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Little interest in Council plans Cobar Shire Council is hoping for a better turn-out of businesses and residents from the industrial area at a second community consultation session tonight.

Council’s general manager Peter Vlatko was disappointed with the low attendance of just five members of the public for their Industrial Estate Roads and Stormwater Upgrade Project public session yesterday morning.

“We want to work with the landholders and businesses on this project because at some time it is going to interfere with their business operation.

“This is an important investment for Council and we hope businesses in the area will take an interest in this project,” he said.

Mr Vlatko said Council wanted businesses and residents in the area to fully understand the scope of the upgrade work they are planning for the roads, kerb and guttering and stormwater management.

Council is spending $5.4 million on the upgrade work which is being funded by grants with no ratepayer contribution required.

Preliminary plans of the works were made available at yesterday’s consultation meeting.

Council’s roads engineer Urmi Thakur led the information session with Council’s works manager Kane Kreeck also attending.

They fielded a number of questions posed by the attendees including a contingency plan for future sewer work, upgrading the catchment area of ‘The Salty’ for stormwater runoff, driveway height specifications and provision of power.

The second information session will be held tonight at 6pm at the Council Chambers.

Savana and Kadeisha McGregor voting in the by-election on Saturday.

By-election count continues

Counting continues this week to find a result in Cobar’s Local Government byelection.

NSW Electoral Commission’s (NSWEC) returning officer Vanessa Reschke said they should have a pretty good idea by the end of the week which one of the two candidates will be elected to Cobar Shire Council.

As of Monday afternoon close to 1,300 postal votes had been received, 387 people had voted via pre poll and 238 registered voters voted on Saturday in Cobar and Euabalong.

“We will be advised by NSWEC head office when we can begin scrutiny on these Postal

Votes this week,” Mrs Reschke said.

“This cannot occur until the authorised rolls used for elector mark offs have been returned to Sydney. [They were sent on Monday.]

She said a check will be made to ensure the elector has not already voted anywhere else against the returned information from the rolls.

“The number of enrolled electors is around 2,883 so we could expect quite a few more to be still coming via post.”

According to the NSWEC website first preferences count tally updated on Monday, Michael Prince had received 71.12 per cent of votes and Jesse Cochrane Adolfson 26.11.

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Support is available for people impacted by suicide Anyone who has been impacted or bereaved by suicide, regardless of their relationship to the deceased or the amount of time that has passed since the suicide occurred, can access support locally.

The StandBy Support After Suicide service for residents of Western NSW is coordinated

by Mandi Smart, who is based in Dubbo, but will travel to Cobar as necessary (and at short notice).

The federally funded suicide support service has been running for over 20 years with the Western NSW branch established in July 2021.

Ms Smart, who has a Bachelor in Social Welfare and a Masters in Child and Adolescent Welfare, and has also previously worked in the area of mental health, said they started taking referrals last August.

She was in Cobar on Friday and called in to The Cobar Weekly office to talk about the practical and clinical support services she and her colleagues (and also their broad range of contacts), can provide.

“We act as a central point of coordination for a person’s support needs,” Ms Smart explained.

“It’s about letting the person or the family tell us what their needs are then we go out and do the leg work to find the services that meet their needs.

“We can refer them to those services and, because we stay in touch with those people for 24 months, it gives us the opportunity to make sure they stay engaged with those services as they need them.”

She said they can provide support to indiStandBy Support After Suicide staff viduals, families, groups of all sizes, schools, members Tracie Cavanagh and Mandi workplaces, sports teams, and whole of communities.

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“Research shows us that people who have multiple exposures to suicides are in the higher risk groups of people who actually suicide themselves so it’s really crucial that we remember those people when we are providing support. It’s also important that they have that opportunity to debrief with us if that’s what they are looking for. The debrief can also be anonymous if they want.”

Ms Smart said the service is available at a time and place that suits their client, and that support can be provided face-to-face, over the phone or through Telehealth.

“We provide emotional comfort, psychological first aid, and promote adaptive coping.”

Ms Smart said they have access to a long list of various services they can refer their clients to.

“Some of those services could be anything to do with housing, accommodation, psychology, referrals to mental health providers or doctors, and we can also help with education, training and specialists,” she said.

Ms Smart said even if someone is going through a trauma or crisis that is not directly related to a suicide, they can still link them to a service that can provide the support they need.

She said while they are not a suicide prevention service, they are all “assist trained” and can provide suicide intervention help.

“And if it’s someone who’s concerned for a friend, we can provide pathways to help prevent that hopefully,” she said.

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Labor Senator makes a visit to introduce Federal candidate Labor Senator Deborah O’Neill paid a visit to Cobar last week to introduce Labor’s candidate for the Parkes electorate in the upcoming Federal election.

Senator O’Neill said she believes a change is in the air out west and feels Labor’s candidate, Jack Ayoub from Coonabarabran, is the new man for the job.

She said Labor has a plan to usurp current Parkes MP, Mark Coulton (Nationals Party) as Senator O’Neill feels Mr Coulton had failed in his time in office “to put the electorate on the map politically”.

“It’s a quiet backwater. That’s a waste of a position in parliament, we need someone with energy and vision,” she said.

The Nationals have held the Parkes seat since 1984 when the division was proclaimed at a redistribution.

Mr Coulton has held the seat since 2007.

Senator O’Neill said following Labor’s recent historic by-election win of Bega (which had been held by the Liberals since 1988), she’s also confident in Labor’s chances in Parkes.

“I think the timing is really good for Jack, and for Labor out here to recover this seat, and send a passionate advocate who is actually going to work, like a dog I suppose.”

“And if I get onto that bone, you’ll be annoyed with me,” Jack quipped.

In addition to talking to The Weekly, the Senator and Jack also spent some time meeting and listening to locals at the Empire Hotel.

“By far the biggest thing we were talking about was water and power,” Jack said.

“Cobar has enormous capacity, but it needs those lifelines of water and power, and I think from that, if you look at the broader area, look at Wilcannia and Bourke and other places, I see Cobar becoming a hub for those communities.”

