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Applications have opened for Community Grants Program

Published on 02 August 2022

The next round of Cowra Council's Community Grants Program is now open, offering eligible community groups the opportunity to update their equipment or undertake improvements to infrastructure and buildings.

Recycled Art for Cowra Award (RAFCA) 2022

Published on 27 April 2022

RAFCA is about creating art from recycled materials. There is a different theme for the competition every year, with awards presented in a range of categories.

This year’s theme is: Places We Love To Go, Things We Love To Do

New electricity contract to reduce Council emissions

Published on 09 August 2022

Cowra Council has secured a new renewable electricity contract with Iberdrola Australia to supply its large sites and streetlighting from 1 January 2023. Coordinated by Central NSW Joint Organisation, the electricity will be supplied from the Bodangora Wind Farm near Wellington NSW, and Council has the option to change to the Flyers Creek Wind Farm near Blayney when it becomes operational.

Draft Workforce Management Plan 2022 - 2025

Published on 02 August 2022

The Cowra Shire Council Workforce Plan 2022 – 2025 is now on public exhibition. This four-year plan, addresses the human resources required to achieve the activities identified in Council’s Delivery Program.

Council Hosts Free Grant Writing Workshops

Published on 01 August 2022

These workshops are designed to help participants improve their grant writing skills. The free and informative sessions will assist participants to identify funding opportunities, learn language specific to grant applications, and provide tips to improve the chances of receiving funding.

Summary of decisions - July 2022 Council Meeting

Published on 27 July 2022

A summary of the discussion and decisions from the July 2022 Council meeting is now available.
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Upcoming Events

EXHIBITION: Dobell Drawing Prize #22

12 August 2022

The exhibition showcases the finalists’ artworks across a broad range of media that acknowledges the foundational principals of drawing, while also encouraging challenging and expansive approaches to drawing.

Where The Crawdads Sing

12 August 2022

Abandoned as a girl, Kya raised herself in the dangerous marshlands of North Carolina. For years, rumours of the marsh girl haunted Barkley Cove, isolating the sharp and resilient Kya from her community. Drawn to two young men from town, she opens herself to a new and startling world.

Barbaroi

13 August 2022

Barbaroi is blend of high octane contemporary circus and exciting physical theatre. It combines daring acrobatics, aerials & phenomenal circus acts set against a pumping soundtrack
complimented by finely tuned lighting and special effects. The Barbaroi will leave audiences young and old holding their breath and on the edge of their seat. Welcome to five star award winning cyberpunk circus showdown

NT Live: Prima Facie

14 August 2022

Tessa is a young, brilliant barrister. She has worked her way up from working class origins to be at the top of her game; defending; cross examining and winning. An unexpected event forces her to confront the lines where the patriarchal power of the law, burden of proof and morals diverge.

Prima Facie takes us to the heart of where emotion and experience collide with the rules of the game.

The Phantom of the Open

19 August 2022

The unbelievable true story of shipyard worker Maurice Flitcroft, who has never played a round of golf in his life, entered the 1976 British Open and subsequently shot the worst round of golf in Open history, becoming a folk hero in the process.

Falling for Figaro

20 August 2022

It is a romantic comedy set in brutal world of opera singing competitions. Story unfolds in tiny Scottish village of Drumbuchan, home of Meghan Geoffrey-Bishop, a fearsome singing teacher who believes that only with a broken heart can you really learn how to sing. Preparing her two students, Max and Millie, for same competition, Meghan manipulates their love lives of to get performance out of them
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