The Coonamble Times
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PHOTO: Minister Watt inspects machinery at the Port of Brisbane recently. WORD ahead of Tuesday night’s budget was that the federal government was planning a long-term funding model for biosecurity …
PHOTO: Mitch Nalder and Jack Barrett take down a young Rooster. THE Coonamble Bears played host to the Cobar Roosters last Saturday in round one of the Castlereagh league competition …
PHOTO: Sam Turnbull slips past Cobar Rooster. The Coonamble Bears took on the Cobar Roosters at home last weekend, with the Leaguetag ladies up first, playing a fast and hard …
PHOTO: Winner Nathan Finn. Last Sunday 9 golfers braved very cold and windy conditions competing in Matt and Wrenchys may monthly medal. Medal and guzzlers mug went to Nathan Finn …
PHOTO: The MV Montevideo Maru, which sank on July 1, 1942, after being torpedoed by the USS Sturgeon. More than 1,000 people went down with the ship. Photo: Wikipedia. A …
PHOTO: Drought fueled dust storms across the Narromine area were recorded by Katrina Curtis. While the past couple of wet years have seen drought become a memory – for the …
PHOTO: Cobar High School students delved into local memories involving the Silver Tank. A one hundred and twenty year old local landmark has recently been celebrated by children born over a …
PHOTO: “Plastic doesn’t grow on trees” – the overall winner of 2022 Waste2Art competition. Did you know that only four per cent of Australians reuse plastic shopping bags and that …
Local shire councils are up in arms about the State Government’s proposed increase to the Emergency Services Levy (ESL) which some say would be “catastrophic” to council’s ability to operate …