The pair also spoke of their concerns regarding a lack of healthcare in regional areas.

“I was on the senate of inquiries into GP’s and there has been some quite remarkable evidence around the country,” Senator O’Neill said.

“This is not a problem just in NSW, this is a systemic problem created by the government, but the reality is of the current graduating doctors only 15 percent are considering becoming a GP.” Jack credits his ‘Labor roots’ to his working class upbringing, and in particular the influences of his father.

“He was a Keating man, he loved Paul Keating and it just got distilled within me being around people who were on worksites all the time.

“This sense of fairness, this sense of who we are broadly as Australians, at our best, when we back each other up.”

Jack said he felt Labor’s ethos aligned with his personal values.

“The Labor party has a clear history and philosophy of backing people and picking them up when they are down so that’s fundamentally why I joined the Labor party.

“Labor gets in and does stuff, the Liberal/ Nationals manage things, they just sit at the steering wheel,” he said.

“For a young man, his life experience has fortified him, he’s been through a lot and I think he’s much more mature than his years, his life experience is within this community and of this community.

“He understands it deeply,” Senator O’Neill said.—Article compiled by Macleay College journalist student Holly McGuinness

Labor Senator Deborah O’Neill visited Cobar last week with Labor’s candidate for the Federal Seat of Parkes, Jack Ayoub. While Jack didn’t get the support of the voters when he last ran for the position in 2019, Senator O’Neill believes change is in the air for the west and Jack is now the man for the job.

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Local arts students get behind-the-scenes tour of Hamilton Three Cobar High School students had an and also get a behind the scenes look at how (Year 11) and Tiana Jones (Year 10) joined a amazing opportunity last week to go and see the show is made. group of 150 creative and performing arts stuthe Australian stage production of Hamilton Jordan Warren (Year 12), Ebony Aumua dents from across regional NSW (some of which were the hardest hit during the COVID lockdown) to enjoy the ‘Hamilton experience’.

It was part of an arts education program to inspire students who have experienced significant hardship over the past two years.

The students in Years 10 to 12 from more than 55 schools had the chance to be in the room where it happens with an exclusive Q&A with the cast following the performance.

Cobar High School’s music teacher Laura Andrew said the students were able to engage in dance, visual arts, drama, slam poetry and cultural wellbeing opportunities “as a celebration and encouragement for the next generation of storytellers and art makers from across NSW”.

Minister for Education Sarah Mitchell said students over the past two years who have been affected by bushfire, drought, flood, mice plagues and COVID-19 were incredibly deserving of this experience.

“I’m so excited that some of our most resilient students, who have been hit hard by natural disasters and the pandemic, have been able to take some time to witness a modern masterpiece,” Ms Mitchell said.

“The visit is part of a three day program allowing them to participate in acting, art and poetry workshops at the National Maritime Museum and regional students will also have the opportunity to visit the Art Gallery of NSW Cobar High School’s creative and performing students Ebony Aumua, Jordan Warren to view the ARTEXPRESS exhibition.”

and Tiana Jones had the opportunity to join a group of 150 like-minded students from across regional NSW to take part in a three day arts education program which included a behind-the-scenes visit to the Australian stage production of Hamilton. ▪ Contributed

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Art and culture grants now open

Organisations and community groups who are after some funding to get their local art and culture projects off the ground are invited to apply for funding from the Country Arts Support Program (CASP).

CASP is an annual small grants program administered by Outback Arts to support a creative and vibrant regional NSW arts scene.

Up to $3,000 is up for grabs for each application for projects occurring between May and December this year.

Eligible activities include workshops, exhibitions, performances, artist-in-residence programs, and public art and design projects.

CASP funding for the Outback Arts region last year totalled over $17,000, and included music festivals, performance development and presentation, creative skill workshops in painting, how to work with resin, public artwork and local history being captured in artistic displays.

In 2022 this long-running funding program will be administered by Outback Arts in partnership with Create NSW. Outback Arts Executive Director Jamie-Lea Trindall said CASP is all about giving regional people access to a diverse range of cultural programs each year and bringing opportunities which may otherwise not be available.

“CASP is a significant investment directly into our region.

“Each year we see exciting and inspiring community events funded by CASP,” Ms Trindall said.

“This year we are looking for a renewed focus on community connection through creative and cultural experiences in the recovery of the last two years.”

More information can be found at: www.outbackarts.com.au

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Cobar CWA revives a tasty tradition in cookery competition The Cobar branch of the Country Women’s Association (CWA) is reviving a longheld CWA tradition and bringing back their cookery competition.

The Land Cookery Competition is sponsored by The Land newspaper and is open to any resident in NSW or the ACT—entrants don’t have to be a CWA member to compete.

Each branch conducts its own contest with the first and second prize winners eligible to go on to Group then State level.

Cobar branch president Colleen Boucher said she was keen to revive the competition in Cobar and see Cobar’s best cooks go on to compete further.

She said while the competition rules and conditions of entry at branch level are a bit “relaxed” the judges however are very particular especially at State level.

The winners of this year’s Open Section categories were: Lemon Slice—Kerry Wilson; Chocolate Slice—Colleen Boucher; 12 Jelly Cakes—1st Colleen Boucher and 2nd Kerry Wilson; Iced Chocolate Cake—1st Rebecca Howard and 2nd Kerry Wilson; 12 Plain Scones—Kerry Wilson; 12 Savoury Scones—Kerry Wilson; and 12 Sweet Scones—Colleen Boucher.

In the Junior Section, the Plate of Iced PatLocal chef Haylee Prince (at centre) joined Cobar CWA member Anita Neate to judge the ty Cakes winner was Ellie Traynor. entries at this year’s CWA Cobar and The Land Cookery Competition. The pair are Mrs Boucher said they were pleased with pictured above with Cobar CWA president Colleen Boucher (at right) and some of the the number of entries for this year’s competition. competition’s entries at the CWA Rooms on Sunday.

They were also pleased with the good turnout of visitors on Sunday who supported the event and purchased all of the items.

No rain in town

A few light sprinkles of rain in town over the past week were not enough to register in the Bureau of Meteorology’s rain gauge.

