Jess Fox OAM (WK1, WC1), Tim Anderson (MK1), Tristan Carter (MC1), Anna Meares OAM (Australian Olympic Team Chef de Mission). Photos by Noel Rowsell. THE AOC has selected Victorians Tim Anderson and Tristan Carter in the Australian Olympic Team for Paris 2024, to contest the men’s kayak (MK1) and canoe (MC1) events respectively. The announcement […]
16 February 2024
PLANNING for one of the biggest economic development projects undertaken in Australia, the Bradfield City Centre, has taken a major step forward with the draft Master Plan now available for community feedback. The Bradfield City Centre Master Plan sets out a framework for future development within the new 114-hectare city, five times the size of […]
08 February 2024
By staff at Blacktown Animal Rehoming Centre (BARC) “Thank you to everyone and every organisation who has opened their hearts and homes to a shelter animal this past month, you’ve changed a life for the better and for good (sorry if I’ve missed anyone’s photo!). This month in particular we got to see some long […]
08 February 2024
NSW’s Emergency Department (ED) Taskforce met this week, bringing together clinical experts from across the state to improve wait times in the state’s busy EDs. NSW EDs are under continuing pressure, with more than 3 million attendances each year, and treating more patients with serious illness than ever before. The new Taskforce will work to […]
08 February 2024
STARRING newcomer Graham Toole, Caught in the Act pays tribute to the music of Peter Allen, The Carpenters, Glen Campbell and Kenny Rogers. Graham Toole is well-known for singing hit songs of the late Glen Campbell and Kenny Rogers which include The Gambler and Rhinestone Cowboy. The popular music of Karen Carpenter of The Carpenters will be performed by […]
08 February 2024
WC1 winner Jess Fox OAM. AUSTRALIA has captured eight of the eighteen medals on offer at the 2024 Paddle Australia Canoe Slalom Australian Open, which was held over the 2nd-4th February at the Penrith Whitewater Stadium. The Australian contingent was led by gold medal-winning performances from Jess Fox OAM (WC1), Tristan Carter (MC1), Lucien Delfour […]
08 February 2024
I WAS a teenager when five loathsome monsters took the life of beautiful Anita Cobby, and like everyone else old enough to remember this horrific crime, it is etched in my mind forever as a stark reminder that unspeakable evil does exist. A young nurse in the prime of her life, Anita was snatched from […]
01 February 2024
After working in the Penrith CBD from 1980 to 1996 Frances invites her previous patients from Penrith to visit her at the Blaxland Cottage Denture Clinic which is only minutes from Penrith in the Lower Blue Mountains at 172 GREAT WESTERN HWY BLAXLAND. Call Frances on 02 4739-0885 to get in touch. FRANCES Blane is […]
01 February 2024
Tanya Davies MP, Member for Badgerys Creek, has written to Premier Chris Minns calling on him to restore the Back to School vouchers, a cost-of-living assistance package that gave all parents $150 per child in vouchers to help with the costs of school supplies, uniforms and technology. “Premier Chris Minns and his Labor Government decided […]
01 February 2024
With Gina Field, Nepean Regional Security Hello, my fans and air-conditioners (we need them at the moment) I feel like I have moved to Vanuatu. So here we are in 2024; in the blink of an eye, the beloved 2023 has come, delivered, and gone (a little like an Uber driver with a Maccas order). […]
01 February 2024
