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The Cobar Weekly Fire crews assist to clear highway Pg 3

Local taking part in Mystery Box rally Pg 4

IPTAAS scheme expanded Pg 6

Funding cuts Council shows off awards for Indigenous health service A service that supports local indigenous residents with chronic health problems has lost its funding and will no longer be available to patients after December.

The Marrabinya Indigenous Health Support Service offers a wide range of services to patients with chronic conditions by providing assistance with specialist appointments, transport, accommodation, medical aids and some financial costs.

Chronic diseases prioritised by Marrabinya include cardiovascular disease, diabetes, chronic respiratory disease, chronic kidney disease, cancer and liver disease.

Recently funding by the Western NSW Primary Health Network (WNSW PHN) for Marrabinya was withdrawn and the service was to have ended on June 30.

Cobar Primary Health Care Centre (CPHCC) GP, Dr Sanjay Jamwal, said the centre has been referring local patients to Marrabinya since 2018. To date 76 local patients have been helped by the service with the management of their chronic conditions.

He is very concerned about the closure of the Marrabinya program at the end of this year.

“According to our information, currently 22 per cent of indigenous residents of Cobar have chronic diseases and, out of that, 12.6 per cent have been supported by Marrabinya to access specialist intense care and management.

“It is a program that I term as “access services” regarding chronic care,” he said.

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Cobar Shire Council general manager Peter Vlatko, mayor Peter Abbott and projects manager Carly Hunter with museum refurbishment architect Ashley Dunn (from Dunn and Hillam Architects) were proud to show off their National Trust (NSW) Heritage Awards they recently won for the museum upgrade project. Dunn and Hillam’s work on The Great Cobar Museum project has also been shortlisted in the Heritage Architecture category of the 2022 NSW Architecture Awards. ▪ Photo contributed

News

Health funding cut

Welcome donation for Guides

The Inter Mine Golf Challenge committee has donated a battery operated lawn mower and whipper snipper to the Cobar Girl Guides to help them with the yard maintenance at the Guide Hall. Greg Clark delivered it last week and also mowed the lawn while he was there. Now you can’t beat that for great service! ▪ Photo contributed

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“Over the years I have seen an increase in the numbers of the indigenous population enrolling in this program. In my opinion, fracturing the Marrabinya program will profoundly impact indigenous chronic disease care all over remote rural NSW,” he said.

The service has received a short reprieve with the Maari Ma Health Aboriginal Corporation in Broken Hill coming to their aid finding an additional six months funding to see it through to the end of the year.

Donna Jeffries, Marrabinya’s executive manager said, when making the decision to cease funding, WNSW PHN has not taken into account the substantial effects the closure will have on the health of Aboriginal people.

She said they have thousands of clients who access Marrabinya services day-to-day.

“We believe it will result in the immediate collapse of a coordinated clinical care system, along with the cost savings and efficiencies it brings, not to mention the loss of all the expertise a service like Marrabinya necessarily sustains.

“This will significantly disadvantage Aboriginal people across the Western and Far Western regions, but especially in areas where Aboriginal people are unable to access an Aboriginal Medical Service,” Ms Jeffries said.

A campaign has been launched to help save the service.

“Already, a petition has attracted more than 1,000 signatures from around the region,” she said.

Ms Jeffries said they will not be giving up the fight to see the service retained and has called on all western area communities, including Cobar, to show their support.

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News

FRNSW crews work to clear highway after truck rollover The Barrier Highway, 85km west of Cobar, was closed for approximately three hours last Wednesday as Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) crews worked to clean up after a truck accident.

Cobar Station 256 firefighters received a call to attend the scene of a B Double semi trailer rollover just before 1pm last Wednesday with the Cobar crew arriving onsite at approximately 2pm.

They worked with the Fire and Rescue NSW Hazardous Materials crew and Rural Fire Service units, who were also called in to help.

The truck driver escaped injury however there were concerns for the stability of the truck’s load of phosphorous acid (a chemical used to make fertilizer).

The fire crews worked for four hours to secure the truck’s load and they also mopped up a minor diesel spill which occurred during the accident.

Fire and Rescue NSW Station 256 Cobar deputy captain Alex Lennon said the nature of the accident required the highway to be closed for about three hours in total.

He said however they were able to let some traffic through from time to time during the clean up operation.

The Cobar crew returned to town at 6pm to grab some extra gear, warm clothes and food and returned to the site later that night at 9pm.

They returned to assist the heavy vehicle recovery team as the vehicle was righted and stayed on site for a further four hours in case any of the chemicals spilled during the recovery process.

The Fire and Rescue NSW Station 256 Cobar crew, Rural Fire Service units and a vehicle recovery team were called to a truck accident on the Barrier Highway last Wednesday.

The B Double semi trailer containing a load of chemicals overturned. Firefighters worked to right the truck, secure the load and also mop up a minor diesel spill. ▪ Photo contributed

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Tony and Todd head off on a tour to who knows where After three years of preparing, local Tony Jacklin and his mate Todd Small from the Central Coast, headed off yesterday for who knows where.

The pair are taking part in the 10th annual Mystery Box Rally which raises funds for cancer, however they don’t actually know where they are going.

The Big Boys (their team name not our description of them) left Cobar yesterday on their way to Port Lincoln in South Australia, for the rally’s pre-briefing on Friday.

They head off on Saturday for who knows where, which is what the Mystery Box Rally is all about—teams don’t know until the start of each day what their destination that day is.

Tony, who’s lived and worked in Cobar for the past five years, said he and Todd got the inclination to take part in the rally after the business Tony used to work for on the Central Coast sponsored one of the rally entrants.

