HAVE heart Professor, It’s enough to drive you to drink – now coffee is the big risk to our hearts according to a major university. Long black, espresso, or latte, whatever your...
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LOCAL emergency medicine specialist, Dr Chris Cheeseman, will be one of the first doctors in Australia to fly to patients in need of emergency medical care in CareFlight’s new w...
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EVERY year is tipped to be a “great year” for property in Sydney, and that’s definitely been true in recent years, but 2021 is looking especially rosy for this vital sector of t...
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ABOUT 3.00am on February 7, 2021, the driver of a Mitsubishi Lancer was stopped for a random breath test on the Great Western Highway, Parramatta. The 24-year-old Toongabbie man...
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A FIRST look at the Parramatta Light Rail alignment has been revealed as the project gains momentum, with track work underway from Westmead to Carlingford. Dr Geoff Lee, Member ...
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By Lawrence Machado WHILE the future of Parramatta PCYC is uncertain, the YMCA has teamed with Westfield Parramatta to provide a drop-in centre for local young people. The organ...
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By JULIE OWENS IF you live around Parramatta, you get to enjoy one of the most vibrant and diverse dining scenes in Australia. It’s one of the many things I love about living he...
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MORE than 35,000 critical staff in NSW will be among the first in Australia to receive the COVID-19 vaccine when the rollout begins on Monday, February 22. The vaccines will be ...
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PARRAMATTA is continuing its rise with more new office space coming onto the market, according to the recent Property Council of Australia’s Office Market Report. Net absorption...
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By DI BARTOK COMMUNITY leaders, worried about escalating youth crime and suicides, wait with bated breath over news of a permanent home for Parramatta PCYC. The club has been in...
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WESTMEAD is gaining a new Travelodge Hotel which could prove to be the healthiest hotel in Australia. The $100M health and wellbeing Travelodge Hotel at West Grove will have 100...
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By BOB DWYER, Parramatta Lord Mayor WHAT a busy month January has been in Parramatta! While our Australia Day celebrations were low-key this year, I had the privilege of welcomi...
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PUBS have always been a big part of Parramatta, from its early days of development through to the thriving city it is today. Local historian Gary J Carter shares some interestin...
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WESTERN Sydney has been given a boost with 151 newly graduated doctors, needed more than ever as we fight COVID-19. 92 of those will train at Westmead Hospital with the rest goi...
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FROM working in the Indian slums with legendary Mother Teresa to helping migrants in Western Sydney settle into their new lives, Melissa Monteiro has never faltered in her commi...
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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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THREE superbly individual voices in songwriting and musical exploration come together in a dream collaboration with folk crossover string trio.
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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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NICK NIKOLAIDIS | LOCAL doctors have responded to Australian Medical Association’s (AMA) warning about the proliferation of misinformation and distrust in the era of Artificial Intelligence (AI).
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