Landholders around the shire however fared better with the Sinclairs at Berangabah in the south reporting 34mm on Monday afternoon.

Cobar’s total rainfall for February was 54.8mm (with 41.4mm of that total recorded last week).

There’s a chance of some more rain today and a top temperature of 30 degrees is expected.

Tomorrow should be mostly sunny and 32 with a top of 34 forecast for Friday.

The outlook for the weekend is continuing to be warm with a top of 32 expected on Saturday and 30 is predicted for Sunday.

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Wonder what book everyone is reading at Cobar High?

Cobar High School is taking a brand new whole-of-school approach to teaching literacy with a goal to have all students and staff reading the same book.

Front-lining the literacy pilot program is CHS’s head teacher of school improvement, Amie Hill who explained how the program works and how it came about.

“Predominantly it’s about reading and enhancing students’ reading results across the school, on all levels,” Amie said.

She said part of their goal is to create a collective understanding on a diverse text.

Working with the NSW Department of Education’s literacy advisor for the region, Amie said prior to this year they had been concentrating on reading comprehension strategies— explicitly teaching reading comprehension strategies to students in stage four (Year 7 and 8).

“Now more recent data shows we need to go a little bit further back than that and start with vocabulary.

“This year’s whole school literacy focus is vocabulary,” she said.

“At this stage it’s all staff and just stage four students (Year 7 and Year 8) reading it but the ultimate goal is to have the whole school reading the same book.

“We want to see the principal reading the same novel that students are reading. We want all the staff to be able to talk to the students about it, and not just their literacy teachers.”

Each day the students have a literacy lesson on their specific book.

“We’ve got the higher ability readers in one class and the lower level abilities in another, and that’s allowed us to use our more experienced teachers to work with the students who need the extra help.

“They’ve only got 10-14 in their classes where the others are up to 20.

“In conjunction with ‘the one text focus’ is an accelerated reader program that everyone else is doing, so in period three they all read for 20 minutes a book of their choice, but it’s at their level.”

The school’s current focus book is Wonder, a novel by RJ Palacio which follows the journey of a young boy Auggie, who was born with a facial difference as he struggles with blending

into mainstream schooling.

“The main character isn’t in high school but it is that school theme—the bullying, harassment, turning the eye—and that overall story is all teachable,” Amie said.

“It shows too within life lessons what you can do if you witness that as well.

“The ultimate goal is to improve our reading culture so any support from families to engage in reading is great.

“Potentially parents reading the text themselves will help them to further engage with the students but again improving the culture of reading is the ultimate goal.

“It’s something parents can do, they can be that role model who reads for enjoyment.”

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While there has been a popular movie adaptation made of the book, Amie encourages anyone who enjoyed the movie to also read the book.

She said there’s a number of key differences between the two.

“The book is well worth the read, especially in support of our high school students in their studies.”

Amie said the school has a plan for this to be a long term program that will see students be gifted a new book every year and so when they go on and graduate from Cobar High School, they’ll be leaving school with their own “little library”.—Article compiled by Macleay College journalist student Holly McGuinness

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Women the focus of small business

With a large number of small businesses in Cobar run by females, the Cobar Business Association has decided to make the focus of this year’s NSW Small Business Month activity on women in business.

NSW Small Business Month is a program that brings together all levels of government and industry leaders to support the small business community.

It provides events and activities that upskill and connect small business owners.

Small business is one of the main drivers of the state’s economy through business growth, innovation and employment.

Cobar Business Association president Sharon Harland said Cobar’s ‘Women in Business’ networking dinner later this month would be of interest to a lot of local women.

“We’ve got three guest speakers planned for the night who will talk about their experiences and offer their advice.

“Many women would be glad to get some tips that might help make running or working in a small business a bit easier, or to get some advice on how to also juggle having a family, run a home, take on additional study to advance their career, or just how to find some time to play sport or create art, the list is endless,” Mrs Harland said.

“We really hope local women will to find time to attend this event.”

Govt is shouting a second round By popular demand, an additional 5,000 fee-free Responsible Service of Alcohol (RSA) courses are now up for grabs to help people get jobs in the hospitality industry.

Minister for Skills and Training Alister Henskens said thousands of people had taken up the opportunity to gain the free qualification courtesy of NSW Government funding, since it rolled out two weeks ago.

“These RSA courses have been more popular than happy hour at your local pub or club, and now we’re shouting a second round to help thousands more people get jobs,” Mr Henskens said.

“Whether you are a school-leaver or looking for a career change, now is the perfect time to gain your free qualification to enter the dynamic hospitality industry.”

The RSA courses are available through TAFE NSW and other registered training organisations, which will be delivered either online or face-to-face in less than a day.

People who have previously worked in the industry are also being encouraged to return to the sector.

Anyone whose RSA competency card has expired within the past two years, or will expire before the end of June can complete a free online refresher course.

Minister for Hospitality Kevin Anderson said the uptake on the free course offer was fantastic.

“The hospitality sector supports more than 300,000 jobs across NSW. “We know staff shortages have been impacting the hospitality sector and that is why we have extended the free RSA courses to get people behind the bar, to serve the drinks and collect money for the till,” Mr Anderson said.

For more information visit, https:// skills.education.nsw.gov.au/rsa.

Longtime Cobar resident Frank Difilippo (pictured above with wife Dora) was surprised with a party with family and friends at the Empire Hotel on Saturday to celebrate the occasion of his 90th birthday. Frank received many well wishes, including a letter of congratulations from State Member for Barwon, Roy Butler.

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who have missed our Bush Tele page over the past few weeks. It’s been missing on and off over the past month due to space restraints but we managed to fit one in this week. Hooray!

• Hooray also for our new BIG COBAR sign at the high school. This one reads ‘COBAR HIGH’ and was manufactured by students, with the ‘COBAR’ letters salvaged from the cutout they did for the western approach to town Cobar sign with some more material purchased to make the ‘HIGH’. Principal Shane Carter said the students cut out all the letters, did the structural framework and the welding while the actual erection of the sign was carried out by local contractor, As Per Plan Construction. Mr Carter said the project was a great experience for the students in measuring, using hand skills, and adhering to appropriate safety measures. He is “very impressed” with the final result.

