COMMENT: COUNCIL MERGERS
Controversial, but better efficiencies
By Geoff Lee
State Member for Parramatta
LAST month, the NSW Government took the controversial decision to amalgamate a number of councils, creating 19 new local councils.
HILLS-HAWKESBURY MERGER OUT
Model won't result in efficiency
THE State Government has ruled out a merger between Hawkesbury and Hills Councils.
PARRAMATTA STADIUM
Bigger vision for sports precinct
By Geoff Lee
State Member for Parramatta
LAST month it was officially confirmed that Parramatta Stadium would be the first stadium to be rebuilt.
THE VISION FOR HOLROYD
Help us determine city strategy
By Holroyd Mayor
Clr Greg Cummings
HOLROYD is a place for everyone.
FAST TRACK TO FUTURE
Fast train link gaining speed
By Cr Paul Garrard
Parramatta Lord Mayor
THE push to establish a fast rail line linking Parramatta with the new Badgerys Creek airport and the Sydney CBD is rapidly gaining momentum.
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.
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.
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.
