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CITY of Parramatta Council, in partnership with RSPCA NSW, is offering free pet microchipping and vaccinations to Parramatta Local Government Area residents with a pension or health care card. Bookings are essential for the COVID-safe event which will run from 9am to 1pm on Friday, March 26. “With the cost of living on the rise, […]

DALLAS SHERRINGHAM It’s no secret times have been the toughest on record for Parramatta’s  bricks and mortar retail industry, but this sector has a proud history of bouncing back from the hardest of times. Now retailers have revealed the solutions and support measures needed for the industry bounce back this year and beyond. New research

By PRISCELLA MABOR THE global UN Women’s theme for International Women’s Day (IWD) 2021 is “Women in Leadership This theme celebrates the tremendous efforts by women and girls around the world in shaping a more equal future. The Community Migrant Resource Centre (CMRC) has navigated many waves to arrive in this new COVID-19 world. As an essential service CMRC remained open for business throughout

A FIRST look at the Parramatta Light Rail alignment has been revealed as the project gains momentum, with track work underway from Westmead to Carlingford. Dr Geoff Lee, Member for Parramatta said the new artist impressions offer a glimpse of how Greater Parramatta will be revitalized by modern, frequent light rail. “These artist impressions highlight

MORE than 35,000 critical staff in NSW will be among the first in Australia to receive the COVID-19 vaccine when the rollout begins on Monday, February 22. The vaccines will be administered in three initial vaccination hubs at Westmead, Liverpool and Royal Prince Alfred Hospitals. The initial three-week vaccination phase will see all hotel quarantine

PARRAMATTA is continuing its rise with more new office space coming onto the market, according to the recent Property Council of Australia’s Office Market Report. Net absorption in Parramatta has increased to 28,673sqm, while the vacancy rate has risen from 4.8 per cent to 6.4 per cent over the six months to January 2021. “For

By DI BARTOK COMMUNITY leaders, worried about escalating youth crime and suicides, wait with bated breath over news of a permanent home for Parramatta PCYC. The club has been in temporary rental premises in George St since its 60-year-old Hassall St home was sold in 2016 to developers for more than $30M. But Parramatta PCYC

WESTMEAD is gaining a new Travelodge Hotel which could prove to be the healthiest hotel in Australia. The $100M health and wellbeing Travelodge Hotel at West Grove will have 100 rooms and will be close to Westmead’s medical facilities. It will be managed by Drill Pty Ltd Hotel at West Grove after signing a long-term

WESTERN Sydney has been given a boost with 151 newly graduated doctors, needed more than ever as we fight COVID-19. 92 of those will train at Westmead Hospital with the rest going to Blacktown  and Mt Druitt. The new doctors’ arrival is “very special, more so this year with our junior medical officers joining our

TWO Parramatta property experts could prove saviours for the ailing Central Coast Council. The two gurus from Parramatta Council advisory committee will advise Coast on selling council assets. Michael Filo and Steve Rowe will make up the Coast’s Independent Advisory Group which is going to “provide advice to achieve the best result” in selling off

THE revitalisation of Parramatta’s ‘Eat Street’ is well underway with the first tracks laid for Parramatta Light Rail in the dining precinct.  Minister for Transport and Roads Andrew Constance said major light rail construction on Church Street, from Lennox Bridge to George Street, is being fast-tracked for completion in mid-2021. “It’s exciting to see a city-shaping project like the Parramatta Light Rail make significant

PARRAMATTA’S home of sport and entertainment will feature early starts and alfresco dining with the opening of Hoops Coffee House outside Bankwest Stadium. As the City of Parramatta comes alive this summer, the new seven-days-a-week café next to the basketball courts and playground area on O’Connell Street adds another dimension to the popular community space.

AN astonishing one million avid library users clicked online to use the Parramatta city’s library services forced to close its doors for nearly six months while transitioning into a COVID-Safe facility. The eight libraries in Carlingford, Constitution Hill, Dundas, Epping, Ermington, Parramatta, and Wentworth Point introduced a 24-hour click-and-collect service that enabled residents to borrow

A COUNCIL resolution calling for an inventory of the existing number of cooling canopy trees within Parramatta CBD has been passed and will pave the way for ramping up plans for planting more. The aim of the Parramatta Council resolution is to increase the number of canopy trees planted in the booming central business district,

AUTHORITIES has lifted the lid on scams triggered by COVID-19 and warned against fake online shopping websites particularly this Christmas, phishing for personal information, and superannuation or taxation fraud. According to Scamwatch, sophisticated digital technologies are favored tools by scammers to steal money or personal details from vulnerable people. Since January, more than 5,000 incidences

AUSSIE iconic service station Ampol is back, this time in partnership with supermarket giant Woolworths. Founded in post-Depression 1936 as Australian Motorists Petrol Company, and through the years and one world war popularly nicknamed Ampol, it recently came back to Western Sydney at Northmead. The suburb is proudly claiming the first returned Ampol Homebase, certainly

IN a move that will cost Parramatta Council an estimated $60,000 over six months, the NSW Government has been granted a peppercorn rent of $1 to occupy office space in Macquarie St. In a heated confidential session behind closed doors, councillors were divided 7 to 7 on whether to grant the government’s request for the