THE former Parramatta mayor Paul Barber, well-known for his staunch advocacy of workers, Indigenous peoples’ welfare and local heritage, died on Thursday at 70. Growing up in Ea...
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EMPOWERING local women and celebrating their achievements will take centre stage as the City of Parramatta hosts the Invest in Western Sydney Women event, welcoming local female...
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A REPLICA of one of the world’s first ‘motor-bicycles’ that Australian Winifred Wells rode in 1950 from Sydney to Perth and back goes on display at Parramatta’s Moto Machine. Du...
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A NEW City of Parramatta social media group is set to help reunite lost pets with their loved ones quicker. The Parra Pets Matta Facebook group will act as a central hub for los...
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ELIZABETH FRIAS DURING a recent visit to Parramatta Mission with Social Services Minister Amanda Risworth, Parramatta MP Andrew Charlton described how the charity opened their e...
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A VARIETY of leisure and learning activities for Parramatta’s over-55 residents are now open for registration with many classes to choose from so get in early. Painting, Zumba, ...
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GJ Gardner Homes Parramatta has unveiled their new office and design studio in the heart of Parramatta which showcases the company’s quality designs along with its commitment to...
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TRIBUTES and condolences continue to flow for billionaire property developer and philanthropist Lang Walker, who built a property empire across Australia including Parramatta Sq...
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A COMMUNITY football champion who helped refugees integrate into Australian society through sport has been named Parramatta’s 2024 Citizen of the Year, with local volunteers lea...
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THE Australian Property and Investment Expo, the country’s premier event for property enthusiasts and investors, is set to take place on February 3 at Novotel Parramatta. This h...
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ONE of the world’s innovative materials scientists, an engineer and inventor is Parramatta City’s Australia Day Ambassador. NSW Australian of the Year 2022 and University of New...
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ELIZABETH FRIAS AMONG spectacular scenes to watch on Australia Day is the city’s skyline as hot air balloons for the first-time fly over the space above with Mayor Pierre Esber ...
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A TRAM has travelled through Western Sydney for the first time in 80 years, with on-track testing for Parramatta Light Rail Stage 1 officially kicking off on 18 December as the ...
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By SASWATI MUKHERJEE PROVIDING a haven for domestic violence survivors became a life mission for Kathryn Kaur, having spent 17 long years enduring the torment of domestic violen...
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DR Negin Nazarian, an award-winning researcher in urban heat from UNSW Sydney, shares her expertise to help us keep cool at home. We asked Dr Negin Nazarian how the science behi...
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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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