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25 July 2025
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Cabonne to introduce text alerts
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Cabonne to introduce text alerts

Residents will be able to register for the service

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21 Jul 2025
Street Dreams funding to transform Forbes
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Street Dreams funding to transform Forbes

This week’s column from the mayor’s desk

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

The old Fairbridge Bell was dislodged in the 2022 floods

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14 Jul 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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13 Jul 2025
Heavy vehicle safety, requirements in focus
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Heavy vehicle safety, requirements in focus

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

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07 Jul 2025
From the mayor's desk: 2600 tickets to amazing event sold
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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
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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22 Jun 2025
Vision for Village site
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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
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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22 Jun 2025
Vision for Village site
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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
Registrations open for heavy vehicle breakfast
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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
Mayor pleased to meet police Commander
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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
Progress at Johnny Woods Crossing
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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
Search for next mock crash actors
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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
Councils lead way in road safety
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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
Stage one of $65 million project complete
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Stage one of $65 million project complete

A significant milestone in securing Parkes’ long-term water supply has been reached with the completion of stage one of the Lachlan River Water Supply Duplication Project. Parkes Shire Council said the upgrades form a critical part of the broader...

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18 May 2025
Free online child car seat safety workshops
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Free online child car seat safety workshops

Parents, carers and grandparents of young children are invited to attend one of two free online workshops being held next week to provide important safety information about child car seats. The workshops are being conducted by Parkes, Forbes and...

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11 May 2025
Johnny Woods Crossing closed for landscaping
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Johnny Woods Crossing closed for landscaping

Johnny Woods Crossing has closed to traffic during work hours this week as Forbes Shire Council continues works that form part of the Lake Activation Plan. The council is undertaking:Culvert extensions with an enhanced weir gate;Construction of...

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18 May 2025
Help Council set priorities
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Help Council set priorities

Consultation on community strategic plan continues

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05 Mar 2025
From the mayor's desk
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From the mayor’s desk

Thank you for filling out community survey

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07 Feb 2025
Millions in development
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Millions in development

More than $58 million worth of development applications have come through Forbes Shire Council in the first half of the financial year. The council had received 55 DAs with a total value of $58,203,294, including $10.2 million of non-DA related...

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06 Feb 2025
Smaller blocks to be an option in future Forbesview
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Smaller blocks to be an option in future Forbesview

Council endorses Forbesview palnning proposal

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23 Jan 2025
From the mayor's desk
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From the mayor’s desk

This week from Forbes Mayor Phyllis Miller OAM

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23 Jan 2025
Council comment: Thank you for staying in Forbes
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Council comment: Thank you for staying in Forbes

From the mayor’s desk

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17 Jan 2025
Phyllis to lead Local Government NSW
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Phyllis to lead Local Government NSW

Forbes mayor president of peak council body

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15 Jan 2025
Have your say now on future of your town
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Have your say now on future of your town

The Forbes Community Strategic Plan survey is now live, have your say now to plan for Forbes

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23 Dec 2024
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