• Sad news this week with the closing of one of Cobar’s longest serving small businesses, M&C Parisi Motorcycles. Brothers Mario and Claud Parisi commenced trading as a motorcycle dealership in 1977, when they were aged 24 and 18 respectively. They started out as a Kawasaki

became Yamaha dealers and later Honda. The business continued to expand over their 45 years of trading to include a well stocked showroom and workshop, ATVs and four wheelers, and numerous parts and accessories. The business has been for sale for some time however a buyer was not found and, with the brothers keen to retire and semi-retire (respectively), the business has sadly now been closed.

• Congratulations to St John’s School’s Lila Armstrong, Billy George, Lachlan Brookman and George McDonald who have qualified for the WF Touch Football Polding Trials in Port Macquarie next month.

• Former Cobar resident, Chris Rosanes has been mixing it with some of the world’s best lawn bowlers at the Bowls Premier League (the Twenty20 of the bowls world) in Moama.

The event is broadcast live on Fox Sports, Kayo Sports and Sky Sport NZ and is a madefor-television showpiece event designed to change people’s perception of the sport. Playing for the Brisbane Pirates, Chris was in red hot form during Friday’s play and his team is currently 4th on the Bowls Premier League ladder with nine wins from 18 games.

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PUBLIC NOTICES

Hera Resources’ Federation Project State Significant Development Nymagee Hera Resources Pty Limited (Hera Resources) proposes to develop the Federation Project (the Project), an underground metalliferous mine development located in central-western NSW, approximately 100km south-east of Cobar, 15km south of the Nymagee township and 10km south of Hera Resources’ Hera Mine.

The Project is a State Significant Development (SSD) under the NSW Environmental Planning and Assessment Act, 1979 (EP&A Act). On 22/02/2022 an environmental impact statement (EIS), in support of a development application for the Project under Section 4.12 of the EP&A Act, was submitted to the NSW Department of Planning and Environment (DPE).

The Project comprises: • The establishment and operation of underground gold and metalliferous mining activities, with supporting surface infrastructure, mining approximately 7 million tonnes of ore over a period of 12 to 14 years, at the Federation Site; • Supporting infrastructure at the Federation Site inclusive of box cut, ventilation shafts, run of mine ore pad, waste rock storage pads, water management dams, administration building, workshop, explosives magazines, topsoil stockpiles and access roads; • Amendments at Hera Mine to facilitate mining and processing of Federation ore, with works including a new process plant, disposal of a proportion of tailings in the approved Hera Mine TSF and a new solar farm; • Transport of ore and tailings between the Federation Site and Hera Mine via the local public road (Burthong Road), with tailings used for paste backfill of underground workings; • A Services Corridor between the Federation Site and Hera Mine, including powerline, water pipeline, access track and a potential tailings pipeline; and • A bore field and associated water pipelines.

Information on the Project can be accessed on the NSW Major Projects Planning Portal (https://www.planningportal.nsw.gov.au/major-projects/projects/federation-project).

DPE will publish a notice of the development application on the above website in the coming weeks, which will provide the dates during which the application for SSD and the EIS will be exhibited. The EIS will be accessible electronically on the above website. A hard copy of the EIS will be available at the Cobar Library and Nymagee Library. A hard copy of the executive summary of the EIS will be available at Cobar Shire Council Chambers.

Anyone can make a submission about the development application during the exhibition period.

Submissions can be made online or by post. DPE’s website contains instructions on making a submission, including withholding personal information. Your submission must include the following: your name and address; the name of the application and the application number; a statement on whether you ‘support’, ‘object’ to the proposal or are only making a comment; the reasons why you support or object to the proposal; and a declaration of any reportable political donations you made in the previous two years.

After the exhibition period has finished, DPE will publish all submissions received and Hera Resources will respond to any issues raised in submissions in a public report. DPE will then complete its assessment of the Project in accordance with relevant legislation, policies and guidelines and prepare an Assessment Report, prior to a decision on whether the development should be approved (subject to modifications or conditions) or refused.

Page 14 The Cobar Weekly Wednesday March 2, 2022

PUBLIC NOTICES

Calls for expressions of interest to run the kitchen and dining hall

SUMMER SALE

(Breakfast, lunch & dinner menu) Cobar Show May 20 & 21, 2022 To apply, email the secretary cobarshow@live.com.au Enquiries to Colette 0419 793 857

PRICES SLASHED

STARTS TODAY

Applications close Friday March 4, 2022 Appropriate food handling certificates are required

POSITIONS VACANT

CSA Mine is a high-grade underground copper mine located in Cobar, Central Western NSW. Employing over 400 people, CSA Mine is now looking for a new member to join the team.

Cobar, New South Wales

Responsibilities • Maintenance and repairs to all equipment including but not limited to: underground electrical infrastructure, dewatering, crusher, loading station, communications, ventilation, high voltage reticulation and tele-remote infrastructure, crushing, conveying and hoisting systems, high voltage access switching and high voltage jointing and termination, PLC and Instrumentation.

Requirements • NSW Electrical Licence • Australian Driver’s Licence These residential roles are offered on a 7 on 7 off roster. An attractive remuneration package is offered commensurate with experience, as well as the opportunity to access other attractive employee benefits. This is an excellent opportunity to join a dynamic mining operation that recognises achievement and offers genuine career opportunities.

For further information please contact Alison Pearson, HR Advisor, at alison.pearson@glencore.com.au

Glencore is one of the world's largest globally diversified natural resource companies and a major producer and marketer of more than 60 commodities.

Our operations comprise around 150 mining and metallurgical sites and oil production assets, with offices located in over 35 countries.

People are at the heart of our business. That’s why we prioritise safety at all of our assets; why we seek to minimise our impacts on the environment and communities; and why we aim to attract employees who strive to be leaders in their field.

