Sharon Robertson becomes emotional and can’t speak for a few moments after telling me what Dilly Drought Drive’s real achievement was over the past two and a half years. “The wives of farmers say to us: you’ve saved our husbands’ life,’’ says the woman who established the campaign to helpRead more »
Three big hitters of the South West Sydney region are going into bat for a group of shop owners who believe a planned road upgrade could send them broke. Support for their stance has come from federal MP Anne Stanley, Liverpool MP Paul Lynch and Cr Nathan Hagarty. So farRead 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.Read more »
Airds has a reputation as a hub of poverty and crime, but school teacher FIONA WOODS writes that living there in the 1980s left her with wonderful memories of a community looking out for each other: Growing up in a housing commission estate is not something that traditionally elicits feelingsRead more »
Fifty years ago today, on May 1, 1970, Her Royal Highness Princess Anne opened Mission Australia’s Green Valley Community Centre. At the age of 19 and on her first solo royal engagement, Princess Anne opened the service, alongside future Prime Minister Gough Whitlam, who attended as the local Federal MemberRead 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 resumeRead more »
Just five years ago, on its 100th anniversary, record crowds jostled for space at Anzac Day dawn services and marches across Australia. But in 2020 nothing is safe from Covid-19, not even an event as sacred as Anzac Day remembrance ceremonies. There will be services of course but because ofRead more »
Imagine a $2.6 billion – that’s right, billion – plan to transform Campbelltown city centre over the next 20 years into the biggest in the metropolitan area. Imagine a bustling Queen Street with a huge community and justice precinct at one end and vertical university campuses at the other end.Read more »
On April 17, 1816 up to 14 Dharawal men, women and children died at what has become known as the Appin Massacre. The attack was carried out on the orders of NSW Governor Lachlan Macquarie in reprisal for disputes between white settlers and Aboriginal groups. There was no evidence theRead more »
Abe Unicomb gets in on the action and shares a #whyichoose message. Charity and community services work may be looking a little different lately due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, but that hasn’t stopped Youth Solutions from forging ahead with a safe rollout of its #whyichoose campaign. LaunchedRead more »
The South West Sydney Academy of Sport is not letting the grass grow under its feet during the coronavirus hiatus. While it is unable to provide athletes technical and educational service content face to face, it is turning to cyber space to ensure their development continues. Several online platforms, includingRead more »
Campbelltown resident Ron Kydd confesses he started to worry a little bit when on landing in Sydney on Sunday from the US he was told by Australian Border Force personnel he would have to go into quarantine for 14 days. “Well, they said we would be taken to a suitableRead more »
