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 »
At the first briefing of the year last night, Campbelltown councillors were taken for a ride – in an elevator. They went up two floors where the general manager showed them around in her new office and that of the mayor. Previously the mayor and GM had adjoining offices onRead more »
It didn’t take very long for someone to fire the first shot ahead of the council elections in September. All Campbelltown Council councillors received an email from anonymous “Voting Residents’’ wishing them a Happy New Year, before proceeding to advise them of their duty to do the right thing byRead more »
It’s all hush hush, like a lot of issues at Campbelltown Council these days, but we can tell you that you won’t have to change what you call our wonderful sports stadium. As predicted and reported in this column earlier this year, the expressions of interest process to find someoneRead more »
For three years Liberal Party councillor George Greiss has had to endure empty seats around him in the Campbelltown council chamber. But it looks like he won’t be a solitary man for much longer. It’s all come out of the blue because nobody expected his colleague Ted Rowell to returnRead more »
The annual report of a local council should be required reading for all ratepayers, especially when an election is not that far away. You get to see what the council believes were its “achievements’’ in the most recent financial year, but more importantly, how it spent your rates, which isRead more »
Warren Morrison wears at least three hats. One is as a councillor in Campbelltown and another as a businessman running Sleeping Giant. The third is as the chairman of the 24 Hour Fight Against Cancer Macarthur charity. Soon there may be a fourth hat, as a pilot, because he’s currentlyRead more »
My Kitchen Rules judge Manu Feildel is the latest chef to make a beeline for our neck of the woods. The popular Frenchman will be doing a bit of cooking in Sonya’s kitchen, otherwise known as Bar Centrale in the heart of Queen Street, Campbelltown. His visit will be partRead more »
