online rewards platform which provides access to discounts or cashback offers for 100s of retailers.

Apply now at glencore.com/careers For further information please contact: Sarah Petersen, Advisor - Human Resources on sarah.petersen2@glencore.com.au Applications Close: 7am, Friday April 7, 2023 Shortlisting will occur through the advertising period. Apply now.

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THANK YOU

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Cobar Shire Council mail@cobar.nsw.gov.au PO Box 223, COBAR, NSW, 2835 Peter Vlatko, General Manager

Public Notices OFFICE CLOSURE

OFFICE CLOSURE

The Council Administration Office and Service NSW will be closed daily from 8am to 10am until Friday March 10, 2023 due to the conversion of Council’s Electronic Record Program.

We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

Tuesday, March 14, 2023 Cobar Shire Council administration building, Service NSW agency, Cobar works depot, Euabalong works depot, Cobar Shire & TAFE Library, Great Cobar Museum, Cobar Youth & Community Centre, Kubby House Childcare Centre and COOSH will be closed on Tuesday, March 14, 2023 for a staff training day, reopening Wednesday, March 15.

For emergency assistance, please refer to the after-hours contact details listed on our website.

DEVELOPMENT APPROVALS Notice is given in accordance with Section 101 of the Environmental Planning & Assessment Act 1979 of the granting of the following Development Consents and/or Complying Development Certificates. All consent/certificates listed in the Schedule are available for public inspection, free of charge, at Cobar Shire Council’s Administration Building, 36 Linsley St, Cobar during ordinary office hours.

Certificate no.

Address

Description

2022/LD-00041

Lot 5 Mopone St, Cobar

Demolition Old Carport/ Shed & Install New

2022/LD-00043

Blakey St, Cobar

Subdivision Land

2020/LD-00052

Lot 7303 CSA Access Rd, Cobar

Installation of Tailings & Copper Thickener

2022/LD-00019 2017/LD-00028

Lot 7303 CSA Access Rd, Cobar Lot 4277 CSA Access Rd, Cobar

Shaft No. 1 M Surface Materials Handling System Refurbishment of Existing Food Business

2017/LD-00019 REV01

Lot 23 Marshall St, Cobar

2022/LD-00051

Lot 6 Green St, Cobar

Plunge Spa Pool

2022/LD-00047

Lot 1 Kidman Way, Mt Hope

Verandah Addition

2022/LD-00052

Lot 13 Longworth St, Cobar

2023/LD-00001

Lot 84 Belah Cr, Cobar

2023/LD-00002

Lot 3 Goold St, Cobar

2023/LD-00003

Lot 8 Railway Prde, Cobar

Demolition of Amenities Building

2022/LD-00050

Lot 4 Sixth St, Cobar

Detached Metal Storage Shed

2023/LD-00005

Lot 6 Monaghan St, Cobar

Detached Metal Shed

2022/LD-00046

CSA Access Rd, Cobar

Perimeter Embankment Stabilisation Earthworks to Tailings Dam

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Demolition of Existing Garage & Construction of Shed Construction of Shed & Patio Alterations/Additions to Existing Dwelling & Construction of Detached Metal Shed

Sport

Golfie greens were chockers

The Golfie greens were chockers on Sunday for social bowls with a whopping 26 entrants taking part.

New to both Cobar High School and the sport of bowls, Yvonne Ferguson was warmly welcomed into the fray and vows to become a regular bowler.

Hogging the mat for 90 percent of their game, the father and son team of David ‘Ooze’ Knight and Alan Knight were outright victors for the day by +21.

Adding insult to injury for their opposition, Shane Carter and Tony Polack, the mighty Knights scored high points on multiple ends!

The runners-up, Dean ‘Bogger’ McLeod and John Goonrey also had quite a few high scoring ends (two five shots and a six).

Their opposition, Bian Smith and Ian Prendergast, could not catch this runaway train and Team Bogger finished victorious with a +20 win.

Jason Howell was the stand-out bowler in his triples team with Doug Hudson and Karen Daly.

Thanks to Howell’s lead shots, his team was 19 points ahead by the 8th end and they finished with a +10 win over their opposition, Yvonne Ferguson, Paul Kershaw and Alec Fraser.

