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Council rubbishes unmarked bins
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Council rubbishes unmarked bins

By DAN RYANCowra residents are being reminded that only Council-issued bins with an official Cowra Council sticker will be collected as part of the town’s domestic waste service. The reminder follows questions in the community after Council’s...

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24 Aug 2025
Council rubbishes unmarked bins
Council

Council rubbishes unmarked bins

By DAN RYANCowra residents are being reminded that only Council-issued bins with an official Cowra Council sticker will be collected as part of the town’s domestic waste service. The reminder follows questions in the community after Council’s...

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24 Aug 2025
Cowra Council opens 2025–2026 Community Grants Program
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Cowra Council opens 2025–2026 Community Grants Program

Cowra Council has announced that applications are now open for the first round of the 2025–2026 Community Grants Program, offering funding to support local volunteer-run, not-for-profit organisations in delivering projects that benefit the wider...

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17 Aug 2025
Cowra Council opens 2025–2026 Community Grants Program
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Cowra Council opens 2025–2026 Community Grants Program

Cowra Council has announced that applications are now open for the first round of the 2025–2026 Community Grants Program, offering funding to support local volunteer-run, not-for-profit organisations in delivering projects that benefit the wider...

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17 Aug 2025
Cameras collecting data for second bridge.
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Cameras collecting data for second bridge.

Have you seen cameras popping up around roads in Cowra? Cowra Council has put out a notice clarifying the purpose of the cameras residents have seen popping up around the bridge. The temporary cameras are not being used to track speeds, license...

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10 Aug 2025
Cowra Youth Peace Award nominations open
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Cowra Youth Peace Award nominations open

The biennial Cowra Youth Peace Award is returning in 2025. An initiative of the Cowra World Peace Bell Association, the Award aims to recognise young people in the Cowra Shire who have demonstrated strong community leadership and embody the ideals...

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03 Aug 2025
Our communities go without: Cabonne backs call for cost-shift relief
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Our communities go without: Cabonne backs call for cost-shift relief

“Cost shifting means our communities get less or go without.“They go without safer roads. They go without parks.“And they go without important community services that only councils provide, while their communities are effectively paying hidden taxes...

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03 Aug 2025
$500 per ratepayer: cost-shifting blowout exposed
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$500 per ratepayer: cost-shifting blowout exposed

Councils across NSW are now absorbing a staggering $1.5 billion in cost shifting from state and Federal governments each year – a cumulative $11.3 billion over the past decade – according to a new report commissioned by Local Government NSW...

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03 Aug 2025
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
$500 per ratepayer: cost-shifting blowout exposed
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$500 per ratepayer: cost-shifting blowout exposed

Councils across NSW are now absorbing a staggering $1.5 billion in cost shifting from state and Federal governments each year – a cumulative $11.3 billion over the past decade – according to a new report commissioned by Local Government NSW...

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03 Aug 2025
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
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...

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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...

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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...

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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
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