Wednesday March 2, 2022 The Cobar Weekly Page 15

POSITIONS VACANT

CHIEF

Property Manager - Full time Nutrien Russell has a vacancy for a full time Property Manager and is looking for an enthusiastic and organised person to join their team. The successful applicant will be responsible for managing a portfolio of properties and contributing to the success of the business, while building a career as a real estate professional.

Essential Criteria: • Demonstrated highly developed organisational skills, including prioritising and time management • Ability to manage a property portfolio and have excellent communication skills liasing with Landlords and Tenants • Ability to work independently and as part of a team • Strong Computer Literacy skills, including Microsoft Office, Word and Excel • Current Class C Driver’s Licence Desirable Criteria: • Current Certificate of Registration or willingness to obtain • Current Certificate IV in Property Services (Real Estate) or willingness to obtain • Previous experience in Property Management An above Award Remuneration Package is available in line with skills and experience for the successful applicant.

Please email your CV together with a Cover Letter to: larell.obray@nutrienrussell.com.au Applications Close Friday, 4 March 2022

EXECUTIVE OFFICER The Cobar Local Aboriginal Land Council is seeking suitable applicants for the above position. The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) will be responsible to the Members and will report to the Chairperson and Board of Directors.

DUTIES: To undertake duties involving the day-to-day administration and financial management of the Land Council in accordance with the Aboriginal Land Rights Act (1983). This will include maintaining the organisation's policies and guidelines in its endeavours to achieve community objectives set out in the Community Land and Business Plan, with an emphasis on submissions, maintaining accountability and capacity building. We also manage a growing housing stock of 27 properties & additional blocks of land.

ESSENTIAL: Applicants must have experience in office management and administration, the ability to work as part of a team and communicate effectively with Aboriginal people. Strong communication and negotiation skills together with an understanding of Aboriginal issues and experience in WH&S practices. Solid practical experience running funded projects and programs. A NSW Driver’s Licence is also essential.

DESIRABLE: Knowledge of the Aboriginal Land Council functions, administration and funding procedures, knowledge of the local area, social housing, rental property management experience and Aboriginality.

GENERAL: Aboriginal persons are encouraged to apply. Applications should specifically consider the relevant job description. Applicants should provide a minimum of two (2) recent references. Some travel may be involved with this position.

Salary is negotiable dependent on skills, experience, and qualifications.

Access to salary sacrifice as a PBI, and a 4WD vehicle is provided All applicants must obtain a copy of the recruitment package containing the position description, selection criteria and must address the selection criteria for their application to be considered.

For further details on the position and for a copy of the Recruitment Pack please contact Janelle McDonnell CLALC Chairperson chairperson@cobarlalc.com with CEO Recruitment in the subject line.

Applications close 5pm, April 21, 2022 Page 16 The Cobar Weekly Wednesday March 2, 2022

POSITIONS VACANT

VISITOR INFORMATION CENTRE ASSISTANT The Visitor Information Centre Assistant is responsible for providing the highest quality customer service to visitors at the newly renovated Great Cobar Museum, including reception duties, administrative support, marketing and general information about local attractions and business to contribute to a vibrant and sustainable tourism industry for our town.

Applicants will need to have previous experience in a customer service role, sound knowledge of Cobar and the surrounding region, strong computer literacy skills, a positive friendly attitude, the ability to work effectively with minimal supervision and a willingness to work alone on weekends.

This position is classified at Band 1, Level 3 ($27.14 - $31.41hr) under Council’s salary system in accordance with the Local Government (State) Award, with both permanent part time and casual opportunities available.

The Great Cobar Museum currently operates from 8.30am - 5pm seven days a week.

Council’s eRecruitment platform requires all job applications to be submitted online. To apply for these roles, please go to the employment page on Council’s website at www.cobar.nsw.gov.au and follow the instructions.

Applications close 4pm Monday, March 14 2022 Cobar Shire Council welcomes applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, workers of all ages, people with disabilities and those from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

ADMINISTRATION TRAINEE Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to achieve a recognised qualification while you earn money and gain valuable on the job experience?

Do you have a positive ‘can-do’ attitude, a strong work ethic, and a genuine willingness to learn?

Cobar Shire Council is seeking an enthusiastic individual to undertake a 12-month traineeship. You will be required to complete a Certificate III/IV Business Administration via online learning with a registered training organisation.

In this position you will learn all administrative aspects associated with Council’s finance and administration functions including customer service, clerical duties, word processing, data entry, reception, and records.

Employment with Council is in accordance with the Local Government (State) Award. This full-time, fixed term position is classified as Operational Band 1 with wages (up to $24.78/hr) dependent on the age, educational qualifications, and experience of the candidate, working a 9-day fortnight, 35 hours a week.

Applicants must describe how they meet each one of the listed selection criteria, as well as providing a current resume and cover letter. The essential and desirable selection criteria is listed in the position description, which is available on Council’s website.

Applications close Monday March 14, 2022 Cobar Shire Council welcomes applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, workers of all ages, people with disabilities and those from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

Wednesday March 2, 2022 The Cobar Weekly Page 17

POSITIONS VACANT

ADMINISTRATION OFFICER Full Time Position Mon - Fri

KML Industries Pty Ltd is an Engineering and Metal Fabrication workshop servicing Cobar’s Mining and Rural Industries. The Office is a diverse and colourful environment where you will face a variety of challenges.

Your responsibilities will include, but are not limited to: • Data Entry • Invoicing • General Office Administration • Customer Service/Parts Sales • Purchasing You will also be required to assist on occasion with: • Accounts Payable/Receivable • Payroll • Store Sales • Quotes The following skills would be an advantage: • Experience using Microsoft Office • Excellent organisational & communication skills • Attention to detail • Excellent literacy & numeracy skills To be considered for the position you will need previous administration experience including experience with MYOB or other accounting software.

If you’re an enthusiastic & dedicated person please send your cover letter & resume to:

KML Industries 12 Hartman Street COBAR NSW 2835 Or email: bushy@kml.com.au Applications Close: Friday March 11, 2022

All deadlines—2pm Mondays...All deadlines—2pm Mondays...

