CITY of Parramatta Council has announced the appointment of Gail Connolly PSM as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Lord Mayor Cr Donna Davis said Ms Connolly was selected b...
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By DI BARTOK PARRAMATTA turned red for the first time in 12 years with the election of Labor’s Donna Davis to the State seat. The key seat had been held by the Liberals’ Geoff L...
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AFTER the loss and distress resulting from the 2022 floods, the Western Sydney Primary Health Network (WSPHN) is offering wellbeing and resilience grants to support flood-affect...
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EXCLUSIVE by DI BARTOK DAVID Kingston remains as resolute in his plans to turn his iconic Roxy into a leading dining and entertainment hub as he was in 2022. He sees “the new Ro...
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By DALLAS SHERRINGHAM THE biggest public building project in NSW since the construction of the Opera House in the 1960s is taking shape on the banks of the Parramatta River. The...
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THE first ever Lecca Gelato Store will celebrate its grand opening at Rouse Hill Town Centre by giving away free Gelato on March 11. Lecca is an exciting new brand bringing feat...
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NOVA Employment has secured thousands of jobs for people with a disability across Greater Sydney for the past 32 years. “We aim to find jobs for people with disability that matc...
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A TEAM of archaeologists has unearthed a convict hut and historical artefacts that date as far back as 1792, during the start of work at the new Sydney Metro station at Parramat...
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A NEW Service NSW Centre will open in North Rocks Shopping Centre, North Rocks, in mid-2023. The centre will offer over 1000 NSW government transactions, including up to 180 dri...
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CBD along the foreshore is forging ahead, with detailed planning and early works now underway. Minister for Active Transport Rob Stokes said an interactive map detailing a draft...
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GENERATIONS of motor mechanics have kept Western Sydney’s car population on the road with skills learnt over decades and vast knowledge of everything from faulty water pumps in ...
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DALLAS SHERRINGHAM THE days of parking the boat or caravan in the street for months on end have come to an end with new legislation strengthening the impounding powers of local ...
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AHEAD of the festive season, the NSW Government has released a new emotional, social media campaign featuring the Western Sydney Wanderers and the families of road trauma victim...
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Story and pictures by AYUSH KUMAR A FAMILY of Peregrine Falcons have made their home in the roof of Accor Stadium at Sydney Olympic Park for the past four years. When tragedy st...
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DALLAS SHERRINGHAM FORGET Bondi, forget Manly, going to the beach in the heart of the west will soon be a whole lot easier. One of Western Sydney’s most-loved swimming spots wil...
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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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