THE Australian Property Institute reports a sharp confidence slowdown, with its Outlook Index dropping to 6.1 in Q2 2026 as interest rate rises weigh on sentiment. All states an...
Read more about Property group reports a slowdownTHE Australian Medical Association has launched a national “Have the jab chat” campaign urging Australians to consult doctors about vaccination amid rising misinformation and fa...
Read more about Doctors launch vaccination campaignAGEING Australia has welcomed the Federal Government’s decision to make showering free under the Support at Home program by classifying it as clinical care. Previously, older Au...
Read more about Showering is now classified as careNSW prisons can no longer surveil conversations between inmates and lawyers after Parliament disallowed a regulation limiting protections. The move restores legal professional p...
Read more about Prisons can’t surveil conversationsTHE Australian Dementia Network plans a pilot using digital cognitive and blood tests to improve early Alzheimer’s diagnosis. Targeting at-risk Australians, it aims to enable ea...
Read more about Detecting dementia early progressREPAIR culture is growing in Australia as people choose to fix rather than replace items, saving money, reducing waste and building skills. The WD-40 Company Repair Challenge 20...
Read more about Repair culture is growing fastLAWACCESS NSW is celebrating 25 years, having assisted 3.7 million people with free legal information and referrals. Demand continues to rise, with increasingly complex issues s...
Read more about Free law help group turns 25A UNIVERSITY of Adelaide study found mechanical pressure helps early breast cancer cells grow and spread. Cells use a sensor called PIEZO1 to detect pressure, triggering pathway...
Read more about Study reveals breast cancer triggersAUSTRALIA’S under-16 social media ban has reshaped family dynamics, reducing conflict for some parents by providing clear boundaries, while creating new tensions for others. Som...
Read more about Impact of the social media banTHE NSW Government will consult stakeholders on new measures to protect retail workers from violence, including proposed Workplace Protection Orders to ban offenders from stores...
Read more about Move to protect retail workersAGEING Australia has welcomed the Albanese Government’s $115M investment to expand aged care beds, targeting key regions to ease hospital pressure. The funding supports faster d...
Read more about More agreed care beds welcomeTHE Super Members Council wants to scrap rules denying most under-18 workers super, saying 119,000 NSW teens will miss out on $98 million in 2025/26. Current laws require under-...
Read more about Call for under-18 superTHE Salvation Army is urging Australians to use Moneycare, its free financial counselling service, as new research shows 44% will start 2026 in debt and many feel growing financ...
Read more about Salves urge using MoneycareTWELVE years after Sydney’s lockout laws began, the NSW Government is removing the final major restrictions, including the 3:30am last drinks rule, to boost the night-time econo...
Read more about Lockout laws finally goneNSW Fair Trading has suspended agent Deepak Bangarh’s licence for 60 days over price misrepresentation and failing to pass on all offers and appointed a manager to oversee his b...
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PARRAMATTA is set to make sporting history this month by hosting Sydney’s first public AFL and AFLW double-header, with the GIANTS becoming the first club to stage elite men’s and women’s matches on the same day at the same venue.
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WESTERN Sydney has emerged as a national powerhouse of Australia’s night-time economy, with Parramatta, South West Sydney and Blacktown all securing places among the country’s top-performing after-dark precincts.
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THE proposed North Rocks Village development at the former 12.67 hectare site of the Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children continues to face community opposition despite revisions to its Master Plan. The quiet, leafy suburb was ide...
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AMARIAH Tamaro from Our Lady of Mercy College Parramatta and Stella White from St Patrick’s Marist College Dundas in Parramatta is one of 18 students across the state to be awarded a NSW Government scholarship to travel to Greece on an...
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A NEW commercial workplace is designed to uplift Parramatta’s heritage and being billed as an iconic urban landmark. The $125M boutique development which opened in May, is in Parramatta’s vibrant civic heart and directly overlooks Ce...
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CONSTRUCTION of the new $540M Westmead Centre for Mental Health has reached its highest point, marking a major milestone for what will become NSW’s largest mental health facility.
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