“He came back and told us all about it and

said he had an absolute ball. So Todd and I we were like, ‘oh well let’s do it!’” Tony said.

That decision was made more than three years ago, and they are only just heading off now after the event had to be postponed three times due to COVID. The pair, who’ve been friends for a long time, enjoy getting out driving in the bush and have had to patch up the odd scrub basher once or twice. They reckon those past experiences will hold them in good stead for the rally.

In addition to a lot of driving, the rally is also about raising funds for the Cancer Council.

“Lots of people have been affected by cancer and still are affected and we both know a few personally,” Tony said.

The minimum amount they needed to raise to take part in the rally was $4,000.

The Big Boys had exceeded that and before they headed off yesterday they had raised over $10,000.

“And if anyone still wants to make a dona-

tion, we’d be happy to take it,” Tony said.

In addition to securing sponsorship from five businesses, they’ve also been fundraising through raffles and 100 clubs as well as getting donations from family, friends and workmates.

Another condition of entry of the rally is that teams need to source their own +25 year old car to use on the rally.

There was no budget restriction as to how much they could spend on it, only that it should be reasonably reliable, and was registered and insured.

Todd found their car, a 1990 EA Falcon sedan which had pretty much ‘only been driven by a little old lady on Sundays’, back on the Central Coast.

When the woman heard what Todd and Tony planned to use the car for, she sold it to them for the bargain basement price of just $800!

“It’s like a lounge on wheels,” Todd said, which will come in handy if they need to sleep in the car in case of rain as they camp out each night.

Since the purchase they have spent a bit of money on the car—Todd had to buy a new battery on his way out here when it didn’t start one cold morning, and they’ve also replaced the bushes and the steering arm.

It’s also had the addition of a rear spoiler (which Tony purchased on eBay for $50 bucks) and added a couple of racing stripes and their sponsors’ stickers which now makes it look “race ready”.

As part of their travel group on the rally, The Big Boys have been matched with three other Falcons teams (which could come in handy for spare parts) and a BMW one (which probably won’t be of any help at all).

While the rally is not a race, there will however be a winner named at the end of it.

According to the race information, the winner is judged on how hopeless their car was, how much the team got into the rally spirit, how much the team raised and a number of other undisclosed reasons the rally director will generally make up as the rally unfolds!

As part of the rally there’s a few ‘dress up’ days and the boys have made sure they’ve packed a few dresses for that—in with the spare spark plugs, oil, leads, filters, belts, cable ties and some duct tape!

Big Boys’ plan is to provide an update The Big Boys, Tony Jacklin and Todd Small, left Cobar yesterday in their 32 year old ofThe their progress each day on social media but Falcon sedan, headed for Port Linclon in South Australia to join the Mystery Box Rally that will however depend on where they are to raise funds for the Cancer Council. and if they have service.

FEDERATION PROJECT COMMUNITY INFORMATION SESSION INVITATION In early 2022 Hera Resources submitted the Federation Project development application to the NSW Department of Planning and Environment. More recently, the design of the Federation Project has been refined.

Hera Resources is hosting a Community Information Session to provide an update to stakeholders.

Registration for the session is essential. The session and registration details are below.

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OPTION 1: Use the camera on your mobile phone, scan the QR Code, then fill out the registration form OPTION 2: Email your details to Jamie@elementenvironment.com.au

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News

Guides take to the water

A group of 10 Cobar Girl Guides headed to Sydney over the weekend to join other Girl Guides from around the state to experience canoeing, kayaking, paddle boarding and sailing. The girls completed a variety of training including an exercise that required them to capsize their canoe and swim to shore. The girls and their leaders travelled to Sydney for the course by a bus funded by Cobar Shire Council under the NSW Government’s Stronger Communities Fund (Round 3). The Guides also received funding from Peak Gold Mines to help out with their excursion costs and to purchase eight inflatable kayaks (and pumps) along with life jackets which will enable the girls to further develop their water skills. ▪ Photo contributed

IPTAAS expanded Rural and regional NSW residents are expected to benefit from an expansion of the Isolated Patients Travel and Accommodation Assistance Scheme (IPTAAS).

The NSW Government announced this week an additional $149.5 million will go towards IPTAAS as part of the 2022-23 Budget.

Deputy Premier and Minister for Regional NSW Paul Toole said this funding will make sure people living in the bush won’t have to make the decision between getting the healthcare they need and other life necessities.

“The NSW Government is not only ensuring more people in rural and regional NSW are eligible for the scheme, we are increasing the subsidies available, easing the financial burden on those who face the tyranny of distance to get the specialist care they need,” he said.

For the first time, the scheme will be expanded with patients seeking non-commercial clinical trials, high risk foot clinics, highly specialised publicly funded dental health clinics and ocularists to be eligible for assistance.

State Member for Barwon Roy Butler has been campaigning for IPTAAS increases for some time and said while the announcement is welcome, it’s “still barely adequate and not in line with rising living costs”.

“The rebate for those travelling over 100km the rate goes from 22 cents to 40 cents per km while accommodation subsidies will be boosted from $30-$60 to a flat rate of $75 and $120 for patients who have to spend more than seven nights away from home.

“If the government is unable to provide the medical services in regional areas then they should at least be supporting those patients who need to travel to seek the services they can’t find in their home town,” Mr Butler said.

St John’s Parish School Cobar Welcoming, Respecting, Learning, Creating Community

Now welcoming enrolments for Kindergarten 2023 Enrolling students must turn five by July 31, 2023.

