At a time Sydney residents found their sky turned blood orange from a rare city dust storm and there are no doubt more worrying climate changes to come, a leading Sydney transport planner is suggesting the most radical and comprehensive plan for the city’s public transport in almost a century.

Senior Lecturer Dr Garry Glazebrook from Sydney’s University of Sydney (School of the Built Environment)  has presented a 30-year plan for Sydney’s public transport, raising issues that will sound awfully familiar to our ears.
As a mere tourist, I’ve always been impressed with …

THE Mayors of the two most passionate districts in rugby league - Parramatta and Canterbury - go head to head. Tony Issa and Robert Furolo give their teams a pre-final
By Tony Issa, Parramatta Lord Mayor

IT’S been a long time coming. Every year, Eels supporters think this is their season to win the premiership only to be pipped at the post.
Well, 2009 is the Year of the Eel for those who know and love the great blue and gold. From the river foreshore to our great stadium, our army …

The Minister for Housing, David Borger, today announced $100,000 in State Government funding for the Parramatta Mission, a community emergency accommodation provider.

Mr Borger said it was vital to support emergency accommodation services, especially in these challenging economic times.
“In 2006/07 9,080 households were provided with temporary accommodation in NSW. “This jumped to 13,054 households in 2008/09,” he said. “It’s hard to imagine anything worse than not having a place to call home – sleeping rough night after night.
“The NSW Government’s $100,000 donation will support children, youth, women and men …

Bulldogs coach Kevin Moore realises that consistency is no longer good enough.

After watching fellow season pacesetters St George Illawarra and the Gold Coast get bundled out of the NRL finals, Moore is adamant his side won’t make the same mistakes and will step up to finals intensity against a red-hot Parramatta side in the preliminary final on Friday night.
The Dragons and Titans were both guilty of failing to lift above their regular season level in the finals, but Moore says his side is completely different to their vanquished rivals.
“(The Dragons) …

20 years ago if you’d suggested Parramatta would have water front house prices to challenge the Eastern suburbs or the North Shore people may have laughed at you.

The prestige of the Parramatta River waterfront homes is set to break the $3.8 million mark very soon.
The Global Financial Crisis [GFC] hasn’t affected Parramatta like the North Shore property values as the North Shore is full of bankers, who have lost jobs and their share portfolios.
A Connells Point waterfront sold for $3million after it was passed in at $2.5million at auction.
A five-bedroom …