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IF Parramatta did not exist it would need to be invented.

So far off centre is the Sydney CBD in the westward expansion of the metropolis that the very sustainability of Global Sydney is at risk.

THE 37-suite Echo Point Motor Inn, in Katoomba has sold for $1.4 million, a steep discount to its trading price of $2.15 million in 2004, according to The Australian Financial Review. In June, the Hotel Gearin sold for $1.925 million, well below the $4.2 million paid in 2005.

PLANS to expand tertiary education in the Liverpool area have been rejected.

Liverpool City Council approached the University of NSW, the University of Sydney and the University of Western Sydney but none expressed any immediate interest in establishing a local campus.