Please contact the school office to express your interest in enrolling your child and to organise the collection of an enrolment pack for 2023.

Principals: Mrs Benetta Townsend and Mrs Stacy Tranter St. John’s Parish School 4 Prince St, Cobar NSW 2835 Phone 6836 2195 or email admin.cobar@wf.catholic.edu.au A Catholic community of empowered, engaged and resilient learners centred within Jesus Christ.

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Orana RDA seeks a Cobar leader Regional Development Australia, Orana (RDA Orana) want someone from Cobar with drive, vision, and passion for the community (and the Orana region), to put their hand up to join their committee.

RDA Orana is an incorporated not for profit association, led by a committee, that represents the local government areas of Bogan, Bourke, Brewarrina, Cobar, Coonamble, Dubbo Region, Gilgandra, Mid-Western Region, Narromine, Walgett, Warren and Warrumbungle.

It aims to support economic development across the region by building partnerships and working with all governments and agencies to respond to local priorities and needs.

RDA Orana’s committee members are appointed jointly by Australian and State Government Ministers.

The committee is currently made up of five members—Chairman, Brad Cam (General Manager of MidWestern Regional Council), Ross Earl (previously GM of Bourke, who now lives in Mudgee and works as a consultant), along with three Dubbo residents, Steve Hinks (GM of Taronga Western Plains Zoo), Jeff Caldbeck (President of Dubbo RSL subbranch) and Megan Callinan (CEO of Marathon Health).

Following the recent resignation of one of their committee members, Tracy McIntyre from Narromine, who had served on the committee for a number of years, including the past three years as deputy chair, they are now

looking to recruit another committee member.

RDA Orana’s workforce development manager, Miranda Riley, said the RDA Orana committee aims to have a good mix of people with a diverse range of backgrounds from a variety of industries.

“While our office is based in Dubbo, everything that we do is based on the growth of the entire region,” Miranda said.

Ideally candidates should already be leaders in their community or be people who are looking to be a community leader.

Previous committee members from Cobar have included Cobar Shire councillors Janine Lea-Barrett and Peter Yench.

“Anyone looking to apply should have business experience, be knowledgeable about the strengths and weaknesses of the region and have good networking skills that will enable us to consult with a range of stakeholders for solutions and great outcomes for our region,” Miranda said.

“They should also be highly motivated to facilitate and assist us to drive economic development opportunities and investment.”

The committee meets bi-monthly, in alternate Zoom and face-to-face formats and their meetings usually run for 2-3 hours depending on agenda items.

In addition, committee members are invited to attend various events and regional strategic planning days.

The position has sitting fees and travel and accommodation costs are also covered.

Incentives for bush health workers NSW Farmers believes NSW Rural Health Minister Bronnie Taylor’s announcement last week of an $883 million plan to get health workers to stay and work in the bush, is a step in the right direction.

NSW Farmers member and retired occupational therapist Sarah Thompson said it was much-needed.

“As people move to the regions for affordable housing they put more strain on alreadystretched health infrastructure,” Mrs Thompson said.

“We had called for practical solutions to address this problem and it’s great to see some of the ideas put forward by the Minister.”

Mrs Thompson appeared before the Parliamentary Inquiry into Health Outcomes & Access to Health & Hospital Services in Rural, Regional & Remote NSW at the end of last year, identifying the need for more nurse

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practitioners and allied health professionals in smaller communities, as well as a plan to draw city-based doctors to regional areas.

“No Australian should go without physical access to a doctor or nurse, and while telehealth has helped overcome some of the geographical barriers, we desperately need a longterm solution,” Mrs Thompson said.

“I am particularly pleased to see relocation grants and incentives to keep workers in rural, regional and remote areas, and the idea to get city based doctors in to the bush on secondment is also good.

“However, it will be critical to also focus on building the recruitment and professional development of those moving to these areas along with the housing they will need, so that there is a sustainable increase in health professionals living and working with their families in regional and particularly remote areas.”

News

It’s looking like bikini weather

After a cold start to the month, the weather forecast heading into the end of the month is looking like it will be much warmer with a top of 19 degrees expected for most days this week.

And while it’s not quite bikini weather, it did reach a very pleasant 20.4 degrees in town on Monday.

This is almost four degrees warmer than the average for this time of the year with the Bureau of Meteorology’s records showing 16.6 degrees is our long term average for June.

(It did get to bikini weather on June 11, 2019 when we had a record top of 26.3 degrees.)

The warmer days began last week with Wednesday reaching 18.6 degrees, Thursday’s top was 17.1 and it got to 17.8 on Sunday.

The nights however were still pretty cool with 3.2 degrees the minimum overnight temperatures recorded on both Tuesday and Wednesday last week.

We woke to 7.1 on Monday morning and the day started out at 8.3 degrees on Tuesday.

The Bureau reckons we can expect mostly sunny days for the remainder of this week with tops of 19 degrees predicted for Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

Sunday will be a bit cooler and partly cloudy at 17 degrees with 15 degrees the forecast for Monday along with a chance of rain.

A local learning lesson

Cobar Public School teacher Dimity Stone (at right) with some of the school’s Year 3 and 4 students who took part in a walking excursion last Thursday. The group had stopped at the Great Western Gallery to look at some of the historical photos on display. The excursion was part of the school’s unit of study on local history and culture. Ms Stone said being new to Cobar, she was very pleased to join the students to learn lots of interesting facts about Cobar.