Sport

Darts committee Another good roll up for social bowls Cobar Darts Association held their annual general meeting on Friday night where a new committee was elected for their 2022 season.

Rodney Coleman has been elected as the committee’s new executive president with Daniel Duel as the director president (vice president); Craig Jones is the executive treasurer with Mescal Nicholls his deputy as director treasurer; Kylie Tiffen is the club’s executive secretary and will be assisted by Aimee Coleman, as director secretary.

Three of the club’s long time members, Rodney Coleman, Craig Jones and Maurice Bell were awarded Life Membership at the meeting.

The Golfie’s social bowls on Sunday morning drew yet another large group of 24 participants.

The big winners of the day with an impressive score of +26, were Barry Bargwanna and Helen Boddy over Brandon Hodge and his son Exzavier, who played for the first time.

David Knight and Craig Grimmond, clearly oozing with talent, smashed rivals Shane Carter and John ‘Shark’ Daly who were consistently wide or short all day with +19.

Playing double lead which entailed mat placement, rolling the Jack, reading the head and then kicking all 12 bowls back to start all over again for 21 ends was reportedly “hard

Page 18 The Cobar Weekly Wednesday March 2, 2022

yakka” for novice double lead Paul Kershaw.

Don Roberts and Kershaw triumphed over Peter ‘Skeet’ Goonrey/Kershaw with a +7.

In the other games Gerard Livingston and Glenn ‘Kiwi’ Ratcliffe won +2 over Tom O. and young gun Alan Gardoll; David Schofield and Randal Hall drew their game against Daniel Holt and Karen Daly; Bian Smith and Margaret Good playing Charles Good and Michael Sargent retired early.

Schofield seems to have taken a strangle hold on the George the Giraffe trophy and repeated his success of last week to claim it again on Sunday. Triples Championships will be played this Sunday.—The Second

Sport

Chesney finishes out on top at CHS swimming carnival Cobar High School held their annual swimming carnival on Friday at the Cobar Memorial Swimming Pool.

The overall winning team was Chesney, followed by Fort Bourke, Great Cobar and then Occidental.

Six swimmers, Nicholas Hodges, Toby Greenwood, Harry Cousins, Braiden Jones, Axel Fairfull and Henry Knight, have all now qualified for the Western Region carnival.

The school’s 2022 age champions were: U13s—Alora Deppler and Eli Hodges; U14s—Sosie Barton and Axel Fairfull; U15s—Maddie Bruce and Henry Knight; U16s—Elleise Woodbridge, Katie Nicholson and Kai Taylor; and U17s Neve Carter and Braiden Jones.

Enjoying the last days of summer With the official start to the 2022 golf season this weekend it was great to see a good rollup last weekend for the end of the men’s summer competition.

A field of 15 golfers teed-off in Saturday’s Stableford competition with most players struggling with the course conditions.

Big hitting Matt Russell showed the field how it’s done and finished with 40 stableford points. Not far behind was quiet achiever Scott Mayne in second place with 38 and excricketer John Potter is showing some promise as a golfer and sneaked into third place with 36 points. Geoff Dunne (35) finished 4th and Peter ‘Ding’ Lawrence, watching his handicap, ended up 5th with 34.

Nearest to the Pin prizes were won by Steve Manns on the 3rd hole, Mark Fraser on the 7th hole and Dunne on the 8th hole.

Single figure markers filled the first four placings in Sunday’s Stableford event.

Jason Hampel was the winner with 40 stableford points, followed by Alec Fraser in second place on a countback from baby brother, Mark, both with 37 points.

Bill Fugar finished in 4th place with 36 and Scott Mayne, with 34, was 5th.

Nearest to the Pin shots were recorded by Hampel on the 3rd hole and Peter Lawrence on the 8th hole.

Cobar will be well represented this weekend at the NSW Sandgreen Four-Ball-Best-Ball Championships to be held at Dunedoo and Coolah.

This tournament has 248 players entered.

The new Men’s Golf programs are available at the Golfie.—Three Aces

Swimmers and supporters at Cobar High School’s annual swimming carnival at the Cobar Memorial Swimming Pool on Friday.

A new golf season kicks off today The 2022 Cobar Ladies golf season kicks off today with a Stableford game (weather permitting) followed by a Par on Saturday.

Another Stableford game will be contested on Sunday.

This year’s golf program books, for those players who haven’t picked theirs up as yet, are available at the club.

A jam-packed nine months of competition has been planned with a few additional sponsored days, including the Cobar Miners Race Club Four-Ball-Best-Ball Three Person Stableford in mid May and a number of learner days.

This year Cobar will have another go at staging the Far West Rose Bowl competition in July.

It’s hoped it will be ‘third time lucky’ after

COVID disrupted the event over the past two years. Hopefully there will also be favourable weather for the event.

The Ladies Golf committee for this year consists of: president—Narelle Kriz, captain— Jannine Wilkin, vice captain—Tina Gordon, treasurer—Glenda Peebles, handicap manager—Fay Hardwick, publicity officer— Jannine Wilkin, Vets representative—Fay Hardwick with Jannine Wilkin, Tina Gordon, Sally Bannister and Marlene Wynd all elected to the match committee.

There are still three vacant positions on the committee that need to be filled.

The committee welcomes all golfers, both new and old, to join them on the course for what should be a great year.—T’d Off

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29 Marshall St, Cobar Ph: 6836 2186

Specials valid until Tuesday, 08-03-22 or while stocks last

Wednesday March 2, 2022 The Cobar Weekly Page 19

Sport

High performance coaches call in to coach the coaches Cobar’s sporting coaches had the benefit workshop at Tom Knight Memorial Oval of picking the brains of four high perfor- last week. mance coaches from the NSW Institute of Organised by the Far West Academy of Sport (NSWIS) at a community coaching Sport, the free coaching workshop was open to

club coaches and volunteers from all sports with local rugby league, rugby union, league tag, motocross, swimming and martial arts coaches attending along with high school PE and primary school teachers.

NSWIS supports Australian athletes to become the world’s best by providing world class training environments for both athletes and coaches.

