Motion for a city tree report blocked by Lord Mayor COOLING trees became a hot debate among Parramatta councillors at last week’s council meeting. An earlier motion by Cr Sameer...
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NSW Police, together with Transport for NSW, is urging residents to plan and to expect a different holiday experience during the summer months of 2020-2021, as they launch the W...
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The legendary people and events that have shaped Parramatta’s unique – and sometimes surprising – history take center stage in a quirky new documentary series to mark Foundation...
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A PARRAMATTA mum has admitted she’d been dreaming about what she’d do if she ever won the lottery just days before discovering she scored $2M in the weekend’s Saturday Lotto dra...
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PARRAMATTA Chamber was excited to be back doing what they do best and giving members a platform to connect with one another in person. Covid has certainly created obstacles, but...
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In the 15 years, David Amaneddine has run a removalist business, it will be the year 2020 he will remember most. In the worst time of the coronavirus pandemic, his company, AAA ...
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THE architects designing the $780M Powerhouse Parramatta has presented to Infrastructure NSW an improved design to include rooftop spaces which images revealed a sweeping view o...
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LIVE music is set to ease the pandemic pain of Parramatta restaurants and pubs that have outdoor dining. From November 1 to the end of March, Parramatta Council is removing rest...
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WITH all the controversy surrounding the Powerhouse Museum in Parramatta, we revisit the only design on the shortlist that retained the heritage properties Willow Grove and St G...
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A New cutting-edge initiative by the City of Parramatta will change the way new Australian suburbs and cities are designed, constructed, and managed in the future. Council has l...
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GET tested for COVID-19 is a key message for the Parramatta council area from NSW Health with Minister Brad Hazzard urging the public “to be truthful” as 11 new cases have emerg...
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Police would like to further remind the public that there are numerous scams currently in circulation and to exercise a high level of caution prior to transferring money, gift c...
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From teenage rebel to a valued deputy Lord Mayor of Parramatta, Michelle Garrard feels well-equipped to help run a major city – thanks to the life-long mentorship of her father,...
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I WANT you to imagine for a moment that you’re the Treasurer. You’ve got a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to invest to get through the pandemic, stimulate the recovery, and lay ...
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I DIDN’T know whether to be annoyed or amused when the Federal Government announced that the NBN was finished. Nice! EXCEPT! the CBD of Parramatta doesn’t have the NBN and won’t...
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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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