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PUBLIC NOTICES EXPLORATION LICENCE APPLICATION Notice is given in accordance with Section 13A of the Mining Act 1992 and Clause 15 of the Mining Regulation 2016, that Exploration Licence Application No 6484 (Act 1992) for Group 1 (Metallic Minerals) has been lodged with the Department of Regional NSW by Sandfire Resources Limited ACN 105 154 185, over an area of about 133 Units (approx. 399 square kilometres) which is located about 89 kilometres West South West of the town of Cobar, as shown on the diagram below.

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ABOUT THE ROLE Reporting to the Customer Service Manager, this customer focused role is responsible for ensuring efficient and effective rating and property management in accordance with Local Government Legislation and Council procedures.

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Family Day Care Educators Are you passionate about working with children and looking for a flexible and fulfilling career in Early Childhood Education and Care?

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If you enjoy working with children and want to make a difference in their lives by providing quality care with stimulating and challenging learning experiences from your own nurturing home environment, then Family Day Care could be your career of choice!

A career as an Educator in Family Day Care is a rewarding business opportunity. As an Educator you will build a partnership with Far West Family Day Care Service as well as our approved provider Cobar Shire Council.

You will be required to have: • Minimum Certificate III in Early Childhood Education and Care or working towards • First Aid in Education and Care (HLTAID004/012) and CPR (HLTAID001/009) • NSW Working with Children Check • National Police Check within the last 6 months • Current public liability insurance (Family Day Care Australia can provide this) Educators with Far West Family Day Care have the opportunity to work from home, have flexible working hours and are able to develop tailored educational programs for the children enrolled in their care based on individual needs, interests and experiences.

If this is the career change you have been looking for, please contact Far West Family Day Care Office at fdcadmin@cobar.nsw.gov.au or 02 6836 1156 for information and an application package.

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POSITIONS VACANT

Cobar Primary Health Care Centre Registered Nurse/Endorsed Enrolled Nurse Cobar Primary Health Care Centre is a GPA Accredited Practice and currently has a vacancy for a Fulltime Registered Nurse/Endorsed Enrolled Nurse to become part of the practice team. This is a full-time position 76 hour per fortnight with a probationary period of 3 months. As an accredited practice, the successful applicant would be expected to work with the practice team to maintain the RACGP Standards for General Practice and be committed to continuous quality improvement.

You will be working with the Cobar Primary Health Care Centre Clinical Team in a range of programs including, Chronic Disease Management & Care planning, Preventative Health Checks, Lifestyle Risk Factor Management & Health Promotion, Immunization, Employment & other Medicals and Antenatal/ Postnatal Care if a Registered Midwife. A range of general nursing duties as well as participating in Practice Nursing staff development & practice accreditation.

This is an exciting opportunity for a person with an interest in Primary Health Care to develop their skills in the Primary Health Care setting and broaden their area of knowledge with reporting to the NSW Outback Division of General practice on the general practice needs and activities. We are looking for a candidate with an interest in Chronic Disease and additional training in this area to develop professional competencies will be provided.

Essential Criteria • Current nursing registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) • Well demonstrated communication skills • Current driver’s licence • Good time management skills • Computer skills (Word processing, medical software, database, internet and email) • Experience working within a multidisciplinary team environment Desirable Criteria • A work history within general practice or a primary health care setting • Chronic Disease Management and Care Planning experience Salary Package: Attractive remuneration with salary packaging options are available with this appointment.

Closing Date: COB Friday, July 15 2022 For more information, contact Liam Rice on 6872 4777. Application packs including position description must be submitted with your application and are available at the Primary Health Centre, 26 Harcourt Street, Cobar.

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Polyfabrications & F B Linings Pty Ltd 34 Old Bourke Rd, Cobar NSW 2835 ABN: 24 115 039 739

TRADESMAN/ ASSISTANT REQUIRED 9 Day Fortnight Competitive Hourly rate Monday to Friday All ages welcome to apply Polyfabrications is a well established and respected business in Cobar. Operating since 1994, we are a leading provider of customised heavy-duty plastics solutions for the Mining, Farming and Industrial sectors.

As a tradesman/trades assistant you will be required to weld poly fittings and other components such as liquid storage tanks, Poly Piping and assist in on-site installations and repairs.

Responsibilities include: • Weld poly fittings or other components into poly-products in accordance with drawings supplied • Construct poly products from varying pipe and HDPE sheets in accordance with drawings supplied • Monitor stocks of components and request purchase of items as required • Accurate Record keeping and reporting • Observe and maintain a high level of safety at all time • Be able to pass a Pre-Employment Medical , National Police Check, and Drug & Alcohol testing on the job Required Skills / Experience / Qualifications • Mechanical aptitude to understand and interpret drawings • Strong verbal and written communication skills • Ability to meet commitments under pressure • Highly organised and motivated Desirable but not essential skills / Experience / Qualifications ( Training will be provided ) • Poly Welding qualifications / experience • Working at Heights • Confined Spaces • Forklift Licence • First Aid Certificate

Please forward your application to: admin@polyfabrications.com.au

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Shot Firer/Charge Up Operator—Development

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CSA Mine is looking for an experienced Charge Up Operator - Development to join the team. You will work in a team that is focused on safety, while driving to meet the plan. You will work in one of the world’s most iconic mining districts, which has the second highest grade copper mine in the country.

About the role:

The successful applicant will have:

• Previous underground mining experience (Charging or mining • • • • • • • • •

• Current Australian Driver’s Licence (minimum P2 or equivalent) operations) • MR Licence Understanding of drill and charge-up plans • Working from Heights accreditation Charging and firing production and development headings • UHL/ BEUL or willingness and ability to obtain prior to Completing pre blast and post blast checks commencement.