In the other games, Greg Read and Allan Gardoll had a +6 win over Kyle Roberts and Tom McKeown; Gerard Livingston and Greg Clark won +2 against Don Roberts and Helen Boddy; and Peter ‘Skeet’ Goonrey and Glenn ‘Kiwi’ Ratcliffe beat John ‘Shark’ Daly and Damon Pike by +1.

What a champion Kyle Roberts was to take out the George The Giraffe Award with an outstandingly wild wrong bias!

Two games of triples were played on Friday evening in the Twilight Bowls weekly event.

Kyle Roberts bowled like the “champion of bowls” that he is, leading his team mates Karen Daly and Jean Roberts (who played double lead) to a +13 win.

Don Roberts’ expertise guided his team mates Steve Manns and Greg Clark to a +9 victory over Alan Knight, Allan Gardoll and Kirby Roberts in their game.

Alan Knight took out the spider event and the jackpot was not won.—The Second

Cobar riders do well at Mudgee Cobar riders performed well at the Mudgee Show over the weekend with Kaila Manns and Zac Boland picking up prizes in their respective thoroughbred horse sports Show Jumping classes.

Manns and her horse Imaginations (Zeek) finished first in the 80cm Slipper Class and they backed it up with a second placing in the 90cm Group 3 Class.

With her other horse Suds, Manns also brought home two second places.

Boland, riding Display Case, finished in third place in the 110-115cm Group 1 class.

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Sport

Wynd claims the first win in golf Quiet start to new The 2023 Ladies’ Golf season started with Bannister, Jannine Wilkin and Ann Dunn. a win for Marlene Wynd in last Wednes- Even with heatwave conditions and the threat day’s Stableford game. of thunderstorms, eight players turned out on Wynd finished with 33 points with Sally Sunday for another Stableford round.

Bannister (31) the runner-up followed by Julie Once again a countback was needed to deterLivingston (30) and Fay Hardwick on 27. mine the winner with Julie Livingston getting Nearest the Pin (NTP) winners on the 3rd the nod over Fay Hardwick after both had 33 hole were Julie Livingston, Marlene Wynd and points.

Ann Dunn.

Karen Manns scored 29 points and Geraldine Tena Blignaut chose an early morning start Francisco came in with 27. on Saturday, beating the heat and all that fol- The NTP winners were Julie Livingston, lowed in the Par match.

Karen Manns and Ann Dunn (who cleaned up Posting -1, Tena won on a countback from with three pins for the week).

Karen Manns who had a brilliant shot on the Milder conditions are forecast for the coming par 3 8th hole, unfortunately that wasn’t the week which has a Par game scheduled for tonearest the pin hole for the day. day and a Stableford is to be played on SaturIn third spot was Fay Hardwick with -3 and day.

Julie Livingston had -4.

Sunday’s two lady Ambrose is to be played Closest to the flag on the 7th hole were Sally in a draw for partner format.—T'd Off

Men’s Golf season

The new Men’s Golf season kicked off on Saturday with only seven players turning up and just eight contested the game on Sunday.

It looks like Bill Fugar is in for a good year after he won both Saturday and Sunday (on top of his win and second place last week).

On the other hand, “Marvellous” Max Phillips had two low scores to start his season off.

Fugar won the Stableford on Saturday with 35 points, followed by Bian Smith on 32 and Zach Finn came in third with 31.

Nearest the Pin prizes went to Rob Cummins on the 3rd hole, Phillips on the 7th and Fugar on the 8th.

On Sunday a lot of golfers decided to play bowls instead of golf and, if the golf scores are any indication – perhaps everybody should have played bowls!

Par golf is probably the most unpopular format and the scores indicated this.

After a false start to the new season, the matched throughout the game and it was only Bill Fugar and Chris Powell both had the Fast5 netball competition got underway at the 12 points (Fast Fobs) to six (Watch & best score of the day, -3, with Fugar winning Ward Oval last Tuesday night.

