Cobar Shire
| Cobar Shire New South Wales | |||||||||||||||
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 Location in New South Wales | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 31°29′S 145°48′E / 31.483°S 145.800°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 4,975 (2015 est)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 0.11/km2 (0.28/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 44,065 km2 (17,013.6 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Mayor | Lilliane Brady (Unaligned) | ||||||||||||||
| Council seat | Cobar | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Orana | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Barwon | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Parkes | ||||||||||||||
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| Website | Cobar Shire | ||||||||||||||
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Cobar Shire is a local government area in the Orana region of New South Wales, Australia. The Shire is located in an outback area that is based on the mining town of Cobar. The Shire is traversed by the Barrier Highway and the Kidman Way. With a total area of 44,065 square kilometres (17,014 sq mi), Cobar Shire is larger than Denmark and 99 other countries and self-governing territories.
The Mayor of Cobar Shire Council is Cr. Lilliane Brady, who is unaligned with any political party.
Villages and localities
The shire also includes four very small outback towns; the twin villages of Euabalong and Euabalong West in the far south east of the shire, Mount Hope, and Nymagee.[2]
Incomes
According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics during 2003-04 there:[3]
- were 1,898 wage and salary earners (ranked 116th in New South Wales and 376th in Australia, less than 0.1% of both New South Wales's 2,558,415 and Australia's 7,831,856)
- was a total income of $79 million (ranked 108th in New South Wales and 359th in Australia, less than 0.1% of both New South Wales's $107 billion and Australia's $304 billion)
- was an estimated average income per wage and salary earner of $41,386 (ranked 27th in New South Wales and 85th in Australia, 100% of New South Wales's $41,407 and 107% of Australia's $38,820)
- was an estimated median income per wage and salary earner of $36,856 (ranked 27th in New South Wales and 81st in Australia, 104% of New South Wales's $35,479 and 108% of Australia's $34,149).
Council
Current composition and election method
Cobar Shire Council is composed of twelve Councillors elected proportionally as a single ward. All Councillors are elected for a fixed four-year term of office. The Mayor is elected by the Councillors at the first meeting of the Council. The most recent election was held on 10 September 2016. However, only twelve candidates, being those below, nominated for election. There being no additional candidates, the election was uncontested. The makeup of the Council is as follows:[4]
| Party | Councillors | |
|---|---|---|
| Independents and Unaligned | 12 | |
| Total | 12 | |
The current Council, elected in 2016, in order of appointment, is:[4]
| Councillor | Party | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Janine Lea-Barrett | Independent | ||
| Lilliane Brady | Unaligned | Mayor[5] | |
| Peter Abbott | Unaligned | Deputy Mayor[5] | |
| Peter Yench | Independent | ||
| Julie Payne | Independent | ||
| Gregory Martin | Independent | ||
| Harley Toomey | Unaligned | ||
| Peter Maxwell | Unaligned | ||
| Tracey Kings | Independent | ||
| Christopher Lehmann | Unaligned | ||
| Jarrod Marsden | Independent | ||
| Bob Sinclair | Independent | ||
References
- ^ "3218.0 – Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2014–15". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
- ^ "Cobar Shire villages page". Retrieved 5 February 2008.
- ^ "Regional Wage and Salary Earner Statistics, Australia (catalogue no.: 5673.055.003)". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 11 March 2007.
- ^ a b "Cobar Shire Council: Summary of First Preference Votes for each Candidate". Local Government Elections 2016. Electoral Commission of New South Wales. 16 September 2016. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
- ^ a b "Mayor & Councillors" (Press release). Cobar Shire Council. 22 September 2016. Retrieved 4 November 2016.