Washing, scaling down the area after blasting Previous experience operating an MCU or similar blast product Benefits delivery vehicle (desired) You will be entitled to a comprehensive range of benefits aimed at Experience with electronic blasting systems (advantageous) attracting and retaining our most valuable asset, our people. We Strong customer orientation offer competitive remuneration including a residential allowance, A commitment and attitude toward Safety, Health and quarterly production bonuses and other financial benefits Environment This is a residential role. Transit accommodation is available for a including medical and insurance discounts, recognition and reward programs, further development, and career opportunities, plus period of 12 weeks to assist the successful applicant to source use of Glencore Rewards, our online discount platform with 100s their own accommodation locally. of retailers.

For further information please contact Alison Pearson, HR Advisor: 0459 952 958 Applications will only be accepted via www.glencore.com/careers and close 7am Monday, July 4, 2022 although shortlisting may occur throughout the advertising period.

Jumbo Operator

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CSA Mine is looking for experienced Jumbo Operator. You will be responsible for drilling faces using a Jumbo drill and other metalliferous mining equipment or the operation of one or more of the following: continuous miner, longwall miner, (shearer) or bolting equ ipment.

About the role:

The successful applicant will have:

• Comply with all safety requirements and Company policies and

• Current Australian Driver’s Licence (minimum P2 or equivalent) • Demonstrated previous experience and history as a Jumbo

procedures

• Ensure required standards are followed for individual work areas, • • • •

during work output, during equipment operation and during maintenance Ensure all headings are to standard in all areas Ensure all headings are pulled clean and square to enable easy clean up with loader Ensure all headings are supported to standard Effective and efficient equipment care to ensure minimum damage and maximum utilisation & availability of equipment. Will be monitored for damage, availability for cross shift and correct utilisation including, but not limited to, bolting centralisers changed out when boring, correct use of scaling rods and preventative maintenance

Operator

• Extensive knowledge of underground mining

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.

Conditions This role is offered on a 7 on 7 off roster with Residential, DIDO and FIFO Sydney commute options available. An attractive remuneration package is offered commensurate with experience, as well as a bonus scheme and the opportunity to access other attractive emp loyee 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 Jackson Barrow HR Advisor: 0473 627 042 Applications will only be accepted via www.glencore.com/careers and close 7am, Friday July 8, 2022 although shortlisting may commence throughout the advertising period.

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Lilliane Brady Village Kitchen Hand Casual & Permanent Part Time Available Position Summary: • Undertake kitchen/catering activities to meet the service needs of the Lilliane Brady Village & Cobar Local Health District Hospital (LHD).

• Assist the cook to prepare and deliver meals to residents of the Lilliane Brady Village & to patients at the Cobar Local Health District Hospital according to the food safety program & HACCP guidelines • Participation in Continuous Improvement Activities by completing audits of all kitchen activities to ensure compliance with NSW Food Authority legislative requirements Duties: • Assist in the preparation of meals under the supervision of the Cook • Set trays and/or tables attractively with correct crockery and cutlery • Plate and deliver meals to residents’ in accordance with each resident’s identified abilities and preferences & as per menu selections to patients at LHD • Maintain hygiene and cleanliness of food storage, preparation and service areas in accordance policy and protocols • Dispose of waste in accordance with organisational policy and protocol • Use and maintain catering equipment in accordance with manufacturers’ instructions • Undertake cleaning activities of the kitchen and dining areas and associated equipment in accordance with the Lilliane Brady Village’s cleaning schedule

This position requires a high level of confidentiality and all applicants must have a current Federal Police clearance for working in aged care Enquiries should be directed to The Acting Director of Nursing – Maree Wheeler - Ph: 68367200 Interest in this position should be in writing & addressed to : Maree Wheeler Acting Director of Nursing Lilliane Brady Village 2 Nullamutt Street, Cobar NSW 2835 or emailed to LBV_Admin@cobar.nsw.gov.au

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Sport

Sun shines on the soccer players After a foggy start to the day on Saturday, the sun eventually came out for the Cobar Junior Soccer Club’s games.

In the Minis division, Chelsea had a win in their match over Rangers with goals landed by Leo Neale, Jack Preisig and Max Preisig.

Rovers won their game over United with Rovers’ goals scored by Ford Ellison and Delilah McBride while Sam McKervey was the goal scorer for his United team.

Wanderers finished with a win over Liverpool in their Minis game with Cameron Fennamore and Ethan Jebb the goal scorers for Wanderers while Joe Arnold scored for Liverpool.

The Mini’s Milkshake awards went to Darcy Geppert, Juan Engelbrecht, Murph Ellison, Sam McKervey, Cameron Fennamore and Heidi Betcke.

The Cobar Hotbake Donut Awards were earned by George Peter, Hudson Neale, Ford Ellison, Dayna Armstrong and Nestor Linn.

In the Mids competition, Rovers and Liverpool played out a thrilling 2-all draw with Mark McBride (2) scoring for Rovers while Tom Preisig and Nixon Small netted a goal

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each for Liverpool.

In the other Mids game, United narrowly defeated Rangers 3-2 with Henry Geppert (1) and Charlie Nicholson (2) scoring United’s goals for their team.

Rangers’ goals came from Logan Fennamore (1) and Jeremiah McMillan (1).

The Mids Milkshake awards were collected

by Bella Barton, Nixon Small, Amelia Freeman and Cole Barraclough while Lilly Deppler, Tilly Doll, Eli Freeman and Janayah Kearns earned the Cobar Hotbake Donut Awards.

