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HOW COUNCIL MERGERS IMPACT WEST
Parramatta slams "political farce"
By Di Bartok
“A FARCE, a political farce” is how Parramatta Lord Mayor Paul Garrard has described the State Government’s planned forced mergers of councils.
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WORLD CLASS RIVER FORESHORE
Council acquires key properties
PARRAMATTA City Council has moved closer to realising its vision of creating a world-class river foreshore.
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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.
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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.
PARRAMATTA SQUARE
Walker Corporation appointed for two stages
By Clr Scott Lloyd
Parramatta City mayor
THE Parramatta Square development has entered an exciting new phase following the appointment of Walker Corporation to undertake the two largest stages of the urban renewal project.
COMMENT: TRANSPORT CHOKE
Airport is setting us up for failure
By Stephen Bali
Blacktown City Council Mayor
IT is simply not good enough that major Federal projects are planned with insufficient Federal funding for ancillary transport infrastructure.
