We don’t have too many nationally known celebrities, but one may be the self confessed “humble dairy farmer from Leppington, Tony Perich. Big Tony was featured on the front page of the national daily The Australian a couple of weeks ago, and described as Sydney’s first “westie” billionaire. But ifRead more »
As an example of people power, it was so successful it stopped plans for a 24-hour pub in Casula. But more than that, Liverpool mayor Ned Mannoun was so moved by sad stories of alcohol abuse and gambling from residents when he set up a mobile office in Casula earlierRead more »
Look who we bumped into in Queen Street? Former Campbelltown Mayor Les Patterson, looking like he hadn’t changed one bit since he hung up the mayoral robes. Les still works he told us – he’s in the import business – and doing fine. Like most councillors back in the day,Read more »
If you seek a second opinion it’s because the first opinion from a doctor was about something fairly serious, generally speaking. Life and death, mostly, we submit, dear readers. But we couldn’t get this idea through to Councillor Clinton Mead after Campbelltown Council’s meeting last Tuesday, when he and CouncillorRead more »
NOBODY could accuse Campbelltown Council of being Mr Scrooge when it comes to its staff Christmas parties. At last night’s meeting it signed off on a recommendation that it contribute $2200 for each of its indoor and outdoor staff Christmas parties this year. That’s a lot of Chrissy pudding, butRead more »
Our local politicians do get around a lot, some more than others of course, but generally it’s a very hectic lifestyle for the majority of them. The federal member for Hughes and nice bloke Craig Kelly, who is definitely one of the more active ones, posted on Facebook details ofRead more »
I don’t know if feud is the right word for it, maybe Mexican standoff is closer to describing the spat between the Camden chamber of commerce and Camden Council and in particular the mayor, Lara Symkowiak. I am told it goes deeper than the chamber’s general meeting on September 3Read more »
We won’t know for sure for another week or two, but the fight to win preselection for the seat of Macquarie Fields is poised to get a little more interesting. A former Labor Party councillor and deputy mayor of Liverpool is strongly considering putting up his hand and has gotRead more »
On Tuesday night, the former Campbelltown mayor Anoulack Chanthivong came back from a year’s leave of absence with a bang. His call for a report on how much it had cost to hold the previous night’s extraordinary meeting to elect a mayor set the scene for one of the moreRead more »
WHAT started out as a coup for the little chamber of commerce that could has now become bigger than Ben Hur. Ingleburn chamber of commerce secured the transport minister, Gladys Berejiklian, for their November meeting, where she could give a talk on all the transport changes in the south west.Read more »
John Ryan used to be in the NSW parliament as an MLC and he became famous for, mostly, looking like a character in the Simpsons, the poor, long suffering neighbour of Homer Simpson, Ned Flanders. Me, well, I have always had the utmost respect for Ned, er, sorry, John, soRead more »
Nice to see the member for Camden Chris Patterson the other day as we strolled through Camden’s beautiful Argyle Street. We were on the phone but Chris, always a gentleman, stuck his hand out for a handshake and a smile. He’s a good bloke, Patto, South West Confidential hasRead more »
