Intermodal plans deeply flawed: Mayor

Liverpool Mayor Ned Mannoun says the Planning and Assessment Commission report about the Moorebank Intermodal had justified council and the community’s concerns that the plans were deeply flawed and failed to recognise significant problems with the site. On September 29 …

To record or not record, that is the question

I don’t know if feud is the right word for it, maybe Mexican standoff is closer to describing the spat between the Camden chamber of commerce and Camden Council and in particular the mayor, Lara Symkowiak. I am told it …

Winged keel, penalty shootout and supercoach

MY personal best sporting moment was coaching the St Andrews under 14s cricket team to a Camden Association premiership more than 20 years ago. Even though it would have been the St Andrews club’s first ever premiership in any age …

Moorebank intermodal approval ‘disgrace’

I WOULD love to know who the people are on this Planning and Assessment Commission which has given concept approval to one of the two intermodal plans for Moorebank. They obviously don’t live in Wattle Grove or Moorebank or Hammondville …

MP ‘disgusted’ over intermodal concept nod

State Member for Menai Melanie Gibbons has expressed disgust at today’s Planning and Assessment Commission (PAC) announcement of concept approval for the SIMTA Intermodal at Moorebank. Promising that the fight against the intermodal was not over, Ms Gibbons issued a …

More to the zany master of Macarthur than meets the eye

IF Steve Wisbey had told me the very first thing he did on being born was screw up his face to produce a zany look I would have believed him. You will know that look if you have been living …

Crafty skills across Macarthur to be showcased at festival

Whether you’re a novice at your trade, or take your craft more seriously, the Festival of Fisher’s Ghost Craft Exhibition is expanding its reach by calling on entrants from across the Macarthur region to share their creative talents with the …

One dead: police shift investigation focus to home in Ashcroft

Detectives investigating a fatal stabbing in Liverpool overnight have now established a crime scene at a home in Ashcroft. About 9.30pm (September 29), two men attended Liverpool Hospital with multiple stab wounds. One of the men, a 24-year-old from Macquarie Fields, …

More to Liverpool night markets than stalls

Where can you learn to perfect your Samoan fire dancing skills* and take in a special fire dancing performance by the Matavai Cultural Arts group dancers and drummers for free? Only at the Liverpool Night Markets, which return this Saturday, …

Incredible Eagles best of the best after grand final victory

This time last year the East Campbelltown Eagles were licking their wounds after being kicked out of Group Six. But after their 27-20 demolition of Mounties in the Sydney Shield rugby league grand final on Sunday, the Eagles are boasting …

Three held as stabbed man is rushed to hospital

Police are investigating the circumstances which led to a man being stabbed at Warwick Farm this morning. Just after midnight (Monday, September 29), two men, aged 19 and 22, were inside a home on Stroud Street when two other men, …

Gibson century lights up start of the season for Ghosts

After a solid preseason, the Campbelltown Camden Ghosts cricket club celebrated the opening of their 30th season with some outstanding individual performances.  First gade travelled to the beautiful Coogee Oval where captain Scott Coyte won the toss and decided to …

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