AMALGAMATIONS: FIT OR UNFIT?
High-stakes game of musical councils
DECLARED unfit and sent back to the drawing board, two western Sydney’s powerhouses, Blacktown and Parramatta, couldn’t have had more contrasting reactions to a NSW Government ultimatum.
LIBERAL NAME CHANGE PLOY FAILS
Blacktown Council re-elects Mayor Bali
WITH the re-election of Blacktown mayor Stephen Bali, the plan to rename the council area is on its way out for now.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT MAYORAL ELECTIONS
Libs back veteran for Lord Mayor
By Di Bartok
PAUL Garrard brought a spade to Parramatta Council on the night he was elected to his sixth term as Lord Mayor - but it had nothing to do with how he almost dug his own grave.
WHERE TO FROM HERE?
Perceptions of Parrmatta's true potential
By Geoff Lee, Member for Parramatta
WHEN I decided to run for political office in Parramatta in 2011, it was because I wanted Parramatta to realise its full potential.
GROWING SYDNEY
Parramatta is Australia’s first future city
By Geoff Lee
Member for Parramatta
PARRAMATTA is well placed to be Australia’s first future city – the first of many, and this is the vision I will be working towards over the next term.
STATE OF THE CITY
Once in a generation opportunity
WE were honoured to have Premier Mike Baird attend the annual State of the City event in Parramatta.
NSW IS NUMBER ONE
Western Sydney an economic over achiever
By Geoff Lee
State Member for Parramatta
IT’S clear that NSW is number one again, topping the tables in yet another CommSec State of the States report.
SYDNEY'S SECOND CBD
It's official: Parramatta is capital of GWS
By Geoff Lee
State Member for Parramatta
IT’S official, Parramatta is the “Capital of Western Sydney” and Sydney’s second CBD.
RED TAPE CUTS
Govt to slash 1,000 pieces of legislation
THE Federal Government is cutting red tape to make life easier, help small business, strengthen our economy and create jobs, says, says Alex Hawke Member for Mitchell.
LIGHT RAIL PROJECTS
Putting the region on the right track
By Geoff Lee
State Member for Parramatta
MY priorities for Parramatta are jobs, homes and infrastructure.
