Thumbs up for Campbelltown Hospital’s new dental clinic

More than 5,100 people have received free dental care at the Campbelltown Hospital’s dental centre since it launched 15 months ago.  The new dental centre means more eligible people in Campbelltown, Camden, Bankstown, Fairfield, Liverpool, Wingecarribee and Wollondilly can access …

Wests Tigers head across the ditch for battle with Warriors

The Wests Tigers head across the ditch to New Zealand this Saturday to face the Warriors in Waikato in Round 24 of the NRL. This is actually a home game, but the Tigers, in a generous gesture towards the Warriors …

Bold Fabulous & Beautiful: empowering women of a certain age

During 15 years of running creative textile workshops, Sandie O’Neill noticed a common thread among women – their conversations were centred not on the creations they made, but on the challenges they faced. Many women she came across struggled with …

Power bill rebates welcome relief for small business, families

As more than 300,000 small businesses start receiving power bill rebates from tomorrow, Nathan Hagarty, the Member for Leppington, has commended the Minns Labor Government for acting on cost of living pressures in NSW. “Labor was elected to government to …

Demolition on the way for ‘derelict’ Brands on Sale building

Fire and Rescue NSW says the Brands on Sale on building in Queen Street, Campbelltown is derelict and a “significant risk to the health and safety of any person that enters the premises, including firefighters’’. Now a report to council …

Harrington Grove green thumbs give local forest mighty boost

Harrington Forest, a popular outdoor area and walking trail within the Harrington Grove estate, has just become even better. Residents from Harrington Grove joined the Waratah Group Services and ADR Management Services teams to plant 200 native trees last weekend. …

Wollondilly Mayor, Hannan in spat over call to release study

Wollondilly mayor Matt Gould has hit back at the local independent MP Judy Hannan who is demanding that council release immediately the Hazards Analysis and Emergency Management Study (HAEMS). Ms Hannan moved a motion in state parliament calling on the …

Task force leads the way as south west tourism push gets serious

The message was loud and clear at the Destination Macarthur event held at Gledswood Homestead last Friday: get tourism ready by the time Western Sydney International airport opens. And the local tourism operators who attended the event organised by the …

How our university is training next generation of paramedics

Final year paramedicine students at the Campbelltown campus of Western Sydney University have just put their clinical theory into practice during a mass casualty simulation exercise, testing their skills in a simulated underground train crash scenario. The simulated “disaster’’ took …

Macarthur roads claim second life in 24 hours

A second person has died in a road crash in the Macarthur region in 24 hours. The 37 year old man died when a hatchback and a utility collided south of Campbelltown on Saturday night. Twenty four hours earlier a …

25 year old woman dies in car crash at Ingleburn

A 25 year old woman who was a passenger in a car has died following a crash near Campbelltown overnight. About 11.40pm emergency services were called to Broadhurst Road, Ingleburn, after reports a Nissan Skyline had crashed into a truck …

WSU students out of their comfort zone in the Big Apple

Last month, 12 Western Sydney University students from the school of humanities and communication arts touched down in New York City to immerse themselves in one of the most creative places in the world. After the long journey, the group …