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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
STATE OF THE CITY
Once in a generation opportunity
WE were honoured to have Premier Mike Baird attend the annual State of the City event in Parramatta.
