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Young driver from Glen Alpine stands out in his first racing season
Thomas Duncan is halfway through his first ever racing series, but he’s done well enough so far to indicate he may go far in motor sport. The 20 year old from Glen Alpine even has his own cheer squad – four mates who have attended every race of this year’s Mazda RX8 Cup series. “Heaps of my mates turn up to whatever state I’m racing in,’’ he says. “Four mates, from the time I started go karting to now, have turned up to every race.’’ He’s not really sure of the exact moment he decided to become a racing driver,… Read more »
Campaign under way to give Bradfield the flick from aerotropolis
In 2020, there was a state government sponsored campaign to find a name for the aerotropolis – the high-tech city next to the new airport being built at Badgerys Creek. The campaign asked the community to take part by sending in their name suggestions. In March 2021 it was revealed that the new city would be called Bradfield, in honour of the famous engineer behind the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the early railway system. “Bradfield was selected after the community was asked to have a say, with a panel settling on the final decision to honour John Bradfield’s enduring city-shaping… Read more »
Raising Warragamba Dam wall is no flood mitigation silver bullet
Raising the Warragamba Dam wall isn’t the silver bullet to reducing flooding, says Wollondilly Mayor Matt Gould. He has also questioned why water wasn’t released from the dam 10 days before the arrival of the rains that caused the most recent floods this week. Cr Gould is once again calling on the NSW Government to abandon its proposal to raise the Warragamba Dam Wall by up to 17 metres. He says that efforts should instead be going towards reducing residential development within the Hawkesbury-Nepean River catchment. “If we are serious about managing the risk along the Hawkesbury-Nepean the first thing… Read more »
