Monday 2 March 2009

Region. Economic board to cease in July

The Parramatta-based Greater Western Sydney Economic Development Board will cease to exist from July 1, with the Australian Government’s decision to create Regional Development Australia (RDA). The RDA replaces all economic development boards across the nation and the government’s Area Consultative Committees, one of which is GROW Sydney, also based in Parramatta. The RDA will have a broader, more strategic role to facilitate relationships between government and regional communities, and responsiveness to local needs

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Parramatta. $8b rail link gets green light

A senior NSW Government source has told The Sydney Morning Herald that the $8 billion West Metro, from Central Station to Westmead, has been give the green light. The Federal Government is expected to commit to the subway although Infrastructure Australia, set up to recommend national building projects, has yet to deliver its findings

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Parramatta. Club looses $7 million

Parramatta Leagues Club has had what it believes to be the biggest loss for a club in NSW, $7 million, as big clubs cry poor over poker machine tax increases, the anti-smoking laws and the global financial crisis, according to The Sydney Morning Herald. Six people have been made redundant at the football club. Dr Jennifer Foong, a Quakers Hill GP, has been appointed to the Parramatta Leagues Club board, the first woman to be appointed.

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Region. Rail link to boost business

Bryan Hynes, acting MD, of AMP Capital Shopping Centres, said the opening of the Chatswood-to-Epping railway line would boost its Macquarie Centre, which in undergoing a $300 million update. The company is in discussions with Penrith City Council regarding a master plan and DA for Glenmore Park.

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Silverwater. Top business of the year

Machinery Automation & Robotics, at Silverwater, has been named the 2008 Telstra Australian Business of the Year. The company, established in 1987, has grown from a one-man effort to employ a team of 50 staff servicing clients across the globe from its offices in NSW, Victoria and Queensland. Clyde Cameron said passion, technical expertise and a vision for technology was the winning formula behind the company’s success.

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Blue Mountains. Another tourism award

The Greater Blue Mountains Drive has won another accolade, this time for new tourism development, in the Qantas Australian Tourism Awards. Launched in 2007, the drive is a series of linked drives and discovery trails that encircle the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area. The drive earned the gold award in the category of New Tourism Development, in the 2008 NSW Tourism Awards

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