Council

Fee trial continues after holiday no-shows mean kids miss out

Forbes Shire Council will continue its trial of fees for holiday activities with children missing out on the fun due to no-shows. The council has been offering free holiday activities to Forbes families for many years - and these regularly book out -...

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07 Sep 2025

Council

Council to hear Vintage Village visions

Council called for expressions of interest for two accommodation sites

Renee Powell >

02 Sep 2025

Council

Guidelines for lighting up Town Hall

Lighting Forbes’ historic Town Hall with colour of a night has become a beautiful way to honour members of our community or shine a light on a cause. As requests increase, the council is putting some guidelines around how and when they’ll do it and...

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31 Aug 2025

Council

Guidelines for lighting up Town Hall

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31 Aug 2025

Council

$15.7m road safety upgrade

Trundle has hosted celebrations of completion of $15.7 million worth of works to upgrade The Bogan Way. The works have transformed more than 25 kilometres of this vital regional freight route, improving safety and access across the Parkes Shire. This...

Forbes Advocate >

31 Aug 2025

Council

Students step into council for a day

Primary school students spent a day with Forbes Shire Council, learning all about the role of local government in our community. Students met the landscaping, waste and tourism teams, as well as the rangers and planning teams. They found out how to...

Forbes Advocate >

24 Aug 2025

Council

School zones explained

Parking rules around schools are in place to help keep children safe, however, many drivers don’t really understand what the most common signs mean. Parkes, Forbes and Lachlan Shire Councils’ Road Safety and Injury Prevention Officer, Melanie Suitor...

Forbes Advocate >

17 Aug 2025

Council

From the mayor’s desk

This week marks Local Government Week (LG Week) 2025. The annual celebration is designed to showcase the full range of services, programs, and infrastructure provided by local councils. We have used the week to highlight some of our dedicated staff...

Forbes Advocate >

10 Aug 2025

Council

A year of progress, pride and community spirit

Forbes Shire Council shines in 2024-2025

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04 Aug 2025

Council

From the mayor’s desk

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10 Aug 2025

Council

A year of progress, pride and community spirit

Forbes Shire Council shines in 2024-2025

Contributed Article >

04 Aug 2025

Council

Pool relining under way, park options put to community

Eugowra’s pool is being relined and amenities upgraded as flood repairs in the community progress. The upgrades, including hot showers, should be ready in time for the pool to reopen for Summer, locals heard at a community opening of the Eugowr...

Renee Powell >

03 Aug 2025

Council

Slow down on Gordon Duff Drive

Speed “cushions” are to be installed and a 30km an hour speed limit is proposed for Gordon Duff Drive as more people walk and play in our beautiful Lake Forbes surrounds. While formal approval is pending, a new, lower speed limit has been recommended...

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03 Aug 2025

Council

Museum ready to rebuild

Repairs and upgrades on Eugowra’s home of history are set to begin. Cabonne Council has awarded the tender for major refurbishment of the flood-devastated Eugowra historic museum and bushranger centre, which has been closed since the November 2022...

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03 Aug 2025

Council

Cabonne to introduce text alerts

Residents will be able to register for the service

Mid West Media >

21 Jul 2025

Council

Street Dreams funding to transform Forbes

This week’s column from the mayor’s desk

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14 Jul 2025

Council

Council asks community for feedback on bell

The old Fairbridge Bell was dislodged in the 2022 floods

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14 Jul 2025

Council

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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13 Jul 2025

Council

Heavy vehicle safety, requirements in focus

The annual breakfast is a fixture on the region’s calendar

Mid West Media >

07 Jul 2025

Council

From the mayor’s desk: 2600 tickets to amazing event sold

By MAYOR PHYLLIS MILLER OAMWell we certainly got the frost part right for our sixth annual Frost and Fire on Saturday. It was a very frosty morning on the day of our sixth annual amazing event of live music, good food, friends and fire buckets -...

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29 Jun 2025

Council

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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22 Jun 2025

Council

Vision for Village site

Forbes Shire Council has unveiled an amazing opportunity for developers to expand and enhance Forbes’ accommodation offering. Two parcels of land within the Forbes Visitor Information Centre on the Newell Highway south of Forbes have been...

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22 Jun 2025

Council

Registrations open for heavy vehicle breakfast

Registrations are open for this year’s Central West NSW Heavy Vehicle Breakfast Forum, which will be held at the Forbes Inn on Thursday, 12 June. Local farmers, contract harvesters, couriers, truck drivers and transport company operators are invited...

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15 Jun 2025

Council

Mayor pleased to meet police Commander

By MAYOR PHYLLIS MILLER OAMAfter many phone calls last week to the NSW Police Commissioner’s and Police Minister’s Office, I was very pleased to meet our Western Region Commander Andrew Holland who has given me some solid assurances about the police...

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15 Jun 2025

Council

Progress at Johnny Woods Crossing

Upgrade works around Johnny Woods Crossing as part of the Lake Forbes Activation Plan continue. The crossing has been closing to road traffic during working hours since work began on Monday 5 May, and Forbes Shire Council has given a community update...

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08 Jun 2025

Council

Search for next mock crash actors

Calling all amateur actors across the region. Parkes, Forbes and Lachlan Shire Councils are on the search for youth actors to star in this year’s Not a Statistic Youth Driver Education Program. The Councils’ Road Safety and Injury Prevention Officer...

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08 Jun 2025

Council

Councils lead way in road safety

Parkes, Forbes and Lachlan Shire Councils are the first NSW local governments to become Yellow Ribbon Road Safety Councils. It’s all in partnership with the Safer Australian Roads And Highways (SARAH) Group, who together have signed an Memorandum of...

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25 May 2025