Recycling levels in the South West Sydney region have soared since the introduction of “return and earn’’ a few years ago. After a slow start, these kiosk like contraptions usually located adjacent to shopping centres have multiplied like mushrooms. You turn up with your empty beer and soft drink glass and plastic bottles, and just… Read more »
Hardly a week goes by without an announcement that some new infrastructure project is going to Parramatta. Light rail, relocation of historic museums from the city, aquatic centres, government departments, you name it, that part of the metropolitan area has its name on it. And you know what, good luck to Parramatta. There should be… Read more »
Campbelltown mayor George Brticevic says he experienced first hand how the closure of local motor registries had impacted local people. Cr Brticevic, pictured above, told Tuesday night’s Campbelltown Council meeting that there was so much traffic on Narellan Road he never made it in time at the Gregory Hills Service NSW centre to renew his… Read more »
It feels like we’ve been in lockdown for an eternity. But when you think about it it’s been barely a little over a month since we were told to stay home to save lives. Each day since then has seemed to have lasted for a lot longer than usual as we eagerly consumed as much… Read more »
The last time Kearns pensioner Gary Hudson hitched his caravan to the car and hit the road he was expecting to pay $23.90 in tolls along the M7 and the M2. Imagine his shock when he returned from his holiday on the Central Coast to discover an invoice for $72.94. That’s an increase of around… Read more »
A renewed attempt to reduce car parking requirements for new dwellings at Ed.Square has been met by howls of outrage across the outer South West Sydney region. Critics have also slammed the notification process, which gives anyone who wants to objects to these plans just two weeks to make a submission. Liverpool Labor Councillor Nathan… Read more »
Let’s hear it for the local restaurants which have been helping to feed frontline staff at Campbelltown Hospital’s Emergency Department and the Covid-19 ward. When the Kids of Macarthur Health Foundation asked the local businesses to lend a hand a few weeks ago, not one business declined the invitation to take part. As a result,… Read more »
It’s true that even some intelligent people have announced to the world they will not be downloading the Covidsafe app. Well, there’s just one thing to say to them: if you’re so smart, how come now you’re in the same camp as village idiots like Barnaby Joyce and Pauline Hanson. That’s right, the lunatic fringe… Read more »
If you love sport and have your fingers crossed that the sound of grassroots footy will once again be heard in parks and ovals across outer South West Sydney, mark Saturday, July 18 in your calendar. They key to when local rugby league, soccer, AFL and rugby union competitions resume is the NSW Public Health… Read more »
Daniel Brighton, the local petting zoo owner who last year received the biggest custodial sentence on record for an RSPCA prosecution in NSW is today a free man – and some people are not happy. The Minto Heights man has won his appeal in the NSW Supreme Court and had his conviction for serious cruelty… Read more »
A NSW Ambulance paramedic based at the Liverpool Hospital superstation yesterday tested positive to Covid-19. The paramedic is being treated in hospital. The paramedic’s family and colleagues are being supported by NSW Ambulance while the source of the infection is under investigation. All close contacts of the paramedic, including health care workers and patients, are… Read more »
Remember when we got to hate 2019 so much we couldn’t wait for it to end and there’d be a collective “good riddance, you bastard’’ call across the country. First there were the water restrictions because of the drought, followed by the smoke haze that covered the metropolitan area, from Picton to Paddington, day after… Read more »
