CONSTRUCTION has started on the Cricket NSW Centre of Excellence at Wilson Park where the State’s superstars and aspiring youth will benefit from world-class facilities. Acting Minister for Sports Geoff Lee said the new home of cricket within the Sydney Olympic Park precinct will be the envy of all other states and territories. […]
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LORRAINE Wearne, Parramatta’s longest-serving councillor, celebrates 25 years fighting for the community. So, what drives this amazing woman? AFTER a record-breaking 25 years as a Parramatta councillor, Lorraine Wearne shows no sign of slowing down. Not even cancer and removal of a lung can hold back this formidable woman. Now cancer-free and feeling fit –
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HOWZAT! Organised recreational cricketers playing on Parramatta sports grounds have just been bowled over following complaints from district cricket clubs. Problems have arisen when cricket clubs, who have booked grounds for their regular weekend stints, have encountered the organised recreational players reluctant to leave the pitch. “Organised recreational” cricket groups refer to teams of registered
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IT used to be the place for the homeless, rough sleepers, and the lonely to come together for two meals a day and some social interaction. But now Covid-19 has forced Parramatta Mission to stop its five-day-a-week sitdown meals at its Macquarie St Parramatta headquarters – having takeaway instead. There are usually 70 seeking breakfast
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DO you know your colleagues well? Can you talk about personal matters? A dedicated team at Westmead Hospital decided to ask these types of questions – and took action. Outpatient pharmacy staff tackled mental health at work by forming a ‘Women Empowerment’ group in late 2019. The main purpose was to support personal and professional
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CHRIS Hekeik elevates companies to the future in a stone cottage in Parramatta that harks back to our colonial past. A place of significant stories. But that is an incongruity that says so much about Chris, the founder of Mode Media, which has become “the largest branding agency in Western Sydney”. In looking forward, the
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Motion for a city tree report blocked by Lord Mayor COOLING trees became a hot debate among Parramatta councillors at last week’s council meeting. An earlier motion by Cr Sameer Pandey, backed by Cr Donna Davis, for staff to prepare a report on the number of trees in the LGA and what needed to be
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NSW Police, together with Transport for NSW, is urging residents to plan and to expect a different holiday experience during the summer months of 2020-2021, as they launch the Western phase of their summer-safety campaign. Operation Summer Safe is a high-visibility operation that commenced in the Western Region on November 1 to increase community engagement
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The legendary people and events that have shaped Parramatta’s unique – and sometimes surprising – history take center stage in a quirky new documentary series to mark Foundation Day. From pioneers buried in Australia’s oldest marked graves to the legacy of the 1919 Spanish flu pandemic, City of Parramatta Council’s Parramatta Foundations short videos uncover
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A PARRAMATTA mum has admitted she’d been dreaming about what she’d do if she ever won the lottery just days before discovering she scored $2M in the weekend’s Saturday Lotto draw. The Western Sydney woman held one of the 10 division one winning entries nationally in Saturday Lotto draw 4099 drawn Saturday 31 October 2020. Each entry won a
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WENTWORTHVILLE Leagues Club, Kellyville Soccer Club, and Action Insurance Brokers are the Western Sydney stars in the 2020 Safework NSW Awards. The three diverse businesses each took out Highly Commended in their categories in the annual awards that recognize outstanding achievements in workplace safety across a range of government and non-government businesses. Wendy Leagues (pictured)
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THE NSW Government has continued its winning streak, securing another high-profile sporting event for Western Sydney. Headlining the inaugural Sydney SuperFight event at Bankwest Stadium on December 16 will be a Trans-Tasman bout between up and coming Australian star Tim Tszyu and New Zealand’s Bowyn Morgan. Minister for Jobs, Investment, Tourism and Western Sydney Stuart Ayres
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