NSWIS’s senior coordinator of people development, Mike Girven, said it was a first for the coaching group to be able to get out and do a far west tour, which also took in Dubbo, Coonamble and Warren.

“We’ve never had the scope to go outside high performance before,” Mike said.

Also presenting with Mike at the workshop were Australian champion powerlifter and coach Najat Khoury, former schoolboys rugby league/rugby union champion Tom Livsey and sport scientist and physiologist Chris Yeomans.

Chris said they have a focus on the journey to the Brisbane Olympics in 2032 and NSWIS is currently looking at young athletes (now aged 12-16 years) who will be 22-26 years old by 2032 and who will potentially become our Olympic sporting heroes.

Between them the four coaches covered a range of topics including: athlete wellbeing, women in sport, sports science, elite sport pathways, challenges facing community sport coaches, how to develop your coaching craft, coaching development plans, different coaching philosophies and where to find useful resources.

Each drew on their own personal experiences A number of coaches from various local sporting clubs took the opportunity to attend the as athletes and coaches and were happy to Far West Academy of Sport’s free coaching clinic last Thursday in Cobar. answer questions from those in attendance.

Newly appointed Cobar Roosterettes Ladies League Tag co-coach Brennah Aumua said she got a lot out of the coaching workshop.

“After attending the FWAS/NSWIS coachWith COVID restrictions easing and a committee as well as take on the vice president ing workshop, I felt a lot more comfortable number of sporting groups looking to re- and canteen coordinator roles within my first time role as co-coach for the start their competitions, you would have “The club is fairly easy to run (we like to Roosterettes. thought there would be plenty of interest to keep things simple) but without a proper com- “They provided a great amount of inforget things moving again. mittee we cannot run junior soccer,” Sarah said.

That’s however not been the case for the Co- Their season starts at the end of April and mation from all aspects for the process of learning/improving to be a good all-round bar Junior Soccer Club who tried to hold their runs through until September. annual general meeting last week, but failed “Games are Saturday mornings and we usual- sporting coach,” Brennah said. due to poor attendance. ly run training one afternoon a week, but this is “I will definitely be planning to incorporate Sarah Theakston from the current committee optional and dependent on volunteers,” she their methods into our style of coaching this year.” said while they already have a few people will- said. ing to take on the main committee roles of pres- The club has now reconvened their annual ident, secretary and treasurer, they still need a general meeting to next Tuesday. For meeting All deadlines—2pm Mondays few more people willing to join the general details, see advertisement on Page 10.

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Hannah Carroll gets the call up to run with the Rams Cobar’s Hannah Carroll was in the front row line-up for the Western Rams Opens side when they took on the Monaro Colts in the opening round of the Women’s Rugby League Country Championships at Parkes on Sunday.

The women’s and men’s Country Championships competitions feature 10 teams from across regional NSW which have been split into two pools of five.

The competition runs for two rounds before finals which will be determined by the top four teams in each group.

NSW Rugby League Head of Football Robert Lowrie said the Country Championships are an important pathway for players to grow their skills and increase their success in the game.

Hannah touched down for the Rams’ second try of the game on Sunday which levelled the scores at 10-all at half time.

The Monaro Colts went on to finish with a 28-10 win and despite the loss, Hannah said it was a fantastic game played in a great atmosphere and one that was a good learning opportunity for her and her Rams team mates. She heads to Wellington tomorrow to train for their round 2 game at Gulgong this Saturday.

In other women’s rugby league news, the Cougars hosted the Midwest Brumbies in Round 3 of Women’s Rugby League competition at Coonamble on Saturday.

Only two games were played, Under 17s (which went the Brumbies way, 30-10) and the Under 15s game finished in a 10-all draw.

Fast5 games go down to the wire Both of the games played in the Fast5 Netball competition last Tuesday night went down to the wire.

KML made a comeback after earlier trailing in the match to go on and beat Fast Fobs while Why Did We Say Yes? (WDWSY) put in a big final quarter effort to seal their win over CynSteel.

KML were short on players for last week’s Round 3 game in comparison to Fast Fobs who had five subs to call on.

After a slow start by both sides, Fobs had a narrow 5-3 lead at half time.

Both teams picked up the pace in the third quarter and Fobs still held the upper hand with a 14-13 lead going into the final quarter.

KML’s young gun defenders did their job well in the final quarter to prevent Fobs from scoring and the KML shooters held up their end too to score seven unanswered goals which saw them through to a 20-14 win.

KML were well served by their gun shooter, Elleise Woodbridge and Centre, Jayden Harvey while Cairo Haronga and Sandie Mitchell were best on court for the Fobs.

The ‘Favourite Fiver’ players from the match (as picked by the opposition) were Woodbridge and Stephen Gillette (Fast Fobs).

Picking a winner from the other Round 3 game between WDWSY and CynSteel was going to be anyone’s guess as, on paper, the two teams are evenly matched with plenty of netball talent in both sides.

WDWSY had a narrow two points lead at half time with the score 14-12 but with CynSteel having elected to play their powerplay quarter in the third quarter, was WDWSY’s two points lead going to be enough?

Both teams recorded six points in the third

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quarter and WDWSY held onto their two points advantage going into the final quarter.

It seemed they had another gear left and they stepped up the scoring to finish the match with a 28-22 win.

Shooter Ellie Fenton was a standout for WDWSY while CynSteel were also well served by their shooters Mollie Harley and Keetah Richardson.

The game’s ‘Favourite Fivers’ were Troy Hill (WDWSY) and Zac Broughton (CynSteel).

Watch & Learn had the week off with the bye.

In the Round 6 games next week, Watch & Learn play CynSteel and WDWSY meet Fast Fobs.

KML has the bye.

Cobar’s Hannah Carroll (with her Rams

Bowmen’s first shoot of the year The Cobar Bowman’s Club had their first shoot of the year on Sunday.

You can tell it was a new season as the low scores reflected that.

Newcomer Josie Myer-Ryan however bucked the trend to finish with a fantastic score of 344.

Her dad, Darren Myer-Ryan, with a compound aided bow shot 716 and Pete Rogers, shooting his self hand-made bow, had a score of 224 (after shooting for only one round).

