“I am very happy with where we’re at – considering the troubles of the world around us I think we’re doing remarkably well.’’ Sounds like someone talking about how they’re surviving the Covid-19 pandemic, right? Wrong. It was actually said on March 3 this year when corona was a newRead more »
This was going to be a feature of how critical tribalism is for rugby league success – and how 21 years after the merger of Balmain Tigers and Western Suburbs Magpies the Wests Tigers had virtually none left. And then along comes the announcement today that the NRL is againRead more »
Among the Australians who are alive today because of organ and tissue donation is Matilda, a wonderful six year old girl from Campbelltown. Tilly, as family and friends call her, received a life saving liver transplant last year. Her story is being told to promote DonateLife Week (July 26 –Read more »
Judy Hannan came to prominence in the lead up to the 2019 NSW election. Media reports suggested the premier, Gladys Berejiklian, wanted the long serving Wollondilly Shire mayor preselected for the Liberal Party. But the truth is Cr Hannan was never going to overcome her major handicap – being aRead more »
Resilience is a word that’s thrown around a lot these days, but as DEBORAH O’FERRY reports, a Macarthur couple found out the hard way how important it is in life, especially right now. In August 2019, Tara and Ryan Ladd of Cobbitty, pictured above, took their three-week-old baby Ari toRead more »
Recruiting new branch members is not only good for political parties but vital for a healthy democracy, says MP Anoulack Chanthivong. In the wake of the branch stacking scandal in Victoria, the state member for Macaquarie Fields has agreed to discuss how Labor Party branches operate and the challenges posedRead more »
A ball has not been kicked in anger, yet the Macarthur FC Bulls have already ticked a lot of boxes. Now they have another achievement to add to this growing list: political unity in our region. Yesterday at Macarthur Square the Bulls announced that six local politicians, three from eachRead more »
Hope and optimism were behind the construction, 18 years apart, of the two iconic buildings that make up the Campbelltown Council administration headquarters, writes local historian IAN WILLIS: In 1964, the Campbelltown-Ingleburn News (which local shortened to CI News) ran a banner headline on its front page, Symbol of Progress, over aRead more »
Ever since he could remember, Dean Choma liked to deliver fun. And most times fun involved bikes of one sort or another. And at the age of 54, the man who founded Pubtrek and now runs Fastlane Karting, looks back and sees that delivering fun has indeed been his life.Read more »
More than five years after it was mooted, the final designs have finally been lodged for the $25.1 million Campbelltown Sport and Health Centre of Excellence. When it is completed – no schedule has been provided at this stage – it will include indoor recovery pool and sports courts, gymRead more »
In the midst of a globe in pandemic mourning and unprecedented economic and social strife, we should take care to continue to honour our community traditions lest they be lost in all the noise, writes PATRICK DUFFY, in this personal tribute to Adrian “Eddy’’ Tesler, a brilliant local scoutmaster, whoRead more »
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 »
