The NSW Government will provide $230 million over four years as part of an emergency package to enhance support for domestic, family and sexual violence (DFSV) victim-survivors and expand programs that reduce the rate of violence against women and children. Nearly 1 in 4 women and 1 in 8 men in Australia have experienced violence […]

Empty Bowls is an international project to fight hunger, personalised by artists and art organisations on a community level.  The money raised is donated to soup kitchens, food banks and other organisations fighting hunger locally.  Originating in the United States, the grass roots movement has become an international phenomenon.  Blue Mountains Clay Collective Inc is […]

St Marys Central Park will see Coachmans Park connected with Kokoda Park to create a green link from Queen Street through to South Creek. Penrith City Council has reached an exciting milestone in the transformation of the St Marys Town Centre, with the awarding of the landscape design contract for St Marys Central Park.   […]

Penrith City Council’s plans for the future of St Marys have taken another exciting step forward with the St Marys Town Centre Place Plan finalised.  At the April Ordinary Meeting held on 29 April, Council endorsed the Place Plan which is a community-led roadmap outlining 23 actions over the next five years to transform the […]

Penrith City Council has sold 158-164 Old Bathurst Road, Emu Plains to Akura and its capital partners (trading as Emu Plains Developments Pty Ltd), which will deliver Council’s vision to boost local employment with an industrial subdivision on the site. Akura will be responsible for overseeing the future development of the site. Akura is an […]

LOCAL identity Ross (Rossco) Hutchison has been immortalised in oils, the subject of an entry by artist Corrinne Hemsley into this year’s Archibald Prize art competition. Rossco’s painting is a striking composition, with his extensive and varied life history revealed in the brush strokes of the portrait. He has danced in front of the Queen […]

Penrith City Council’s Nursery Coordinator Mark Viler shows Penrith Mayor Todd Carney around the Nursery, which is going to be upgraded. PENRITH City Council is upgrading its Nursery to support the greening of our City thanks to a $5.06 million grant through the NSW Government’s Western Sydney Infrastructure Grants Program.  The upgrade will get underway […]

By Gai Hawthorn, CEO Penrith CBD Corporation and Secretary of Penrith Community Kitchen AS winter approaches, our community is rallying together to support those in need through our annual Winter Appeal. We are pleased to announce our appeal for donations of new gloves, beanies, scarves, and jackets to help the vulnerable stay warm during the […]

FOLLOWING the sudden death of Nepean News ‘Legend of the Nepean’ Bob Aitken AM JP, we would like to run this excerpt of our article, which ran on May 26, 2022, in his memory. In addition to running Bob Aitken Media, his own media company, Bob had been the Chairman of Rotary District 9685 Polio […]

Orchard Hills Veterinary Hospital was thrilled to share on social media that Kellie Tickner (who also writes the regular veterinary column in Nepean News) has been nominated for RSPCA Volunteer of the Year, after recently being awarded Volunteer of the Month in March. Kellie’s dedication to volunteering with RSPCA NSW is truly inspiring. She saw […]