Young people focus of gambling awareness campaign

Young people are the main focus of an awareness campaign being run by local health experts to tackle the impact of gambling promotion and advertising. The campaign is part of Responsible Gambling Awareness week (May 25 – May 31). SWSLHD …

Hands on approach makes our MP one of a kind

The new member for Campbelltown doesn’t just present framed certificates to locals who have done good deeds – he makes them himself. Greg Warren’s hands on approach is unheard of among our elected elite. Who knows, he may be genuinely …

Tenders called for stage one of $1.6 billion Northern Road upgrade

Work on stage one of the $1.6 billion, 31 kilometre upgrade of The Northern Road will start before the end of the year. Tenders have been called for the work, which will be between Old Northern Road at Narellan and Peter …

Top marks for our palliative care volunteers

Local palliative care volunteers are in the spotlight on the eve of the annual Palliative Care Week. To mark the special week, the South Western Sydney Local Health District (SWSLHD) has highlighted the work performed by volunteers. It also congratulated …

Mayor hits back at intermodal chief’s call for no capacity limit

Liverpool Council has criticised an attempt by the chief executive of the Moorebank Intermodal Company (MIC) to push for the unlimited movement of container trucks between Port Botany and a proposed freight terminal at Moorebank. At the same time, Liverpool …

How council rate hike is helping build parks of the future

If you are still grumbling about that huge rate increase from last year, it may make you feel a little better to know that Campbelltown Council is putting your hard earned dollars to good use. With a month to go …

Look after your kidneys and they will look after you

South western Sydney has one of the highest rates of kidney disease in Australia so local health experts are encouraging people to “Meet your Kidneys’’ in a bid to highlight the importance of the function of kidneys during Kidney Health …

Moorebank residents question intermodal credentials

Residents opposed to the Moorebank intermodal container terminal plan have gone on the front foot ahead of the final decision, which is believed to be imminent. “The principal reason for the Moorebank intermodal was to take trucks off the roads, …

Wattle Grove anglers help council reel in carp and eel menace

Who do you call when you want to get rid of carp and eel from a local lake? The local fishermen, that’s who. And that’s exactly what Liverpool Council did when it decided to rejuvenate Wattle Grove Lake by “evicting’’ …

Wests Tigers hoping it will be like 2005 all over again

Dene Halatau will replace Robbie Farah in more ways than one in Saturday’s clash with the North Queensland Cowboys. With Farah, along with Aaron Woods, selected in the NSW State of Origin team, coach Jason Taylor has named the ever …

Adventureland to ride again – for just one day

Once upon a time O’Neill’s Adventureland was the theme park of choice for the families of the great south west, from Liverpool to Campbelltown and Camden. Luna Park was too far away to pop to when the kids wanted an outing …

Campbelltown Council votes $30,000 for consultants, $10,000 for Nepal

Campbelltown Council may end up spending up to $30,000 for consultants to explain to them the Environmental Impact Study (EIS) on the Badgerys Creek Airport. Despite serious reservations and concerns by some councillors that this would be a waste of …