Magpies off to flying start in 2015

Picton has claimed the first silverware of the 2015 Group Six Rugby League season, after a 22-10 win over arch rivals and local neighbours Thirlmere on Friday night. The Pre-Season competition saw the finals night held at Kirkham Park, Camden, …

Mayor says club grants up for grabs

Once a year, Liverpool’s ClubGrants scheme seeks community applications from eligible organisations to support valuable projects and services. The scheme is delivered by Liverpool Council in conjunction with local participating clubs and is calling for applications, which will close at 5pm, …

Open day chance to check out Campbelltown Hospital

Campbelltown Hospital will celebrate an important milestone with the Acute Services Building set to host its first Community Open Day on Wednesday, March 25. The open day will include interactive health information stalls, entertainment, a sausage sizzle and fun activities …

Labor promises cash boost for Campbelltown schools

A Foley Labor Government will spend more than $12 million on local schools, says their candidate for Campbelltown, Greg Warren. The schools set to benefit from this funding are: ⇒ Bradbury Public, new gymnasium, $4 million; ⇒ Ambarvale Primary, new …

Hume Highway safety review and improve

The State Government says it will spend $6 million for a safety review and improvements on the Hume Highway between the intersection with Camden Valley Way in Casula and Parramatta Road in Strathfield. The project was announced by the Parliamentary …

We’re paying too much for bread and milk but does anyone care?

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 …

Anonymous push for Kentlyn subdivision

Do you want subdivision in Kentlyn? That was the header in a leaflet dropped in letterboxes of Kentlyn residents last weekend, including mine. The anonymous leaflet went on to say: Now is your time to speak out to the Councillors …

Dancing and learning for Seniors Week

The 2015 annual Seniors Week activities kick off this weekend and there are so many great events we thought we’d hand pick our Top Five. So we got our magnifying glass out, stooped over the program and here’s what we …

YADA has 10,000 reasons to be happy an election’s on

  Young Adult Disabled Association (YADA) coordinator Buffy McDonald and founder John Eastwood probably wish there was an election every year. The YADA pair yesterday accepted a cheque for $10,000 from John Ajaka, the NSW Minister for Ageing and Disability …

Stopwork meeting: 200 Liverpool Council staff attend

At least 200 Liverpool Council staff took part in a stopwork meeting at Bigge Park this morning, says the United Services Union, which represents local government workers. A spokesperson for the union said a number of motions were passed at …

Changes more like insourcing, says Liverpool Council CEO

Liverpool Council chief executive officer Carl Wulff  says council is not planning to outsource any of its services. Indeed, the council CEO says, any changes would more correctly be called insourcing than outsourcing. Mr Wulff was responding to a series …

YouTube video help for dental health of pregnant women

Assistant Minister for Health Jai Rowell recently launched a new video resource aimed at providing women with practical advice on maintaining good dental health during pregnancy. Mr Rowell, who is also the State Member for Wollondilly, said the video was …