August 2022

OLDER people are being encouraged to check if they have money owing to them with more than half a billion dollars currently sitting with Revenue NSW. Minister for Finance and Employee Relations Damien Tudehope said with the rise in cost-of-living, many households would undoubtedly appreciate having the money back in their pocket. “Anyone can search for […]

By DI BARTOK THE owner of the iconic Roxy in Parramatta is set to make the venue “the pre-eminent hotel in the West” despite persistent calls for it to become a live theatre. Owner David Kingston, speaking exclusively to this reporter, is bemused by the continued push for the 1930s-built Roxy to be either bought

THE wheels are now set in motion for the installation of the City of Parramatta’s newest public artwork, Place of the Eels, in Parramatta Square.  Created by Western Sydney artists Claire Healy and Sean Cordeiro, the eight-metre tall, polished aluminium replica of a vintage bus will soon be permanently parked nose-to-the-sky in the Square’s public domain.

PARRAMATTA’AS new $88.6M state-of the-art aquatic and leisure centre is fast approaching the finish line as construction races past the halfway mark. Named Parramatta Aquatic Centre at a recent Council meeting, the centre is rapidly taking shape, with indoor and outdoor pool sites excavated and over 9000 cubic metres of concrete poured. “The countdown is