The Atlantic Oils annual golf day at Macquarie Links was a little different this year. Put on every year by the local company to say thank you to its clients and business associates, it includes breakfast, a round of golf, followed by a late lunch. But last Friday it didn’tRead more »
The pandemic has affected everyone, but it has hit charities a little harder. Lockdowns, restrictions and social distancing have made it almost impossible to carry on as though nothing had changed. The 24 Hour Fight Against Cancer was no exception. While its fundraising happens over many months and several differentRead more »
Two years into the job as chief executive officer of Lifeline Macarthur, Brad Hannagan sounds like a man who has finally found his true calling in life. “I wake up every morning feeling I’m making a difference,’’ he says when we sit down for an interview at Smeaton Grange recently.Read more »
Just after 10pm on Thursday, September 17, Steve Wisbey and his manager Katie locked the doors of Upstairs at Fred’s and left for the night. A few hours later, at around 4am, Wisbey, who lives with partner Mandy Avinou high up on Hill Street and can see the roof ofRead more »
Macarthur MP, Dr Mike Freelander, has reiterated the need for a national Integrity Commission. Speaking in the wake of revelations the federal government had paid almost $30 million for 12 hectares of farming land with a market value of $3 million, Dr Freelander said it “reeks of incompetence’’. “I amRead more »
The Aussie Rules anthem, Up There Cazaly, could have easily been written for Campbelltown’s own Mr AFL, John McLaughlin. Anyone who has been fortunate enough to come into contact with this great man over the past six decades will easily recognise him in the words of the song written byRead more »
This is Ruby – who is smiling because she finally has a roof over her head – a home she can call her own. Ruby, 44, and her brother Tolofie, 48, have been homeless for a long time, couch surfing and sleeping rough. But not anymore. That’s because Ruby andRead more »
“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 »
