Celebrating NAIDOC

Police arrest

Three Teen Girls

Cobar Police have arrested and charged three local teenage girls who broke into and caused damage at Cobar High School last week.

Following their investigation into a report of a break and enter at the school sometime on July 29 or 30, police this week arrested two 13 year old girls and a 14 year old girl.

All three were charged with ‘Aggravated break and enter in company and cause property damage’.

They were granted conditional bail to appear at Cobar Children’s Court later this month.

No rego plates

A vehicle being driven with no registration plates in Linsley Street on Friday morning came to the attention of a local Highway Patrol officer.

Police stopped the vehicle at 9.30am and following a search of the vehicle and the 25 year old male driver, a small amount of cannabis, a steel hatchet and a wallet believed to be stolen property were located.

Cobar Public School held their NAIDOC celebrations last Wednesday at the school. Students enjoyed participating in a range of different activities which helped them to learn about Aboriginal culture. Pictured is teacher Liz Whiteman with students Bailey Robinson, Kiarah Vaka, Ellie Traynor and Liza Olsen taking part in a Story Time activity using Aboriginal symbols on stamps. The students listened to a story and then created their own story with the stamps. ▪ Photo contributed

The 25 year old man (of no fixed address) was arrested and charged with possessing a prohibited drug, an offensive implement, having goods in custody, and a number of traffic offences.

He was refused bail and appeared at Dubbo Local Court on Saturday where he was again refused bail.

The man was then ordered to appear at Bourke Local Court on Monday.

Award for Aurelia

Aurelia Metals was announced among the winners of the NSW Minerals Council Health, Safety, Environment and Community Awards in the Hunter on Monday.

The awards recognise the most outstanding innovations and contributions to the mining industry across a range of categories.

The Environmental Excellence Award was presented to Aurelia for the company’s landmark Recordable Environmental Incident Frequency Rate (REIFR) measure.

Aurelia’s Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Bryan Quinn said Aurelia takes the protection and management of the environment very seriously.

“REIFR is calculated by tracking environmental incidents level three and above (as outlined in our ‘Incident and Hazard Management Procedure’) per million hours worked.

“This mirrors our Total Recordable Incident Frequency Rate (TRIFR) reporting.

“Incorporating REIFR into our reporting framework coincided with the overarching cultural shift that came with the inception and roll out of our Safe Metals strategy.

“And given we view safety and environmental performance as intrinsically linked, it comes as no surprise we’ve seen year-on-year improvements in our environmental performance. Our REIFR reporting framework is a unique solution to an absence in policy for mining companies to report their environmental performance. There are advantages of the framework for other mining companies. These advantages transcend transparency obligations and point to improved safety and environmental performance and strengthening employee accountability,” Mr Quinn said.