Firefighters, NRL stars and other top athletes are urging households across the state to make sure they have working smoke alarms fitted in their homes, as Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) launches its annual Winter Fire Safety Campaign. New figures reveal that last winter, nearly half (49 per cent) of the 1,080 homes that were […]
30 May 2024
Photo supplied by Maureen Gildart Penrith National Serviceman’s Association ANSA Inc (NASHOs) held its 18th Anniversary Memorial Service and Tribute Laying Ceremony on 28th May at Victoria Park, St Marys, with a parade commencing at 11.00am. The purpose of this service is in remembrance of all people who served as National Servicemen between 1951 to […]
30 May 2024
Atien Acuel scores in the paint for Penrith against Albury. Photo courtesy of Tanya Hawkins Photography. The Penrith Panthers senior men’s and women’s basketball teams have lost both games of their road trip to Albury on the weekend, with the women falling 99-76 and the men 86-71 in Round 8 of the NBL1 East Basketball […]
30 May 2024
Melissa McIntosh MP recently met with local small businesses to discuss the impact of skyrocketing energy bills, following multiple local closures due to rising costs. By Federal Member for Lindsay Melissa McIntosh “This week marks two years since the Albanese Labor Government was elected, where the Prime Minister promised a $275 reduction in people’s power […]
23 May 2024
The first 1,300 nursing graduates and students have received offers under the Tertiary Health Study Subsidy Program. In the Penrith electorate, this includes 17 new nursing students being offered the $4,000 per year scholarship and 54 graduating nursing students who have commenced employment with NSW Health being offered the $8,000 one-off payment. It comes as […]
23 May 2024
More than 140 vulnerable children were supported across 34 safe homes across the Western Sydney Nepean Blue Mountains District following the NSW Government’s drive to increase the number of emergency foster carers across the state. Emergency foster carers provide a safe environment for a child or sibling group at short notice and mean fewer children […]
23 May 2024
By Kellie Tickner, Orchard Hills Veterinary Hospital Administrator Ringworm, the contradiction that instils dread in pet owners, is not a product of worms as its name suggests, but rather a fungal infection that can wreak havoc on both pets and humans alike. Scientifically termed dermatophytosis, this fungal menace presents as circular lesions on the skin, […]
23 May 2024
Michelle (centre) has been photographed alongside Board Director, Mia Steele (left), and RPSCA NSW CEO, Steve Coleman (right). This month, the NSW RSPCA Volunteer of the Year Awards were held at Yagoona. The Runner Up was awarded to Michelle Dreaper from South Penrith. For the last eight years, Michelle has been a standout volunteer and […]
23 May 2024
Alan Syd Campbell passed away on 19th April and is best remembered for his 40-year RAAF career at Richmond Air Force base, his life as a teacher at TAFE and his twin passions of surfing and photography. Born in Manly in 1947, Alan later moved with his family to Mayfield, Newcastle, during the 1950s. After […]
23 May 2024
I was in the Gym parking lot the other day, just sitting there playing away on Facebook, and I happened to notice very young, very fit people attempting to park and then enter the Gym. So, as I picked the stray hair that had grown from the bottom of my chin with tweezers, I continued […]
23 May 2024
