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Cowards target charity

By DAN RYANGutless thieves have stolen from our town’s most generous groups, causing thousands of dollars of damage, to steal property charities say they would give away for free, if only asked. Volunteers along Macquarie Street have shown up to...

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03 Aug 2025

Council

$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

News

From grapes to glory

After a week of pouring, tasting, spitting, glass washing and polishing the CWS and the ASVWS completed the week with the successful Public Tasting on Saturday night. Close to three hundred people, both local and visiting, tasted over 650 wines and...

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03 Aug 2025

News

Charity shop break-ins highlight need for 24/7 Police.

By DAN RYANA string of recent break-ins at charity stores in Cowra has prompted community outrage and renewed calls for greater police resources in the region. NSW Member for Cootamundra, Steph Cooke, expressed deep concern over the incidents...

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03 Aug 2025

News

Keen and green

By DAN RYANAs Paul Kelly reminded us, from little things, big things grow: and Cowra residents turned up in great numbers to plant a seed for future generations on National Tree Day. Rod Hayes and Mark Tucker of Cowra Council were among council...

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03 Aug 2025

News

Renewable fires, super tax take centre stage

Energy developers need to fund emergency fire response teams, NSW Farmers have said at their conference, meeting in Sydney. The threat to life and property posed by massive lithium battery fires had the potential to be too great for rural...

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03 Aug 2025

News

Cowra’s Bendigo Bank agreement to end October

Bendigo Bank agency agreements at Kendal Street will end in October, as the rural bank ends a dozen agreements across the state. The Cowra and Grenfell service locations will end from 16 October, 2025, along with Bendigo Bank services in Crookwell...

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03 Aug 2025

News

Homegrown arts hit the road: $700K Boost for regional arts.

Communities across regional NSW will soon enjoy a cultural boost, thanks to a $700,000 investment from the NSW Government to support the touring of local arts and cultural productions. 36 regional towns including Cowra will host performances, plays...

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03 Aug 2025

News

Magnitude 2.8 earthquake hits near Woodstock

By DAN RYANThings go bump in the night, but the living room isn’t supposed to. That’s how some Woodstock residents described the light shaking they felt just after 7pm on Sunday July 20, following a small but noticeable earthquake near Reg...

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03 Aug 2025

Council

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