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22 August 2018
SYDNEY SCIENCE PARK PROGRESS
PENRITH’S transformation into a hub for research, technology and innovation received a major boost as the first sod was turned at the Sydney Science Park site in Luddenham.
22 August 2018
PENRITH GROWS 10,000 JOBS
PENRITH Council’s work to grow the economy and deliver more local jobs is paying off with recent data showing more than 10,000 new jobs have been created in Penrith City over the last five years. The data, from Australia’s leading economic modellers, the National Institute of Economic and Industry Research (NIEIR), shows that between 2012 and 2017 the number of jobs in Penrith City surged from 70,076 to 80,662.
22 August 2018
AIRPORT CONTRACTOR APPOINTED
ENGINEERING giant Bechtel, which is behind major airport upgrades in London, Dubai and Hong Kong, will oversee construction of the $5.3B Western Sydney Airport. Australian companies Lendlease and CPB have been awarded the early earthworks contract, with bulldozers set to be on site "before the end of the year, according to the federal government".
22 August 2018
VAUXHALL INN SOLD FOR $40M
THE Redcape Hotel Group has purchased the Vauxhall Inn Hotel, in Granville, for a reported $40M, from Sydney-based fund Bondi Asset Management, which acquired the hotel in 2016 for $27M.
22 August 2018
COUNCIL STAFF LEARN SIGN LANGUAGE
STAFF from Canterbury-Bankstown Council is learning Auslan sign language to make the city more accessible, liveable and improve opportunities for equal employment
22 August 2018
COUNCIL REFUSES NINE DAs
CANTERBURY-Bankstown Council has refused nine development applications which exceed the approval height limits along the Canterbury Road corridor. The applications had been placed on hold while a review was undertaken.
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13 August 2018
ICONIC MANSION RESTORED TO GRANDEUR
Rebirth of stately Cropey House
ILIANA STILLITANO
WHEN the doors of the stately Cropley House reopen this month, they will reveal the stunning results of a year-long and painstaking restoration project that has seen the iconic mansion returned to its former grandeur.