Darrel ‘Dasha’ Warren reckons he needs more fingers to help improve his score as he only managed a total of 404.

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Action aplenty

Matthew Nicholson presenting Cobar Senior Cricket’s Player of the Year trophy to Jade Buckman (centre) with club president Jake Harbison at the end of season presentations on Saturday night at the Empire Hotel. ▪ Photo contributed

There was action aplenty in the Junior Touch Football competition games last Thursday at Ward Oval.

In the seniors competition, the Termites were missing a couple of their older players and found it tough going up against the Bwoins who ran away to finish with a huge 20-8 win. The other seniors game was also a high scoring match but with a closer finish in which the Yellow Bellies finished as 15-8 winners over Blue Berries.

In the Juniors games, the Big Pineapples had a narrow 13-10 win over Rangas while the Red Rockets had an easy 15-7 win over Smurfs.

The leading try scorers from the games were: Bwoins—Aisha Schofield (4 tries) and Kai Taylor (5); Yellow Bellies—Jaxon Burke (7); Big Pineapples—Lila Armstrong (2), and Ella Oborn (2); Rangas—George McDonald (9); and Red Rockets—Rhylee Jeffery (4).

Best & Fairest points from the games were shared between: Bwoins—Kai Taylor and Sosie Barton; Termites—Toby Greenwood; Yellow Bellies—Gabriel Harris and Jaxon Burke; Blue Berries—Jamal Eves; Big Pineapples—Ella Oborn; Rangas—Skyla Fairfull and George McDonald; Rockets—Rhylee Jeffery and Lachlan Brookman; and Smurfs—Harpa Martin.

Some Yabbies not Cricket end of season celebrations able to back up The Cobar senior cricket season came to a close on Saturday night with the end of season presentations held following the 40 Overs grand final game.

Empire claimed the 40 Overs competition trophy with Jay Egan named the Player of the Grand Final.

Ruthless Toothless picked up their Twenty20 winners’ trophy with Jed Noonan collecting the Player of the Grand Final award.

Jade Buckman was named the Player of the Year for both the 40 Overs and Twenty20 competitions and also collected the Paula Potter Memorial Trophy Award as Cricketer of the Year.

Buckman scored the most runs this season (338), had the highest score (101) and also took the most wickets with a tally of 18.

Club president Jake Harbison was honoured as a Life Member Inductee and he was also

named this season’s Club Person of the Year.

The Representative Player of the Year was Nicola Harbison with Jason Hampel collecting the Steve Wetzel Memorial Cup as the best allrounder of the season.

Nymagee’s Charlie Nicholson earned the Glenn Spinks Award as the junior player with the most potential.

The Under 24 Player of the Year was Ryan Urquhart and the Under 18 Player of the Year award went to Zac Broughton.

This season’s Gentlemen of Cricket award went to Rhys Lloyd.

Jay Egan finished with the best bowling figures of the season with six wickets for 31 runs.

Stephen Nicholson recorded the most catches of the year with eight and Jack Brown claimed the most unenviable ’Daddles’ award as having the Most Ducks (dismissed before recording any runs at all).

After a big weekend away for the Cobar Yabbies last weekend competing at the Four Ways swimming carnival, there was only a small showing of nine swimmers backing up for their regular competition last Tuesday.

In addition to the attendance numbers being low, so too were the winning time margins with swimmers needing to record a very accurate time to make the winner’s podium.

Club president John Carswell kicked the night off with a win in the 25 metres freestyle handicapped race after recording 0.04 seconds off his nominated time. (Competitors are now back to swimming 25m instead of 30m in preparation for next month’s Nationals carnival.)

Scott Toomey won the 50m swim with 0.07 seconds off his nominated time and Bill Fugar was the front-runner in the 100m event after finishing with another very good time, with 0.06 seconds off his nominated time.

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▪ Coaching the coaches ▪ Soccer comp in doubt

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Empire strikes back-to-back

There was no stopping Empire as they After winning the toss, Nymagee changed down in the afternoon. won a back-to-back 40 Overs Cricket prem- their usual tactics and sent Empire in to bat in Two brilliant batting innings however from iership on Saturday defeating Nymagee by the hope they could extract as much life out of Jay Egan and Jed Noonan ensured that Empire 71 runs. the damp pitch as possible before it settled posted what would be a winning total of 173 runs.

The pair combined to score 104 runs in total off only 54 balls.

Man-of-the-Match, Egan, came to the crease with Empire at 2/20 and started scoring at just over two runs an over.

In just 30 balls, Egan had blasted 57 runs and shared in a 69 run partnership with Tim Hillam.

Hillam played his role well, blocking up one end and scoring 22 runs off 91 balls.

Noonan, following on from his Twenty20 grand final heroics from the previous week, smashed 47 runs off only 24 balls for Empire in Saturday’s 40 Overs game.

No other Empire batter however made double figures but the damage was done.

Empire were eventually bowled out for 173 runs in the 38th over.

Anthony Polack returned the best bowling figures for Nymagee taking 3/11, Rhys Lloyd took 2/24, Tadgh Waugh 2/28 and Phil Harley was at his metronomic best taking 1/4 off his eight overs spell.

In reply, Nymagee struggled with the bat, they were unable to build any partnerships and none spent much time at the crease.

After Nymagee openers Roger Mitchell and Jade Buckman fell in consecutive balls in the eighth over, the wickets kept on tumbling.

Travis Buckman (30) and Phil Harley (20) were the only other batsmen to show any resilience and Nymagee were rolled for 102 runs in The Empire senior cricket team claimed back-to-back premiership wins in the senior the 32nd over. cricket competition with a decisive win over Nymagee at Ward Oval on Saturday. With a Noonan backed up his good performance number of Cobar Cowboys representative players in the team, they were the favourites with the bat and took three wickets for 17 runs, going into Saturday’s match and they didn’t disappoint rolling their opposition Nymagee Nicola Harbison finished with figures of 2/8 and David Watson took 2/21.—contributed to have them all out in the 32nd over.

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