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Family business of 40 years shattered by greyhound ban
A LOCAL family-owned business of 40 years will likely be forced to close after Premier Mike Baird passed a bill to shut down the New...
Keegan Thomson
Sep 13, 20162 min read
Independents are best for Penrith, Sue Day says
INDEPENDENT candidate for South Ward Sue Day says the best way for Penrith to grow is if it has a strong independent presence on the...
Keegan Thomson
Sep 9, 20162 min read


M4 Toll to cost users thousands of dollars a year
MEMBER for Blacktown, John Robertson says western Sydney commuters could be slogged an extra $45 a week when the tolls on the M4 and...
Keegan Thomson
Sep 8, 20162 min read


Tricia Hitchen vows to continue her fight
LIBERAL Candidate for East Ward, Cr Tricia Hitchen promised the over- development of Oxley Park would be on her agenda if she’s reelected...
Keegan Thomson
Sep 6, 20161 min read


Penrith Council roundup
Park designed by children gets green light A TEAM of school students have planned out and designed a new playground at Chapman Gardens in...
Keegan Thomson
Aug 31, 20163 min read


More commuter woes for Penrith
COMMUTERS at Penrith train station now have another struggle to add to the rush hour commute after Transport for NSW changed a long...
Keegan Thomson
Aug 31, 20162 min read


New MPs go back to ‘school’
EMMA Husar, the new Federal MP for Lindsay, spent her first week in the nation’s capital exploring Parliament house and learning the ins...
Keegan Thomson
Aug 23, 20162 min read


Community deserves to know where money went
COUNCIL resolved last night to begin legal proceedings against the Penrith Business Alliance (PBA) in a bid to ascertain where public...
nepeannews
Jul 29, 20161 min read


Greyhound ban felt across western Sydney
RICHMOND Greyhound Racing Club has been left reeling after the Baird government’s shock decision to completely abolish the sport as of...
Keegan Thomson
Jul 14, 20162 min read


From the journo's desk
Working on two publications (Western news and nepean news) means I’m covering four different electorates around western Sydney and across...
Keegan Thomson
Jul 5, 20162 min read


Lynch speaks out about pre poll conditions
CANDIDATE for the Nick Xenophon Team, Stephen Lynch, has spoken out about the “frightening” and dangerous conditions of the pre polling...
Keegan Thomson
Jun 29, 20162 min read


Ballot order finalised for Lindsay
AT 12 noon on June 10 all the candidates throwing their hat into the ring for the 2016 election had their names draw out and the ballot...
Keegan Thomson
Jun 19, 20161 min read


Bilic is Libs man in McMahon
FEDERAL Liberal has nominated former Blacktown City Councillor George Bilic as their candidate for McMahon in the upcoming election....
Keegan Thomson
Jun 17, 20161 min read


LIVE: Q and A from western Sydney
10:57 PM If you ask me the Opposition Leader was about to stand strong against the sometimes ruthless Tony Jones, even though the people...
Keegan Thomson
Jun 13, 20165 min read


Opposition lays down infrastructure plans
SCHOFIELDS will get an extended commuter car park at the local train station if the ALP is elected into government on July 2. Michelle...
Keegan Thomson
Jun 6, 20161 min read


Kingsley Liu Q and A
After contesting the 2015 State election, Kingsley Liu is back and ready to argue the alternative views of the Greens across the seat of...
Keegan Thomson
May 31, 20165 min read


Stephen Lynch Q and A
An underdog coming from a baby faced new party, Stephen Lynch, the candidate for the Nick Xenophon Team, is fighting for the fabled...
Keegan Thomson
May 31, 20164 min read


Education a hot topic in the campaign
CAMPAIGNING from Tregear Public School Ed Husic, MP for Chifley, launched an attack on the recent Federal Budget, in particular school...
Keegan Thomson
May 30, 20161 min read


Calls for more LGBT support in western Sydney
ONE of the most contentious issues of the upcoming Federal Election is marriage equality and the Liberal Party’s proposed same sex...
Keegan Thomson
May 30, 20162 min read


Labor says ‘no-fly’ but Liberals can’t see it happening
On a pre-election campaign fly-by visit to Western Sydney, Federal Opposition Leader, Bill Shorten, backed up Chris Bowen, the Federal...
Keegan Thomson
May 4, 20163 min read
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