Learn) difference in their Power Play quarters on a countback. Scott McKenzie came third Rain and thunderstorms caused the cancella- that determined the end result. with –5. tion of Round 1 on February 21 and so Round The Favourite Fivers (best players as deter- Consistent golfers the likes of Max Phillips 2 last week was played as a double header to mined by their opposition) were: Stevie and Scott Mayne, could only score -8! catch up.

Toomey (Watch & Learn), Ryan Urquhart Nearest the Pin prizes went to Powell on the The newly formed team, Mixed & Matched, (Mixed & Matched), Lauren Urquhart (Mixed 3rd hole, Phillips 7th and Fugar 8th. finished the night with two wins from their two & Matched), Jayden Harvey (KML), Riley The first Monthly Medal for the year, a games and look like they’ll be the team to beat Bellotti (Fast Fobs), Sosie Barton (KML), Stableford, will be played on Saturday and a this season.

Thomas Plater (Watch & Learn) and Jayden Four-Ball-Best-Ball game is set down for Mixed & Matched accounted for Watch & Paul (Fast Fobs).

Sunday.—Out of Bounds Learn, 29-20, in their first match and then beat KML, 39-24, in their second game last week.

The new side used the same tactics in both games, leaving their Power Play quarter until the final quarter, which helped to secure their wins.

In their first game with Watch & Learn, they had trailed 13-19 going into the final quarter, but they stormed home with their Power Play advantage (outpointing Watch & Learn 16 points to one), to finish with a comprehensive nine points win.

It was the same story in their second game with KML having the upper hand, 20-15, going into the final quarter.

Mixed and Matched’s shooter Lauren Urquhart was on fire scoring three four pointers to help them to their 39-24 victory.

In the other two games, KML finished as 35-29 winners over Fast Fobs (despite a poor performance in their Power Play quarter) and Fast Fobs narrowly beat Watch & Learn, 25-22.

Fast Fobs and Watch & Learn were evenly

New Fast5 netball comp now underway

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Sport

Little A’s Club celebrates another successful season The Cobar Little A’s Club concluded an- Gidigasu and Thomas Knight); Under 12— and Harry Cousins (R/up Malcolm Gillette); other successful season with their presenta- Taylah Wyllie and Alex Cowan; Under 14— and Under 17—Sarah Morley and Nicholas tions held at the Cobar Bowling & Golf Elijah Hodges; Under 15—Pearl Blackburn Hodges (R/up Ashely Cousins).

Club on Sunday.

Medals were handed out to new record holders who broke former club records this season: Lauren O’Sullivan (70m, 100m, 200m and 400m); Nicholas Hodges (Discus); Eligh Ritter (High Jump and 200m); and Hudson Simon (Shot Put).

Alfie Toomey and Lauren O’Sullivan were the overall Point Score champions.

This seasons point score winners were: Under 6—Pearl Toomey and Ollie Tranter (runners-up Charlotte Cowan and Roman Vaka); Under 7—Cadence Colling and Liam Peatey (runners-up Delilah McBride and Lenny Hill); Under 8—Dayna Armstrong and Leo Neale (runner–up Aisea Fakahua); Under 9— Ella Armstrong and Nixon Small (runners-up Ariella Nardi and Joshua Gillette); Under 10— Lauren O’Sullivan and Alfie Toomey (runnersup Kasalia Fakahua and Eligh Ritter); Under 11—Clair Cousins and Thomas Knight (runner -up Mark McBride); Under 12—Taylah Wyllie and Alex Cowan (runners-up Vienna Taufao and George McDonald); Under 14—Elijah Hodges; Under 15—Pearl Blackburn and Harry Cousins (runner-up Malcolm Gillette); and Under 17—Ashley Cousins and Nicholas Hodges (runner-up Sarah Morley).

