Yesterday’s bicentenary celebration of Hume and Hovell’s expedition to Melbourne coincided with another momentous event: the first plane had landed on the runway of Western Sydney International airport. A light aircraft conducted several flights and landing on the Badgerys Creek …
They say it takes a village to raise a child, but the same can be said for plenty of other things in life. On October 2, 1824, explorers Hamilton Hume and William Hovell set out from Appin on their epic …
It will soon be easier for girls and women across the Macarthur to play football. A $1 million grant to Macarthur FC under the Australian Government’s $200 million Play Our Way program will remove participation barriers to women and girls. …
When Campbeltown Council meets for the first time since the September 14 elections to elect a new mayor there will be eight new faces around the chamber. That’s a majority in the 15 seat chamber, something that hasn’t happened in …
It’s official: Matt Gould has won a second term as Wollondilly’s popularly elected mayor after he received a whopping 63 percent of first preference votes in the September 14 elections. Earlier today the NSW Electoral Commission declared the outcome for …
Campbelltown residents are encouraged to help recognise someone who has given up their valuable time to volunteer with one of the many organisations that make a substantial impact in the local community. Nominations are open for the 2024 Gift of …
Brett Hodgson, a member of the premiership winning Wests Tigers team of 2005, has returned to the club as assistant coach to Benji Marshall. A Campbelltown junior who played NRL with Western Suburbs Magpies, Hodgson played a key role in …
Western Sydney University is helping tackle the critical shortage of teachers in the region by taking part in a national program designed to train more primary and high school teachers to work in the classrooms where they are needed most. …
Campbelltown will receive part of a $48 million boost to the Specialist Workers for Children and Young People (SWCYP) program. It is one of 28 additional LGAs covered under the expansion of the SWCYP program to 10 new services, and …
Young people seeking mental health support can find it at the region’s newest headspace centre in Edmondson Park. The centre will provide young people aged 12 to 25 and their families and friends with support for their mental health, physical …
Macarthur FC were given next to no chance of winning the 2024 Australia Cup final against Melbourne Victory last night. They went into the match in a depleted state thanks to a stack of injuries throughout their squad. And their …
The 2024 Festival of Fisher’s Ghost Carnival will literally be bigger and better this year. This year it will be held at Campbelltown Showground across a space of around 44,000sqm, which is double last year’s Carnival space at Leumeah commuter …
