Former Campbelltown mayor Russell Matheson was among the mourners at the funeral of John McLaughlin last week, who included current mayor George Brticevic – in his fifth year in the big chair. Matheson, who also served five terms as mayor, now sits on the Administrative Appeals Tribunal. He was appointedRead more »
Last week’s feature on Campbelltown’s Mr AFL, John McLaughlin, was extremely popular with our readers. We would never have known it, but one of those readers must have been AFL boss Gillon McLachlan. We don’t know much about him, but do hear AFL people say he’s a very nice humanRead more »
The Labor team after the 2016 council elections. After winning a byelection a few months later they had an absolute majority. Next Tuesday, September 1, Campbelltown Council will hold elections for mayor and deputy mayor. There is no question that the mayor for the past four years, George Brticevic, willRead more »
No names, no pack drill but you read it here first: a noisy anti curfew campaign is about to engulf the Western Sydney Airport at Badgerys Creek. It has been smooth sailing for years now with not a bad word said by anyone about the airport, which is fast becomingRead more »
Maybe the genius who allowed this scene to occur at Minto Marketplace didn’t get the memo about the pandemic. But it beggars belief that stalls were allowed to be set up which ended up creating a very narrow path for everyone to go through as they moved from one partRead more »
It’s now official that love them or hate them we’re going to have to wait a year to elect new councils. In a raft of announcements affecting local government in NSW, the main one is that the next council elections will be held on September 4, 2021. However, those electedRead more »
Further to our story this week of a Campbelltown push 40 years ago to have a local team admitted to top level rugby league, an email landed the next day that came from Jim Marsden. It included an attachment containing a two page Rugby League Week spread on Campbelltown’s bid,Read more »
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 glassRead 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 toRead more »
This could be the weirdest coronavirus twist of all. Cliff Barry, the owner of the Hermitage motel, tells Macarthur Chatter that a couple of weeks ago he got a call from the NRL club New Zealand Warriors, who wanted to base themselves in Campbelltown for the rest of the season.Read more »
Labor Party preselections for the council election on September 12 were determined at the end of February and insiders tell us the ticket will be exactly the same as in 2016. Which means one Labor councillor would have been relieved their name would be on the ticket despite being theRead more »
An interesting fact popped up in Campbelltown Council’s quarterly business review statement earlier this month. The headline in the report said: on street parking – $150,000 increase in income. It went on to say: “Additional income has been generated as a result of changes to the parking surveillance program, whichRead more »