In the Seniors game Spurs had it over Rangers to finish with a 5-3 win.

Denika Brown, Braiden Jones, Isaac Theakston and Jeremy Theakston added one goal each to the Spurs’ tally, plus an own goal was scored.

Jacob Theakston (2) and Tom Preisig (1) netted goals for their Rangers team.

For the Seniors, Isaac Theakston and Jacob Theakston earned the Milkshake Awards while Macee Brown and Jayden Cryer took home the Cobar Hotbake Donut Awards.

Sport

A dry golf course has helped to improve ladies’ scores The scores are looking better as the golf course finally dries out and so in turn some of the players are finding their handicaps dropping.

One of those ladies was Sally Bannister who had two wins and a runner-up place over the past week in the ladies’ competition.

A great score of 41 points secured her win in Wednesday’s Stableford round, seven points clear of runners-up, Susan Goonrey and Geraldine Francisco, who both had 34 points.

The Nearest the Pin winners on the 11th hole were Bannister, Francisco and Joy Josephson in their respective grades.

A field of 11 players were out enjoying the sunshine once the fog lifted on Saturday.

Fay Hardwick finished as the Stroke winner with 69 net as well as taking out the putting prize with 25 putts for the day. Sally Bannister was a close second with 70 net followed by Ann Dunn (71) and Pat Polack on 76 net.

The same amount of players backed up on

Cobar Junior Rugby League scored three good wins in their Dubbo & District competition games at Wellington on Saturday.

The Cobar Under 14s were simply unstoppable in their game winning 68-4.

Jaxon Burke (4) and Tim Eves (3) led the scoring for Cobar with Ethan McLeod, Kai McCosker, Jackson Muldoon, Axel Fairfull, Jacob Chandler and Brayden Kreeck also adding tries to their big game tally.

Goals were converted by Tim Eves, Kai McCosker, Axel Fairfull and Jay Lamond.

Ethan McLeod was named Players’ Player.

The Cobar Under 12s accounted for their Wellington opposition 30-0.

The Roosters try scorers were Lachlan Brookman, Eli Martin, Rowdy Barton, Billy George (2) and Aiden Hyland with Lachlan, Rowdy and Aiden kicking a goal each.

Aiden earned the Players’ Player award and the Coaches Award went to Skyla Fairfull.

The Under 10s game was a thriller which Cobar won 28-20.

Billy Watt, Tommy George (2), Lucas

Townsend and Clair Cousins were Cobar’s try scorers with goals kicked by Billy Watt, Lucas Townsend, Austin Kane, and Sonny Stephens.

Their Players’ Player was Billy Watt and the Coaches Award went to Sonny Stephens.

In the Under 9s uncontested game, Sonny Stephens was Cobar’s Players’ Player and the Coaches Awards went to Charlie Miller and Jack Mitchell.

The Roosters Under 16s were beaten by Wellington 36-16. Jayden Paul scored twice for Cobar and Kai Taylor added a try and two goals to their tally.

Taylor also earned the Players’ Player while the Coach’s Award went to Tommy Bryan.

The Cobar Under 11s played St Johns Blue in Dubbo and were beaten 50-0.

Braxton Martin was their Players’ Player and Jaxon Waugh collected the Coaches Award.

In Sunday’s Mini League games the Under 6 awards went to Levi Prince and Lenny Hill with the Under 8s awards earned by Julius Blackmore, Ashton Campbell, Nixon Small and Christopher Cohen Quayle.

Junior Roosters score big wins at Wello

Sunday for a Par game and once again Sally Bannister had a tremendous game posting a +5 score. Susan Goonrey finished in second place with a good score of +3 and Glenda Peebles had an even card on the day.

Barb Barklimore carded -1. Wan Sipatsa, Karen Manns and Glennis Prisk were all nearest to the flag on the 15th hole.

Unfortunately the Cobar Lady Pennants team was forced to forfeit their match in Condobolin last Friday due to illness. With no other players available, and others not wanting to compete with only a four person team, the Condobolin ladies gained any easy five points.

The next round is at home against Warren next Friday and is a must win in all five games if Cobar is to advance any further.

A Stroke game is on today and last week’s postponed monthly meeting will be on after the presentation. Something different on Saturday is a ‘3 stick’ Stableford event. A bit of thought needs to go into which three sticks are chosen as nothing else can be used for the whole round. A Par wraps up the golfing week on Sunday.—T’d Off

Cobar Shire Council Public Notices

OVALS AT WARD OVAL CLOSED Cobar Shire Council has recently received funding to install new irrigation systems, new oval fencing and undertake oval re-alignment at Ward Oval. This project is a significant part of the upgrades at Ward Oval. It will unfortunately mean that the ovals will be unable to be used between June 15, 2022 to September 30, 2022.

The ovals will be closed to the general public and to all user groups during this time.

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If you have any further questions please contact Council on 02 6836 5888.

ORDINARY COUNCIL MEETING 5pm, Thursday June 23, 2022 Open to the public. Agendas and business papers are now available to the public.

Copies are available from the Council Administration Office or may be downloaded from website: www.cobar.nsw.gov.au/council/ council-meetings mail@cobar.nsw.gov.au PO Box 223, COBAR, NSW, 2835 Peter Vlatko, General Manager

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Sport

Taking evasive action

Cobar Bactrians player Georgie Buckman (with the ball) narrowly evading the Bourke Ewes defender in Saturday’s Round 7 Western Plains Rugby Union ladies game at Ailsa Fitzsimmons Memorial Oval. The Cobar team was beaten 5-1 by the visitors.

