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Objections to Bunnings
BUNNINGS, which has applied to build a $5 million store with an outdoor nursery on vacant land in Megalong Street, in Katoomba, is meeting resistance from local small businesses and environmental groups arguing it will kill off family traders and potentially damage the Leura Creek water catchment

320 jobs created
MORE than 320 jobs will be created when the second largest IKEA store in NSW opens at Sydney Business Park, in Marsden Park. The 28,500-square-metre store will sit alongside Bunnings, Masters, Costco, McDonalds and Shell and will front Richmond Road, just off the M7. It is scheduled to open in June, 2015.

100-plus jobs created
MORE than 100 jobs have been created at the Linfox Australia Arnott’s Foods new warehouse in Huntingwood, 200 metres from the Arnott’s factory. The jobs are in warehousing, distribution services, and administrative support and equipment operations

Mayor wins award
HILLS mayor, Dr Michelle Byrne, has been named a winner of the Minister’s Awards for Women in Local Government. She won the Elected Representative from a Metropolitan Council category.

Waste not transferred
THE NSW government has announced it will not transfer any restricted solid waste from a site in Hunters Hill to Kemps Creek while it pursues an alternative with the federal government, which is looking at establishing a National Radioactive Waste Management Facility in the Northern Territory; a site which may be a suitable disposal option for the waste at Hunters Hill

Public servants to relocate
THE NSW government proposes to relocate the Community Relations Commission and divisions within Family and Community Services, from Sydney’s CBD and Ashfield to Liverpool, from 2015;

Ingham to split assets
LIVERPOOL-based Ingham Enterprises will split its $600 million worth of real estate assets, in Australia and New Zealand, into two separate portfolios, in a sale and leaseback campaign.

City offers degree course
TAFE NSW South Western Sydney Institute’s (SWSi) Liverpool College has partnered with the University of Canberra to offer a university degree in information technology from this year.

$2 million renovation
THE Bankstown Sports Club is reported to be spending $2 million on renovations to create an Asian dining precinct to rival its existing Italian precinct, La Piazza.

Company leases space
INTERNATIONAL Formwork has leased a 1189-square-metre warehouse, at Roberts Road, Chullora, at an annual rental of $100 a square metre for three years...

Government offices relocate
THE NSW government proposes, from 2015 to move the Office of Environment and Heritage, EPA and Office of State Revenue, from Hurstville, the Sydney CBD and existing Parramatta offices to be co-located in Parramatta, and the Ambulance Service of NSW, will move from Rozelle to North Parramatta;.

Police HQ for sale
THE building accommodating the headquarters of the NSW Police Force, at 1 Charles Street, is for sale by expressions of interest, which close on March 27. The lease expires in May 2024, with a further five-year option. The building was constructed in 2003

Display suite and sales office
THE Lidis Group has approval to use premises at 333 and 339 Church Street, in the Parramatta CBD, for a display suite and sales office, for a 400-apartment tower and mixed-use redevelopment of the Lennox car park site, at the rear of the premises.

CCIA campaign
A NEW digital campaign by Destination NSW and the Caravan and Camping Industry Association of NSW (CCIA), based at Rosehill Gardens Racecourse, will run until mid-year; the campaign includes 30 new pages dedicated to caravan and camping venues.

Firm wins award
COLEMAN Greig Lawyers, in Parramatta, has won the “Best provider to the professional services sector”  in the Beaton Research + Consulting/BRW Client Choice Awards.

Swimming in the river
PARRAMATTA City Council expects to distribute, mid-year, a brief to potential consultants regarding the feasibility of bringing swimming back to the Parramatta River

Document’s promotion delayed
THE promotion of a prospectus, Parramatta: Investing in Western Sydney, aimed at attracting new businesses to Parramatta has been delayed because of resignations in Parramatta City Council’s economic development team.

But issue hasn't ended

THE International Court of Justice’s decision to order a halt to Japanese whaling represents a clear ‘victory’ for Australia and environmental activists, but does not necessarily put an absolute end to the issue, according to an international law expert from the University of Western Sydney.

 Hills MP praises progress

MEMBER for Mitchell, Alex Hawke has welcomed the commitment from the Federal and NSW State Government of more than $800 million for the critical motorway link between the M1 and M2.