The Club champions were: Under 6 girls— Pearl Toomey and boys Ollie Tranter (R/up Nestor Linn); Under 7—Rosie George and The club’s record breakers of the 2022 season Nick Hodges (who set a new record in the Zane Corfe (R/up Delilah McBride and Liam Under 17 boys discus); Lauren O’Sullivan (who broke the Under 10 girls 70m, 100m, Peatey); Under 8—Dayna Armstrong and Jack 200m and 400m sprint records) and Hudson Simon (who set a new Under 6 boys shot put Presig (R/up Ashton Hyland); Under 9—Indie record. Absent from the photo was Eligh Ritter who set new records in his Under 10 boys Burke and Joshua McMillan (R/up Ella Arm- high jump and 200m sprint events this season. ▪ Photo contributed strong and Joshua Gillette); Under 10— Lauren O’Sullivan and Alfie Toomey (R/up Lydia Mangung and Eligh Ritter); Under 11— Clair Cousins and Tommy George (R/up Kayla

New committee

The Cobar Auto Club held their annual general meeting on Saturday with Greg Prisk elected to the president’s role.

The vice presidents are Beau Snudden and Bonnie Fullagar with the secretary’s role to be filled by Jay Prisk.

Jo-Louise Brown was returned as treasurer/ Public Officer and Jayde George is the publicity officer.

Four other members were elected to the general committee.

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Sport

Sevens star

Local footballer, Ben Griffiths and his Southern Kings team were the winners of the men’s cup at Rugby Australia’s Ella 7’s competition on the Central Coast last weekend. The Ella 7s are the flagship Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Rugby Union 7s tournament and the main feeder for the Australian Sevens program. Ben’s Rugby 7’s playing potential was first spotted at age 15 during a First Nations Rugby 7s tour to Cobar in March 2019. Later that year Ben was selected to play with the National Indigenous Youth team at the World All Schools Rugby Tournament in New Zealand. ▪ Photo contributed

Three matches were all one-sided Three out of the four Round 5 games in 21-7 over Haymans Snowflakes last week. the Mixed Open Touch competition last Haymans Snowflakes matched them for the Thursday night were one-sided matches. first half with just two points the difference at DJW Dingoes were too good for Rusty Snails half time, 8-6, before the Barracudas ran away winning 21-5; DC & C Barracudas were back in the second half to add another 13 points to at their best to beat Haymans Snowflakes 21-7; their tally. and J&K Butchers had it mostly all their way in Ryan Urquhart crossed four times, Seb Best their 15-5 victory over the Gold Bars. scored three tries, Brianna Watson, Peta Woods The other game of the round between Red and Ashton Deitrich scored doubles and BrenHot Chilli Steppers and Phat Athletes was also nah Aumua, Tim Hillam and Marty Turton heading in the same one-sided direction with added the extras.

Red Hot Chilli Steppers up 9-3 at half time.

Urquhart, Sosie Barton (Haymans SnowA better second half performance by Phat flakes) and Aumua earned the referee’s B&F Athletes to add another five points and limit the points.

Chilli Steppers to just two second half tries, The young J&K Butchers side showed plenty reigned in the final margin to just three points of pace in their 15-5 win over Gold Bars. with the Chilli Steppers winning 11-8.

Sarah Morley, Tommy Rogers and Molly For the Chilli Steppers, Neve Carter and Jo- Broughton scored doubles with Molly Carter, seph O’Connor each crossed twice with Jack Toby Greenwood, Oisin McMullen and Fraser Brown, Olivia Deighton, Thomas Plater and Talu their other scorers.

Ben Griffiths their other try scorers.

In reply, Gold Bars’ try scorers were Will Kai Greenwood (3), Zoë Egan (2) and Todd Munro (2), Kristina Mackenzie and Troy Fugar scored for Phat Athletes.

Knight.

Greenwood, Fugar and Deighton shared in Munro, Knight and Morely shared the game’s the referee’s Best & Fairest points.

B&F points.

DJW Dingoes used their female players to advantage in their big 21-5 win over Rusty Snails.

With female tries worth double points, the Jason Toomey almost had a clean sweep of Dingoes’ ladies scored eight tries (worth 16 the pool when he won three out of four points) to help them to their big win. events in the Yabbies weekly swim last week.

Jayde George and Bridgette Negfeldt both Toomey had to share the win in the 30 metres crossed three times and Maddie Bruce scored a handicapped event with Bill Fugar but then double. went on to be the outright winner of the Senior Lochlan Ford also scored a double for DJW Men’s Swimming Club 50m and 100m events Dingoes and Damon Bruce, Axel Fairfull and last Tuesday night.

