Spirit and determination behind triumph of Kangaroos U18 girls

After being the dominant team all season, the Campbelltown City Kangaroos U18 girls team have gone all the way to become the 2024 Southern Conference rugby league champions. The Kangaroos defeated the Engadine Dragons 20-6 in last Saturday’s decider at …

Poignant stories of serving our country recorded for posterity

Students at St Patrick’s College for girls have taken out first prize in the national Anzac Day schools’ awards for a passion project through which they recorded the stories of local servicemen and women, then built a website to publish …

Four charged after pursuit of stolen car through Campbelltown

A man, a woman and two teenagers have been charged following a police pursuit in Campbelltown overnight. Officers attached to Campbelltown City Police Command were patrolling the Moore Oxley bypass, Campbelltown around midnight when they detected a stolen Ford Ranger. …

Api to inspire Tigers to victory over the Eels at Campbelltown

The last three rounds of the 2024 NRL season have been just reward for Wests Tigers coach Benji Marshall. A win over Souths at Campbelltown, followed by victory over Manly at Leichhardt led to a bye week. And now, this …

Oaks Tigers, Oakdale Workers heading to Waminda Oval for prelim

There are three Campbelltown based clubs in the Macarthur Conference rugby league competition, but none managed to make the first grade finals this season. The closest was East Campbelltown Eagles, who finished one spot out of the top five. This …

Liverpool Council court challenge goes down in flames

Liverpool Council has lost its court challenge against the state government’s intention to suspend the council and defer elections. On all but one count – that the interim report lacked procedural fairness – Justice Robson in the Land and Environment …

Rams brush aside Olympic to make third grand final in a row

Macarthur Rams will be playing in a third straight NPL Women’s NSW grand final this Saturday. In an acknowledgement the women’s game is growing in leaps and bounds, Football NSW has decreed that the premiership decider will be played at …

Macquarie Fields rail station upgrade on track

The upgrade of the 136 year old Macquarie Fields Station is moving closer, with the community invited to have their say on the plans that improve accessibility along with sporting a fresh new look for the precinct. Transport for NSW …

Mighty Quins fall one game short of grand final

The season is over for Campbelltown Harlequins rugby club after the men’s first grade lost by two points in the final against Kiama on Saturday. But as our rugby correspondent ANDREW CHOICE reports, it could have easily gone the other …

Arrests as Camden Strike Force puts spotlight on drug syndicate

Strike Force detectives have now charged eight people following multiple search warrants targeting illegal drug supply syndicates in Camden and Wollondilly. In July 2024, officers attached to Camden Police Area Command established Strike Force Tension to investigate a criminal syndicate …

World class shopping, dining will be on offer at WSI

A world class shopping precinct for Western Sydney International is a step closer after the release of a tender for a duty-free retail partner to set up shop at the new 24-hour global gateway. Retailers who completed an extensive registration …

Democracy is alive and well in Campbelltown

It is good to see that there is a high level of interest in the coming local council elections. Ironically, that’s partly due to the huge media coverage of the Liberal Party’s failure to lodge nominations in time, so we …