Be smart when having fun in the sun
Enjoying the outdoors with family and friends is a great way to spend the festive season. But health experts are warning us to limit exposure during the peak time of the day when the sun is at its hottest. South …
Workers comp changes good for business
Small business employers and workers in the Campbelltown area have benefitted from changes to the workers compensation scheme, says the state member for Campbelltown, Bryan Doyle. He says the scheme has “made NSW a safer and more productive place to …
Jason Taylor says Wests Tigers will be more active in south west
Jason Taylor won’t predict where Wests Tigers will finish in 2015, but he can confirm the club will be a lot more active in Liverpool and Macarthur from now on. And the determination in his voice suggests the club has …
Add spice to your life
You know how men become instant experts at anything they try their hand at, right. Well, cooking is no exception. And since The Kontos Report started working from home we have become the master of our kitchen domain, producing culinary …
New Liverpool station carpark offers 90 spaces
A site right next to Liverpool station that was an annoying eyesore has finally been put to use for what it should have been years ago: car parking. There have been calls for years from local commuters to turn the …
HSC superstar Emma started life in Campbelltown
She may not count herself as a local still living here anymore, but Higher School Certificate superstar Emma McLaughlin was born in Campbelltown Private Hospital (when it was located in Dumaresq Street) 18 years ago. The Nambour Christian College student …
Phillip Hughes funeral: when we are at our best
I just finished watching the Phillip Hughes funeral on TV, along with most of Australia I imagine. And while saying a final farewell to someone who hadn’t even turned 26 is very sad and very tough, everyone involved did a …
Playground experts, aged 11-12, have designs on Bigge Park
Liverpool Public School students have presented models for a new playground in Bigge Park to Liverpool Mayor Ned Mannoun. Mayor Mannoun – who described them as “playground experts’’ – said the students’ ideas would be incorporated into the final designs …
Eagles are also flying high off the field
East Campbelltown Eagles Rugby League Football Club is a finalist in the 2014 Good Sports Club Award. The Good Sports Awards recognise community clubs and people who show leadership in encouraging healthy behaviours to tackle alcohol, obesity and mental health …
Technology gives patient care a lift
A new dissection table at Liverpool Hospital allows medical staff and students to slice and manipulate digital bodies then put them back together with the press of a button. The two-metre long Anatomage Table takes life-sized images such as x-rays, …
Wests Tigers re-sign rising star
Wests Tigers have re-signed promising back-rower Lamar Liolevave until the end of the 2016 season. The Marist Saints junior, who played Australian Schoolboys in 2013 before recently representing the Junior Kiwis in 2014 alongside Wests Tigers teammates Te Maire Martin, …
Medical showcase 2014 focus on nursing and midwifery
Nursing and midwifery research was the main theme of the ninth annual research and teaching showcase at Liverpool Hospital last week. The showcase is a joint initiative of the Ingham Institute for Applied Medical Research and the South Western Sydney …
