SUPER CHANGES IN 2017
Guide to what you could be doing now
By Bart Portelli, SMSF Specialist
AFTER months of Government deliberation, public outcry and political backflips the largest superannuation reform legislation in almost 10 years finally passed both houses of parliament on November 22, 2016.
FUNDS TO TRANSFORM NEPEAN HOSPITAL
Upgraded Emergency in $550M revamp
PENRITH Council wants to ensure that infrastructure and jobs are delivered to match the increasing population of the city.
YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH WEALTH
Moving from now to next
FIRST, understand what it is you own and how you own it. Then ask yourself Why? Understanding your relationship to wealth will be important in developing future plans.
HOLIDAY INN AT ST MARYS
Dream come true for Leagues Club
By Red Dwyer
THE long awaited goal of the St Marys Rugby League Club is expected to be realised in late 2017 with the opening of a six-storey hotel.
TWO ICONIC HOTELS SOLD
New owners plan redevelopment
By Red Dwyer
THE ASX-listed Lantern Hotels Group has added $46.5 million to its coffers through the sale of hotels in Mt Druitt and Ambervale.
WESTERN SYDNEY'S EMOTIONAL HEAT MAP
Most loved and most loathed
AS Western Sydney embraces a raft of new developments, Western Sydney University is asking locals to help create an emotional heat map of the region through a digital project mapping the most loved and loathed local spots.
CALL FOR LAND REZONING
Then NSW can benefit from Airport
By Michelle Pozo
A FOCUS on rezoning and servicing industrial land in Western Sydney would curb the loss of business to other states.
MAYORESS CHRISTMAS APPEAL
Two worthy charities benefit
THE Mayoress of Blacktown City, Anne Bali, is calling on residents and business to remember those less fortunate at Christmas by donating a gift to the Mayoress’ Community Christmas Gift Appeal.
WESTERN SYDNEY PROPERY CONDITIONS
Development boiling over or simmering?
By David Hagger and Fred Ibrahim, Deloitte Real Estate
OPEN up any newspaper these days and the commentary around the property market reads: “housing bubble”, “apartment oversupply” and “housing market collapse”.
HOMELESS PEOPLE NEED MOBILES TOO
Tough world is even tougher
IN a world where mobile phones are used to find accommodation, interact with government services and look for work, being on the streets is a problem for homeless people.
