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 »
I WOULD love to know who the people are on this Planning and Assessment Commission which has given concept approval to one of the two intermodal plans for Moorebank. They obviously don’t live in Wattle Grove or Moorebank or Hammondville or Chipping Norton, because if they did they would knowRead more »
What I find incredible about Facebook is that 10 years ago it did not exist and now it is one of the things we talk about the most. I don’t know if they have figures for things like this, but surely FB’s growth from zero to a gigantic social mediaRead more »
IF YOU want to appreciate the magnitude of the changes taking place in our neck of the woods, take a drive down south along the old Hume Highway or Camden Valley Way, as it is called now. It’s a real eye opener. If you haven’t driven there for a while,Read more »
Today is the first anniversary of the Abbott Government, but more importantly, it is Fathers Day. As I got up this morning, for some reason I started to think about fathers. Not in a philosophical sense, but as in all the fathers I’ve known. I guess I was trying toRead more »
The fight for the seat of Campbelltown at next year’s state election is shaping up as a fascinating political battle between Bryan Doyle, who won the seat at the 2011 poll, and Labor’s Greg Warren. Doyle, a former police officer, romped in last time on the back of massive swingsRead more »
Campbelltown’s next two mayors will be two councillors who share a first name, Paul. That’s in Paul Lake and Paul Hawker. According to my information, and I promise you my sources are impeccable, Lake, who has already served as mayor previously, will assume the mantle of mayor this September whenRead more »
Welcome to the South West Voice: First and foremost this new online local newspaper will let nothing stop it from being the voice of the people who call Liverpool and Campbelltown home. This will be a uniquely fearless and independent voice; a quality newspaper that reports fairly and without anyRead more »