Zane Taylor were their other try scorers.

Toomey and Fugar both clocked 0.10 secAfter being down 12-0, Rusty Snails had a onds off their nominated time to tie in the 30 much better second half with Jacob King cross- metres event with Todd Fugar just behind in ing for two tries, while Ben Dormer, Ben third place on 0.13.

McBride and Nathan Prince touched down for Toomey was hard to beat in the 50m swim a try each. when he finished within 0.04 seconds of his The game’s B&F points were shared between nominated time.

Fairfull, George and King.

Bob Clark was next best with 0.06 for second After a poor performance in Round 4, DC & spot and Todd Fugar once again was third with C Barracudas bounced back to their best to win 0.22 seconds off his nominated time.

Toomey finished the night with a trifecta when he narrowly finished with the best time in the 100 metres swim, 0.20 seconds off his nominated time.

Todd Fugar improved his placing to second in this event and was just behind Toomey on 0.22. Peter Christen finished third with 0.32 seconds off his time.

Kevin ‘Rusty’ Mitchell and John Carswell teamed up to win the Brace Relay novelty event, when they walked across the pool within 0.06 seconds of their nominated time.

Scott Toomey and Bob Clark were second (0.25) and Fr Paul Finucane and Bill Fugar finished third on 0.29.

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High scoring games in junior touch comp

All four games played in the Junior Touch competition last Thursday at Ward Oval were high scoring matches.

A total of 40 points was recorded in the two 13-16 years games while a whopping 45 points was accumulated in the two 9-12 years age division matches last week.

Mad Dogs won their Round 5 game 13-9 over Gladiators in the seniors division.

It was a close second half, with just one point the difference, however Mad Dogs had done plenty of hard work in the first half to see them through to the four point win.

Oisin McMullen led the scoring for Mad Dogs with a tally of seven tries for the match, with Alora Deppeler and Ashton Deitrich touching down for two tries each.

In reply, Jaxon Burke (3), Maddie Bruce, Billy George, Kai McCosker and Rhylee Patterson scored Gladiators’ tries.

Alora, Maddie and Kai shared in the game’s Best & Fairest points.

The other seniors match between Raiders and Yellow Bellies was anyone’s for the taking at half time when the scores were locked at 4-all.

A big second half performance by the Raiders, who added another 10 points to their tally and kept Yellow Bellies scoreless, ensured the Raiders finished with a 14-4 win.

Damon Bruce touched down three times, Sosie Barton, Rhylee Jeffery and Axel Fairfull scored doubles, with Hayden Seng and Harry Cousins adding a point each to the Raiders’ final tally.

Yellow Bellies’ points came from two tries to Aiden Hyland and one each to Parker Cryer and Tim Eves.

Axel, Damon and Elizabeth Curtis (Yellow Bellies) earned the referee’s B&F points.

SpongeBobs got the better of Redbacks to win their 9-12 years juniors match last week, 11-5.

Charlie Nicholson led the scoring for his SpongeBobs team running in two first half tries and then three more in the second half.

Ella Oborn scored twice and Riley Bruce and Billy Watt also added to their tally with a try each.

Redbacks’ points came from Clair Cousins, Harlym Curtis, Riley Hunter and Dusty McDonald.

Indie Burke (SpongeBobs), Charlie and Riley Hunter earned the match’s B&F points.

The girls dominated the score board in the Powerade and Oranges game, which ended in a 22-7 win for Powerade.

Nine tries in the match were scored by female players, and with female tries worth double points, their tries well and truly helped to boost their scores.

Powerade’s Rhylee Jeffery touched down for three tries and team mates Zara Patterson and Jessica Rogers scored doubles.

Skyla Fairfull and Harpa Martin scored a try each for Oranges.

Powerade’s other try scorers were: George McDonald (5), Thomas Presig (2) and Taj Goonrey while Keelan Atuau (2) and Mason King scored for their Oranges team.

George, Jessica and Harpa shared in the game’s B&F points.