Georgie was the Bactrians’ Players’ Player and also shared Best & Fairest points.

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Good competition played out in darts There was some good competition played out in the local darts competition last Wednesday night with Golfie Spearchuckers, RSL and the Empire Pirates each coming out on top in their respective matches.

Golfie Spearchuckers won their match 7-4 over Golfie Gophers and RSL also finished with a 7-4 victory over Empire Barflies while in the other game Empire Pirates won 8-3 over Western Outlaws.

Hundreds and high scores were recorded by Western Outlaws—Matt Crotty 112; Empire Pirates—Rachel Carey 100, JR Templeton 125, 100 and Glenn Ratcliffe 120; Golfie Spearchuckers—Dick Tulloh 100, Cec Hargraves 100, 121, 100, Daryl Curtis 100, 100 and Al Mair 118; Golfie Barflies—Rodney Coleman 100, 140, 102, Craig Youd 100 and Jubilee Tovakuta 100, 140; RSL—Tony Brown 121, 140, 100, Tyler Roberts 100 and Don Roberts 121.

Mescal Nicholls with 53, had the highest Pegout for the ladies while Tyler Roberts (87) had the highest for the men.

The ladies highest score was 100 recorded

by Rachel Carey and the men’s highest score of the night was 140 which was recorded by three players, Jubilee Tovakuta, Rodney Coleman and Tony Brown.

In tonight’s games, Empire Barflies take on RSL at the Empire, Golfie Gophers are up against Golfie Spearchuckers at the Golfie and Western Outlaws will host the Empire Pirates.

Sport

Big improvement Jets were too good for Roosterettes Warmer weather conditions saw a big improvement in the scores in the men’s golf competition last weekend.

Single handicap golfers filled the top five places in the Stableford event held on Saturday.

Matt Russell took out first place with 41 stableford points and Mark Fraser was a close second on 40 points.

Garry Wilkin, with 38, finished in third place before a countback was required to separate 4th and 5th places.

Peter Lawrence then got the nod over Jay Egan, after both finished on 37 stableford points.

Nearest to the Pin prizes were won by Bill Fugar on the 7th hole, Matt Russell on the 11th and Travis Buckman won the 15th.

A field of 12 players contested the four ball aggregate Stableford event on Sunday.

Jason Foster had a bit of weight to carry when he teamed up with Anthony Polack and they won with 71 stableford points.

They were closely followed by Zach Finn and Max Phillips on 70 stableford points after they beat Steve Manns and Greg Clark on a countback.

In 4th place were Bill Fugar and John Potter on 68 stableford points.

Nearest to the Pin prizes were won by John Potter on the 7th hole, Chris Powell on the 8th and Anthony Polack on the 15th.

In the Bill Bartlett Memorial Matchplay competition, Peter Lawrence defeated Jason Hampel in a first round match.

This Saturday a Monthly Medal Stableford will be played and on Sunday the 4th round of the Captain’s Trophy will be contested.— Three Aces

The Narromine visitors finished with a 30 -6 win over the Cobar Roosterettes in their Round 8 Castlereagh League Tag match at Tom Knight Memorial Oval on Saturday.

The Cobar team put up a good fight, particularly in the first half, forcing the Jets defenders to scramble on numerous occasions.

The young Narromine side however had plenty of pace and confidently threw the ball around to create overlaps on a number of occasions.

After leading 10-0 at halftime, the Jets continued to hold the upper hand in the second half, running in another try soon after

the restart.

Cobar played themselves back into the match with a try by Georgia Boland and Brianna Watson’s conversion narrowed the margin to 14-6.

The Jets however proved to be too good and ran in three more tries (including one scored in the final minute of play) to finish with the win.

Cobar’s Best & Fairest points were shared

by Sarah Morley (3), Tyler Chiswick (2) and one point each went to Boland and Amber Byrne.

Chiswick was named Players’ Player.

Competition and social games played Four bowls Championship games, two Pairs and two Singles matches, were played at the Golfie on Sunday.

In the Pairs competition, the father and son dynamic duo of Don Roberts and Kyle Roberts won their game 31-9 against Shine McIver and Karen Daly.

In the other Pairs game, Craig ‘Duck’ Grimmond and Barry Bargwanna finished with a +12 win over David Thomas and Glen ‘Kiwi’ Ratcliffe.

A ‘battle royal’ was on between Marlene Wynd and Shane Carter in their Singles game with Wynd victorious 32-25.

The marker in this game was Jim Goonrey.

In the other Singles game, in which Michael Sargent acted as marker, Peter ‘Skeet’ Goonrey won 31-23 against Tadgh Waugh.

The winners of the championship games all go through to the next round.

There were 11 players for the social bowls game on Sunday which included two visitors from Wagga Wagga.

Winning with +8 were the team of David Schofield, Randal Hall and Colin Plater (Wagga Wagga).

Their opponents were John ‘Shark’ Daly, Daryl Jermyn and Inga Plater (Wagga Wagga).

In the other game, David ‘Ooze’ Knight, John Goonrey and double lead Peta Zazoniuk won by +5 over Bian Smith, Doug Hudson and Zazoniuk.

Peta Zazoniuk was the recipient of the Georgette The Giraffe Award.

Her bowl, which looked set to disrupt the championship game being played on the next rink, was however saved by Ooze’s quick reflexes and a swift sprint to retrieve the wayward bowl.—The Second

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Sport

Invigorated Camels side scores a good 36-24 win

Brandon ‘Chucky’ Jones was a helpful addition to the Cobar Camels side in their 36-24 win over the Bourke/Bre visitors in their Round 7 Western Plains Rugby Union match at Ailsa Fitzsimmons Memorial Oval on Saturday.

