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Afternoon Update: Tasering of 95-year-old woman under investigation; Stan Grant steps down; and falling for a sex worker

Clare Nowland remains in a critical condition in hospital after the incident at her Cooma aged care home

The Guardian - AU · May 19, 2023

Officer's job under review, homicide squad called in, as police pledge robust review into elderly taser incident

The use of a taser against 95-year-old Clare Nowland raises concerns about restraint and the use of force in aged care facilities, advocates say, as homicide squad investigators are called in to investigate.

ABC News · May 18, 2023

NSW police allegedly Taser 95-year-old woman with dementia, leaving her with fractured skull

The woman was taken to Cooma district hospital and family say they do not expect her to survive as police launch internal investigation

The Guardian - AU · May 18, 2023

How Cooma clothing company Birdsnest is combating landfill

Birdsnest Rehatched is an online collection of "like-new" Birdsnest pieces that have been contributed by its customers.

The Canberra Times · Feb 19, 2023

Snowy Mountains artist Nick Batson embraces country pride community and 'finds a life' in Cooma

Nick has faced many challenges in his life including drug addiction, homophobia, and being diagnosed with HIV, but says he's "found a life" and a community in the Snowy Mountains town.

ABC News · Feb 16, 2023

Cooma 'gay prison' podcasters call for government apology for entrapment, persecution of homosexual men

They uncovered a shameful secret in the history of persecution of homosexuality in Australia, now the producers of The Greatest Menace podcast are pressing for a formal apology from the NSW government.

ABC News · Feb 15, 2023

To the top of Mt Kosciuszko in heels: just part of Paulina's colourful life

Pauline Taffa ran the Taffa's store in Cooma for 61 years. She now lives in Canberra, close to family

The Canberra Times · Nov 26, 2022

Country music legend and a rising star headline Cooma's national busking championships

Thousands of spectators are expected for the grand final in Cooma Centennial Park on November 26

The Canberra Times · Nov 11, 2022

Questions raised over lack of investigation into Cooma's burst water tank during Black Summer bushfires

As much of NSW's south-east burned during the night of January 4, 2020, an unexpected flood inundated dozens of homes when a water tank in north Cooma burst..

ABC News · Oct 28, 2022

Buildings evacuated as flash flood hits Cooma

The SES have launched an appeal for volunteers to help fill sandbags

The Canberra Times · Oct 25, 2022