Locals attend Sydney footy camp

Cobar’s Far West Academy of Sport (FWAS) rugby league squad players Nick Hodges, Joe Webster, Axel Fairfull, Jamal Eves, Jaxon Burke, Sophie Clark and Sarah Morley attended a training camp in Sydney over the weekend. The training was in preparation for FWAS games in Newcastle later this month. ▪ Photo contributed

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Urquhart named Cobar cricket’s Player of the Year Ryan Urquhart was named the Cobar & presentations on Saturday night at the Em- the Paula Potter perpetual trophy.

District Cricket Association’s Player of the pire Hotel.

He also earned the Under 24 Player of the Year at the club’s 2022/2023 end of season As Player of the Year, Urquhart collected Year title and was the leading wicket taker of the season.

Jay Egan was the best with the bat this season finishing with the Most Runs.

Egan was also one of the leading wicket takers which helped to earn him the Best All Rounder trophy.

Tilpa Bushies collected the Twenty20 champions’ trophy with Nabeel Rashid named the Player of the Grand Final.

The Twenty20 Player of the Year was Jacob King.

The Golf Club team hoisted the 40 Overs trophy after their victory over Empire earlier that day and claimed the Bert Oldfield Cup. Golf Club’s Jason Hampel, who claimed four wickets in the grand final match, was named the 40 Overs Player of the Grand Final.

Hampel was also named the Representative Player of the Year.

Charlie Nicholson was named the Under 18 Player of the Year and Mason King earned the Glenn Spinks Player with the Most Potential trophy.

Lakshmi Maddipati earned the unfortunate title of having the Most Ducks this season.

Alec Fraser was named the Club Person of the Year and the Gentlemen of Cricket trophy this season went to Mark ‘George’ Fraser.

Graham Harbison presenting Ryan Urquhart with Cobar & District Cricket Association’s 2022/2023 Under 24 Player of the Year trophy at the club’s presentations on Saturday night at the Empire Hotel. Urquhart also collected the Paula Potter Cup as the Player of the Year and took the Most Wickets this season. ▪ Photo contributed

Empire cracked under pressure

Empire Billy Goats were soundly beaten

by Golf Club in the 40 Overs Cricket grand final game on Saturday at Ward Oval.

Empire, the defending champions, won the toss and elected to bat first, hoping to set a challenging total for Golf Club to chase.

However, their batting performance was well below par as the wickets fell in quick succession and they were bowled out for a meagre 25 runs in just 17.2 overs.

Man of the Match, Jason Hampel, was the pick of the bowlers for Golf Club as he took a hat-trick and finished with impressive figures of four wickets for just three runs in his six overs.

Peter Robinson also bowled well for Golf Club, picking up three wickets for just three runs in his three overs.

In response, Golf Club managed to chase down the measly target of 26 runs in 7.4 overs with eight wickets in hand.

Alec Fraser was the top scorer for Golf Club with six runs while Scott Toomey and Jake Harbison also contributed with four runs and five runs not out, respectively.

Tristan Everett was the pick of the bowlers for Empire as he picked up two wickets for just five runs in his four overs.—contributed Editor’s note: There has been some speculation that Empire’s score of 25 may be the lowest score in a grand final in Cobar Cricket history. Local cricket historian, John Collins, advises that back in the 1968/69 season (when grand finals were played over two days) Kerrigundi bowled Cobar out for just 24 runs in the first innings. That season Cobar had been the dominant team in Cobar cricket as they had many of the Potter family playing with them. Cobar had won the two previous premierships and were the favourites. They were bowled out the following week for 83.

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▪ Urquhart is Cricketer of the Year

▪ Little A’s end a successful season

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Golf Club punishes Empire in grand final

The punters didn’t rate the Golf Club senior cricket team (pictured above) beating the Empire Billy Goats in the Cobar & District Cricket Association 40 Overs competition grand final on Saturday. The punters however got it completely wrong as Golf Club had a superb first innings bowling Empire out for a measly total of 25 (the second lowest score in a Cobar cricket grand final). Golf Club then easily chased down the target in 7.4 overs to win the match. Golf Club’s opening bowler, Jason Hampel, was named the Player of the Grand Final after taking a hat trick and finishing with impressive figures of four wickets for just three runs in his six overs. See full match report on Page 26.

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