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22 July 2025
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Eugowra solar project nears construction phase
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Eugowra solar project nears construction phase

Cabonne is several steps closer to commencing construction of a solar power plant on the outskirts of Eugowra. The 2.14MW solar power station, which will include a 5MWh battery, is planned for a site on Casuarina Drive – on the same lot as the...

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20 Jul 2025
Council asks community for feedback on bell
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Council asks community for feedback on bell

Cabonne Council is to turn to community consultation to ensure the old Fairbridge School Bell is in the best possible permanent location. The bell, which is essentially a length of disused rail line, has been returned to Fairbridge Memorial Park...

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20 Jul 2025
Cabonne to introduce text alerts
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Cabonne to introduce text alerts

Cabonne residents will soon be able to receive SMS alerts of events like water outages or significant road closures. The council has taken the next step toward introducing the service, adopting a policy around what can be sent out at the June council...

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20 Jul 2025
Cabonne to introduce text alerts
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Cabonne to introduce text alerts

Cabonne residents will soon be able to receive SMS alerts of events like water outages or significant road closures. The council has taken the next step toward introducing the service, adopting a policy around what can be sent out at the June council...

Renee Powell  >  
20 Jul 2025
Council backs bush bursary program
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Council backs bush bursary program

The Bush Bursary program designed to bring health students to the country will receive another year’s support from Cabonne Council. Cabonne councillors voted to provide $3000 in funding to sponsor two students with Bush Bursary scholarships. Council...

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13 Jul 2025
Cabonne gets $737,000 emergency services levy bill
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Cabonne gets $737,000 emergency services levy bill

Cabonne council needs to pay $737,179 for the emergency services levy in the coming financial year – an amount described as a significant burden at council’s May meeting. Cabonne’s share of the levy has increased more than $36,000 or 4.9 per...

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13 Jul 2025
Urgent Repairs to Low-Level Bridge Begin
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Urgent Repairs to Low-Level Bridge Begin

Cowra’s low-level bridge will once again be closed to the public, this time for an extended six-week period, as urgent repairs begin. Cowra Shire Council said they had engaged Timber Restoration Services to undertake essential repairs on the...

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20 Jul 2025
Cabonne's efforts to extend swimming awarded
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Cabonne’s efforts to extend swimming awarded

Cabonne Council has received state recognition for its unsupervised swimming pools initiative, which opened up our shire’s pools to swimmers for longer hours. Last Summer community members were able to spend another 1435 hours at the shire’s...

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13 Jul 2025
Drought Resilience Plan Officially Approved
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Drought Resilience Plan Officially Approved

Cowra Shire Council has announced the region’s first Drought Resilience Plan to help the shire deal with future droughts. The plan was developed during 2024 with the support of the Australian Government’s Future Drought Fund, and in partnership...

Dan Ryan  >  
06 Jul 2025
Cabonne's efforts to extend swimming awarded
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Cabonne’s efforts to extend swimming awarded

Cabonne Council has received state recognition for its unsupervised swimming pools initiative, which opened up our shire’s pools to swimmers for longer hours. Last Summer community members were able to spend another 1435 hours at the shire’s...

Renee Powell  >  
13 Jul 2025
Drought Resilience Plan Officially Approved
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Drought Resilience Plan Officially Approved

Cowra Shire Council has announced the region’s first Drought Resilience Plan to help the shire deal with future droughts. The plan was developed during 2024 with the support of the Australian Government’s Future Drought Fund, and in partnership...

Dan Ryan  >  
06 Jul 2025
Shape how council communicates
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Shape how council communicates

Media and social media are part of everyday life shaping how we stay informed, connect with others, and share what matters. Cowra Shire Council is inviting the community to provide feedback on its Draft Media and Social Media Policy, now on public...

Dan Ryan  >  
06 Jul 2025
Have your say in how you hear from council
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Have your say in how you hear from council

Council panelling enagement strategy

Dan Ryan  >  
12 May 2025
Solar powers ahead for Cowra
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Solar powers ahead for Cowra

Key Cowra facilities to receive solar under grant

Dan Ryan  >  
14 Apr 2025
Council to lease land by walk
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Council to lease land by walk

Items from the Cabonne Council March meeting agend

Mid West Media  >  
07 Apr 2025
Youth Week 2025: We are the future, and the future is now!
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Youth Week 2025: We are the future, and the future is now!

Cowra youth week

Dan Ryan  >  
31 Mar 2025
Have your say on plan for Cabonne, Council urges
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Have your say on plan for Cabonne, Council urges

Cabonne Council has released its draft operational and delivery plans for the next financial year for community comment. The draft documents are available on the council’s website and at the Cabonne Council chambers until Wednesday 21 May, and the...

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18 May 2025
Council defers childcare centre decision
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Council defers childcare centre decision

Cabonne Council has deferred a decision on a childcare centre for a month to work through concerns about parking with the developer. Robert Wilson’s Circle Early Learning Centre operates childcare centres in Oberon and Blayney, and he explains they...

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13 Apr 2025
“Terrific”: Unmarked graves to receive care as council fees waived for students
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“Terrific”: Unmarked graves to receive care as council fees waived for students

Cowra’s councillors have voted unanimously to reduce the cost of creating and placing headstones on unmarked graves, as part of a TAFE course encouraged to promote working opportunities in the community. Councillors voted at a general committee...

Dan Ryan  >  
08 Apr 2025
Council expects $4.8m surplus: report shows
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Council expects $4.8m surplus: report shows

Cowra council has started the year in the black, headed towards a surplus of nearly five million dollars for the end of the financial year. The Quarterly Budget Review Statement, presented at an information session held on Monday 17 February 2025...

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13 Apr 2025
Ability Network funding denied by Council
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Ability Network funding denied by Council

Council has voted down a $10,000 grant application by Ability Network, as the final touches are made on their new Community Hub. The Community Hub, which launched on March 12, will host space for day activities for the more than 200 clients and...

Dan Ryan  >  
13 Apr 2025
Kendal Street to go slow
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Kendal Street to go slow

Kendal Street to go to 40km/hr

Dan Ryan  >  
06 Mar 2025
Kendal Street to go slow
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Kendal Street to go slow

Kendal Street to go to 40km/hr

Dan Ryan  >  
06 Mar 2025
Council: We're not turning our back on the gallery
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Council: We’re not turning our back on the gallery

Councillors have voted in favour of a recission of a motion redevelop Cowra Regional Art Gallery. Ahead of the meeting on Monday night, councillors expressed concern about both the redevelopment plans and funding conditions. Under the NSW...

Dan Ryan  >  
27 Mar 2025
Art gallery proposal on the chopping block at Council vote
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Art gallery proposal on the chopping block at Council vote

An extraordinary council meeting will be held on Monday night for councillors to debate a motion voted for by council two weeks prior. Cowra shire council voted to progress an application for grant funding to redevelop the Cowra Regional Art Gallery...

Dan Ryan  >  
27 Mar 2025
Art gallery proposal on the chopping block at Council vote
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Art gallery proposal on the chopping block at Council vote

An extraordinary council meeting will be held on Monday night for councillors to debate a motion voted for by council two weeks prior. Cowra shire council voted to progress an application for grant funding to redevelop the Cowra Regional Art Gallery...

Dan Ryan  >  
27 Mar 2025
$144k to elect one councillor
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$144k to elect one councillor

Electoral commission provides cost breakdown

Dan Ryan  >  
09 Jan 2025
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