Rising music star Becca Hatch now has a second ARIA nomination in her back pocket. She has been nominated for best soul R&B release for her Garden (Bang Goes the Drum).
The 25 year old received her first ARIA nomination two years ago in 2024.
Becca was born in Campbelltown Hospital, attended Campbelltown East Public School and Campbelltown Performing Arts High School before graduating from UTS university
At the age of 16 she won Triple j Unearthed High’s Indigenous Initiative in 2017.
She later graduated from UTS with a Bachelor of Music and Sound Design, signed to Forever Ever Records, a joint venture with Sony Music Australia, and in 2024 released her debut EP Mayday, led by Bass Keeps Calling.
The icing on the cake was her first ARIA nomination, for Breakthrough Artist.
In 2024, Coldplay invited her to perform her original verse on We Pray across two sold-out nights at Sydney’s Accor Stadium.
The winners of the ARIAs will be announced at the awards ceremony on November 18 at the Hordern Pavillion.
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The Ingleburn RSL Sub Branch celebrates its centenary in 2026.
As part of the celebrations, local scribe Jeff McGill was commissioned to write a book about the 100 year history of the sub branch.
The book covers the years from the initial inception back in 1926, to the formation of an official RSL Sub Branch of the RSL NSW, and the formation of the RSL Club Inc almost 50 years after that.
On Sunday, November 15, the book will be officially launched at Ingleburn RSL Club,
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We popped in to check out this year’s Solace Creative Therapies art exhibition at Narellan Library, and were wowed by some very good work.
The art is produced by people with conditions like autism, and who attend classes at Solace in Gregory Hills run by head teacher Abigail and a growing number of staff.
It’s not just the quality of the art that’s going up; the number of entries is into the seventies this year.
The exhibition in Narellan Library continues until the end of this month, and it’s certainly worth paying a visit.
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It’s not often a council mayor will use his casting vote, so it was a historic night at Campbelltown Council last week.
With veteran councillor Meg Oates absent from the meeting, there were 14 councillors present.
And sure enough, when a notice of motion (NOM) by Greens Councillor Jayden Rivera was put to the vote it was split 7 for and 7 against.
Mayor Darcy Lound immediately announced he was using his casting vote to help Cr Rivera’s NOM over the line.
- The NOM noted that there had been another four fatal koala strikes since council’s September meeting.
Two were near Mallaty Creek and two on Georges River Road, Kentlyn.
Cr Rivera asked that council continue to “accelerate the delivery of the Koala Vehicle Strike Mitigation Program and further investigate and provide a report around potential safety measures, including, but not limited to speed limit reductions in known koala zones, rumble strips, wildlife crossing measures, appropriate wildlife fencing and a report on all current wildlife fencing locations and conditions.’’
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Kirkham Park recently hosted a NSW Masters league tag tournament.
The footy was very good but the real highlight was three generations from the same family participating
The oldest was grandfather Alan “PB’’ Stanford, playing alongside his son Brett “Plugga’’ Stanford and grand daughter Kirrie Byrne, pictured above in a snap taken by a South West Voice stringer.
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And finally a free information session for prospective Vibrant Campbelltown Grants applicants will be held at Campbelltown Staff Training Centre this evening (Thursday, October 22, from 5pm to 7pm.
Applications opened on October 9, and close on November 15.
