A million words have already been written about our new Prime Minister and he’s been in the job barely four days. In fact he hasn’t even been able to move into his new office yet, but it hasn’t stopped the rush to fill media space with commentary upon commentary. It’sRead more »
There are five councils in the south west area covered by this online newspaper, Camden, Wollondilly Shire, Fairfield, Liverpool and Campbelltown. And in a couple of weeks, four of them will hold an election for mayor. Deals will be done and a mayor will be elected for another year. LiverpoolRead more »
Just when things were going so well for Liverpool… And they were: there are more cranes in the Liverpool CBD than almost anywhere comparable in the whole country. Plans have been unveiled to make the Macquarie Mall even better and to link the CBD with the Georges River with cycleRead more »
Our politicians just don’t get it, do they? All we’ve heard in the last three weeks is both sides whingeing how hard a politician’s life is and how the rest of us should pay for them to have a better family life. Well, that nuts. It makes you wonder howRead more »
You’ve got to hand it to Liverpool for getting the Wests Tigers to express an interest in the Carnes Hill sport centre of excellence. It’s still not a done deal because Liverpool’s centre of excellence may not be a starter at all if the council isn’t successful in getting theRead more »
My old sparring partner Gary Lucas, the former mayor and councillor at Liverpool, sent me this note last week: “We are up in Queensland where it is warm. How are you coping with the paper and retirement? “The attached is a request to the Federal Member for Hughes Craig Kelly,Read more »
I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry when I read here that my old employers Fairfax Media were again taking the knife to the hard working journalists and photographers of our community newspapers. The place was already decimated a little over a year ago when some of the bestRead more »
Campbelltown Council is about to appoint a new general manager to replace the retiring Paul Tosi, who was in the job for 15 years. We won’t find out who gets the job for a few days yet, with the three short listed candidates being interviewed by the full council tonightRead more »
There’s nothing wrong with political parties blueing with each other in the eternal fight for our hearts and minds. So long as it’s done in a peaceful, civilised way, the battle of ideas between Labor and Liberal has generally been good for the country. I am not sure when thisRead more »
We are pretty comfortable and relaxed around here in the great south west these days and no wonder. Our property prices are going up at a rate of knots, we are getting a stack of new infrastructure, from an international airport at Badgerys Creek to new roads and railways, newRead more »
Make no mistake: if you are one of the 200,000 or so western and south western Sydney workers who has to get into the car every morning and drive east to your place of employment, the WestConnex road project is aimed squarely at you. The 33 kilometre WestConnex tollway willRead more »
This has been a triumphant week for Liverpool and the leadership team of Ned Mannoun and his Liberal Party colleagues on the council. A university campus, finally, announced on Monday by the premier, Mike Baird. That’s a biggie, a game changer. Not as big as the Badgerys Creek airport, butRead more »