The Cobar Camels may have done the Bourke/Bre team a favour in swapping the venue and hosting Saturday’s Western Plains Rugby Union game, but that was as far as their acquiescence stretched, with the Camels showing no mercy on the field to post a 36-24 win.

It was an even start to the Round 7 match at Ailsa Fitzsimmons Memorial Oval on Saturday with both sides constantly kicking in play to improve their field position.

The Camels eventually crossed for first points 20 minutes into the match after Kody Martin capitalized on a Bourke/Bre dropped ball close to the try line.

Martin picked it up and quickly passed it out wide for Will Allen to score in the corner.

Martin’s conversion attempt missed the mark for the Camels to lead 5-0.

After a lot of Bourke/Bre possession, the Camels once again made the most of another opportunity presented to them when Brandon ‘Chucky’ Jones scooped up a loose ball and raced away to score.

Martin’s second attempt at goal found its mark and the Camels now led 12-0.

The Camels then came alive and an invigorated enthusiastic team invoked a furious pick and drive passage of play which resulted in a try to Jay Ellison to take them out to a 17-0 lead.

Jones and Ellison then combined to score Cobar’s next try. Jones’ kick chase effort and break away run gained plenty of metres and then his pass to Ellison in support finished with a try under the posts for Ellison.

The visitors had travelled without any subs but the Cobar side evened things up somewhat when they had one of their backs and soon

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after a forward, both yellow carded for infringements and sent to the sinbin for 10 minutes.

The Camels scrambled in defence and a trysaving tackle in the corner by Allen kept the visitors scoreless while the Camels were “short staffed”.

The Bourke/Bre side did however push over for a converted try 10 minutes out from halftime and there was no change to the score by the time the referee called half time.

Bourke/Bre came back refreshed from the break and fought back in the second half scoring three tries.

The Camels however stepped up and responded each time the Bourke/Bre side looked like getting back into the game.

They also added another two tries to their game tally, (through Troy Hill and Tyler Coughlan) to finish with a thrilling 36-24 win.

Ellison earned the Camels Best & Fairest three points (and Players’ Player award).

B&F two points went to Mitch Dunne and Darius Naera and Allen shared a point each.

While the rules of the ladies game still have a lot of the spectators baffled, the players however seem to have got their heads around them and Saturday’s game between the Cobar Bactrians and Bourke Ewes, prior to the First Grade match, was full of action.

The Bourke visitors finished with a 5-1 win but the Cobar side made sure they had to work hard for it.

Cobar’s Best & Fairest points went to Bethany Smith (3), Georgie Buckman/ Katelyn Martin (2 each) and Sam Ward (1). Buckman also earned the Players’ Player award.

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Roosters well and truly beat the Jets

The Cobar Roosters well and truly beat the Narromine Jets 60-16 in their Christie & Hood Castlereagh First Grade match at Tom Knight Memorial Oval on Saturday.

It was a bit of a surprising result as the game had been touted as being a ‘match of the round’, with the third placed Jets expected to have been more of a challenge for the high flying Roosters.

For much of the first half, Saturday’s game was evenly matched with both sides sharing possession and strongly defending their try lines.

Pacey winger Ben Griffiths opened the scoring for the Roosters 10 minutes into the match

with the first of his three tries for the game.

The Jets replied soon after when prop Luke Thompson muscled his way over to open Narromine’s account.

Cobar then took control after Ash Davies scored two runaway tries and Tim Hillam pushed over for another for the Roosters to go ahead, 20-4.

The Jets fought their way back into the match to narrow the margin to 20-10 just before halftime but a late try by the Roosters through winger Jack Brown, extended Cobar’s lead to 26-10 at the break.

It wasn’t long after the re-start that Griffiths raced away for his second try to push the

Roosters out to a 32-10 lead.

Cobar virtually handed the Jets their next try after the Roosters were penalized twice in quick succession for being offside.

The Jets’ subsequent converted try brought the margin back to 32-16.

It was however the last mistake the Roosters would make in the match as they went on to play the remainder of the game in a much more controlled manner.

They passed the ball around well and their patience prodding the line paid off when captain/coach Loma Atuau forced his way over to add another try to his season’s tally.

Soon after Tom Plater saw his try scoring opportunity 10 metres out when he scooted over from a quick play of the ball to dive over and score under the posts.

Ted Smith’s determined run up field (dragging a number of defenders with him) helped to set up Cobar’s next try.

Smith was halted mere metres from the line by the Jets’ defenders however he managed to get the ball out the back which was passed on to Brown who dived over for his second try of the match.

Veteran Jimmy Neyland set up Cobar’s next try and his deft kick in play to the corner found Griffiths again on the burst and he raced over for his third try for the match.

With the clock ticking down, it looked like all of the Roosters were keen to get their names on the try scorers’ list before the final whistle with Jed Noonan going close and Nathan McAndrew was held up on the line.

Neyland however was happy to just keep setting up tries and his well-timed pass to Davies on the burst, resulted in Cobar’s final try, which was their 11th for the game.

Davies justly earned the Players’ Player award and Best & Fairest three points while B&F two points went to David Watson and Griffiths collected one point.

Cobar Roosters fullback Ash Davies easily outrunning the Narromine Jets defenders in The Roosters will travel to Coonamble this the Roosters big 60-16 win on Saturday at Tom Knight Memorial Oval.

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