Apparently the banking royal commission cost $1 billion dollars of our hard earned money. One billion dollars to tell us the banks and other financial institutions are greedy bastards. If the authorities whose job it is to regulate banks did their job we would have saved that billion dollars. ButRead more »
With not one but two elections coming up this year, 2019 is shaping up as a big challenge to that cynical cohort of our species also known as voters. And who could blame them. It’s not so much that the system is broken, that ain’t the case. The cynicism comesRead more »
They’re long gone now but I will be eternally grateful to my parents for migrating to Australia. Apparently it was a toss-up between Canada and Australia and I am so happy Down Under came up on top. As I learned all about its history after arriving in August 1966, aRead more »
Gird your loins fellow voters, this is going to be a tough year at the office. First cab off the rank is the NSW state election on Saturday, March 23 when Gladys Berejiklian will face the voters. Five or six weeks later Prime Minister Scott Morrison will also have hisRead more »
When the year’s almost over and a new one about to start is a pretty good time for a little reflection. We all know 2018 has been a year of highs and lows but what’s important is that we got through it and here we are on another Christmas EveRead more »
Within two hours of yesterday’s announcement that a local A-League team would play out of Campbelltown Sports Stadium two former mayors sent text messages. Former mayor 1: “The question to ask the GM/Mayor is how much is it going to cost the ratepayers to upgrade the stadium to the requiredRead more »
The Macarthur region was dealt a heavy blow with the Government’s Western Sydney Cities Deal, argues the Labor member for Macarthur, DR MIKE FREELANDER. This deal, once again, proved that the State and Federal Liberal National governments have the wrong priorities for Macarthur. In recent years South West Sydney hasRead more »
When someone says they will spend hundreds of millions of dollars on schools and hospitals instead of sporting facilities it’s a reminder that politics is the biggest game in town. Which makes it even more disappointing that so many people have disengaged from the political process in the past fewRead more »
There’s a real buzz around Campbelltown on the first Saturday of November. Fisher’s Ghost Festival gets into full swing from early afternoon and the carnival mood continues well into the night. You just don’t see that many people walking around the heart of the own – from Broughton Street toRead more »
Next week there’s a little celebration of the 30th anniversary of the Mt Annan Botanic Garden. And while it’s incredible to think 30 years have passed since it was opened to the public, it’s also a reminder of how this neck of the woods has changed over the years. It’sRead more »
“I swear by Apollo the Healer, by Asclepius, by Hygieia, by Panacea, and by all the gods and goddesses, making them my witnesses, that I will carry out, according to my ability and judgment, this oath and this indenture.” This pledge from the Hippocratic Oath – written nearly 2,500 yearsRead more »
Leppington and Edmondson Park commuter car park advocate MICHAEL ANDJELKOVIC argues that Gladys Berejiklian and the NSW Liberal Government will only have themselves to blame if they lose local seats at the next state election. The car parking crisis in South West Sydney is a perfect example of the NSWRead more »
