Students and staff from Bombala Public School dressed in blue as part of ‘Do It For Dolly Day’ recently.
The day was held to support the awareness of bullying and the need to work together to ‘Be a Buddy Not A Bully!’ on Friday, May 13.
Nimmitabel CWA’s recent Mothers’ Day Raffle was won by Dianne Sutton of Adaminaby, second prize went to Pam Fergurson of Cooma and third prize to Marco Revelant of Cooma.
Did you get yourself a democracy sausage on the weekend?
Was that the best thing to come out of this election?
Some may think so, others not.
But that is democracy for you.
Dear friends and partners of Cooma Salvation Army,
It’s that time of year when we reach out for donations to build social services in this region for The Salvation Army though the annual Red Shield Appeal.
Well that’s another election done and dusted and here we are, headed into a new term with a new leader. Some will be happy with the result, some won’t and a handful of others are possibly still sniggering over what they did with their ballot papers.
Just prior to the federal election, one of the federal election candidates went to Snowy Hydro Discovery Centre after a morning meeting voters at the Cooma markets. She had intended to recharge her electric vehicle (EV) so she could return to Bega.
Modern technology is wonderful, isn’t it? Like, I never truly appreciated just how useful my mobile phone could be because I only ever use it really for things like making and taking calls and sending and receiving texts. I don’t use it as a mobile computer because I’m not that addicted to being online, but for when I want to be, I have a desktop. This works for me.
Editor,
The issue of aged care is high on the current agenda and there is much discussion and speculation in our community about the future of aged care services in the region.
Editor,
During the extensive period that I was elected to local government, (in excess of 30 years, including 17 years as the Mayor of the Queanbeyan City Council), I have dealt with many politicians both at State and Federal level.
An exciting two days of Aussie Rules Football will take place in Cooma this week with a women’s come and try afternoon and a triple-header set to welcome new fans and players to the sport.
The Bombala Blue Heelers have maintained their unbeaten start to the season in first grade with a convincing victory over Eden.
Bombala Bowling Club hosted its May 14 and 15 Carnival with 24 teams competing from Harden, Merimbula, Eden, Mallacoota, Tura Beach, Cooma, Bega, Narooma, Booroowa and Bombala.
The Jindabyne Bushpigs have claimed bragging rights in the battle of Monaro rugby with a 66-14 win over the Cooma Red Devils.
The Snowy River Bears Ladies League Tag side travelled to Narooma on Sunday for their first away game, keen to make a good improvement on the previous game.
A new report from the NSW Government is welcome news for farmers with a 20 percent lift in biosecurity management plans.
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has released its official livestock slaughter and production figures for the first quarter of 2022.
In the three months to March, average cattle carcase weights reached 324.4kg/head. This was 10.8kg heavier than at the same time last year.
According to Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA), this increase can be attributed to three key factors:
High cattle prices, which are providing an economic incentive to producers and feedlots to grow cattle out to heavier weights.
Improved seasonal conditions in southern Queensland and New South Wales, which have provided producers with abundant feed.
Increased proportion of slaughter being sourced from the feedlot sector. In Q1 55 percent of slaughtered cattle came from feedlots.
Notably, Queensland cattle averaged 336kg/head in the first quarter of 2022, the highest of any state and 12kg higher than the national average. Conversely, Western Australian cattle were the lightest at 293.4kg/head, however, this is still considered a high weight for the state.
According to Stephen Bignell, Manager of Market Information at MLA, these high carcase weights are offsetting a drop in slaughter.
“The ABS results show that Australian cattle slaughter in Q1 was 1,335,400 head, a 5.8 percent drop on the same quarter last year. Despite this nearly 6 percent drop in slaughter number, Australian beef production dropped only 2.5 percent due to the heavier cattle weights,” Mr Bignell said.
Meat & Livestock Australia’s (MLA) Sheep Genetics program continually strives to provide world leading genetic evaluations for Australia’s sheep and goat producers. Every year, Sheep Genetics make updates to the genetic evaluation to ensure that the service remains world leading and results in the greatest possible genetic progress for producers.
Community members are invited to review and provide feedback on updated forest management plans for the softwood plantations and coastal hardwood forests managed by Forestry Corporation of NSW.
Presented by Snowy Mountains Grammar School Drama students, the physical theatre production of Letters Home is touring the Snowy Monaro Region and south-east NSW.
In addition to school performances, the public performance will be held on Thursday May 19 at 7pm at Snowy Mountains Grammar School.
It was a day of action at Nimmitabel Public School on Friday April 29 with the students competing in a school sports day.
On Wednesday, May 4 the St Joseph’s Primary School community held its Caritas Ks fundraising event.
As we witness the horrors of war around the world, ANZAC Day commemorations are an opportunity to come together to pause and reflect on the service and sacrifice of generations of Australians, and all those who suffer the consequences of war.
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