Having dinner with friends last week, I nearly fell off my chair when one of them told us their house at Eagle Vale had been listed for $600,000. It is great news, don’t get me wrong, that finally the region is being seen as an attractive one to invest in and buyers are fighting over each other to grab a slice of the property action. That local property prices are rapidly rising and reaching levels we once thought would be sheer fantasy is also great news. If you are old enough you would remember how for much of the 1980s… Read more »
This has been a triumphant week for Liverpool and the leadership team of Ned Mannoun and his Liberal Party colleagues on the council. A university campus, finally, announced on Monday by the premier, Mike Baird. That’s a biggie, a game changer. Not as big as the Badgerys Creek airport, but it’s up there near the top. A less well known game changer is the decision by the local law firm Brydens to invest $20 million in a brand new seven storey tower adjacent to Westfield, which will be their head office when it’s completed in 2017. But not just any… Read more »
I really don’t like commenting on other media if I can avoid it, because that’s precisely what they want. That was the case in the Struggle Street reality SBS show about the lives of some Mt Druitt people doing it tough. Blacktown Council’s garbage truck protest was understandable, but all it achieved in the end was to get more publicity for SBS, who would have lapped it all up and enjoyed record ratings when the show went to air that night. Following on from that, the Sunday paper that’s slowly but surely about to disappear into the garbage bin of… Read more »
Having dinner with friends last week, I nearly fell off my chair when one of them told us their house at Eagle Vale had been listed for $600,000. It is great news, don’t get me wrong, that finally the region is being seen as an attractive one to invest inRead more »
This has been a triumphant week for Liverpool and the leadership team of Ned Mannoun and his Liberal Party colleagues on the council. A university campus, finally, announced on Monday by the premier, Mike Baird. That’s a biggie, a game changer. Not as big as the Badgerys Creek airport, butRead more »
I really don’t like commenting on other media if I can avoid it, because that’s precisely what they want. That was the case in the Struggle Street reality SBS show about the lives of some Mt Druitt people doing it tough. Blacktown Council’s garbage truck protest was understandable, but allRead more »
The big noise for the past two weeks has been the centenary of Anzac Day. Quite right, too. But there have been a few other noises on the side and one or two casualties. Not forgetting of course that the first casualty of war is truth, and Gallipoli bears testimonyRead more »
Blind Freddie knows that the one big thing we need here in Macarthur and Liverpool is local jobs. Lots more local jobs. So many more local jobs the place is transformed from one which sees thousands of its residents travel for an hour or more every day to get toRead more »
As we head into another Easter break I couldn’t help thinking about our approach to an activity based on an event 2,000 years ago. That’s right you smarties up the back, Easter is not just about how many chocolate eggs you get. It certainly is not just about chocolate butRead more »
As we head to the polls this Saturday here in NSW, it’s worth remembering that old saying: the more things change, the more they stay the same. And politics is no exception. Last time, in 2011, we threw out a 16 year old Labor Government and hardly anything changed. Sure,Read more »
I have a confession to make: As the one who does the shopping in our household, I recently started checking out Aldi. Like most people it’s either Coles or Woolies for me and the odd Macarthur and Liverpool region butcher and fruit and veggie shop to get the lot forRead more »
The NSW state election, which is on Saturday, March 28, is starting to get seriously close. Close enough for a lot of the voters to start thinking about which way to go. Out here in the south west Sydney neck of the woods we were lucky enough to host theRead more »
Just a few days ago, on the eve of the Wests Leagues Club 2015 annual general meeting, a woman announced she was a candidate for the board of directors. This was not just any woman but the immediate past president of the Campbelltown chamber of commerce, Anne Parnham. Ms ParnhamRead more »
Very few suburban main streets in the Sydney metropolitan area are booming. In fact, decline is the best word to describe what’s happened in the past 30-40 years. Which is the same period that has seen the rise and rise of the all-weather shopping malls like Westfield and Macarthur SquareRead more »
Gird your loins, my friends, it’s going to be a bit of a rough ride in 2015, starting with the NSW state election on March 28. It may end up not being as exciting as this Saturday’s Queensland poll, but that’s the banana benders for you, beautiful one day, veryRead more »
