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Blacktown City Council will welcome back many returning councillors as well as some new faces after results were declared in the 2021 Local Government Elections. Blacktown City Mayor Tony Bleasdale OAM congratulated all elected councillors after the NSW Electoral Commission confirmed the results on Monday. “Congratulations to all new and incumbent councillors on being elected […]

Police investigations are continuing into a triple stabbing in Whalan last night (Wednesday). Detectives will address the media at Mt Druitt police station this morning after a man died and two others were injured. It is believed two of the men were father and son. About 7.30pm (Wednesday 22 December), emergency services were called to […]

“We bleed the same. We breath the same. Let’s unite as one.” Solomone Fotu, Rap 4 Change. By Greg Martin As is my want as I drive home after visiting subjects for interviews, I ponder. And ponder and ponder what will be the lead paragraph in the story? But most of the way home from […]

Today (18 November) marks the 10th anniversary of the tragedy that was the Quakers Hill Nursing Home fire. Shockingly, 21 people died during, or following, the deliberately lit fire that engulfed the premises at Hambledon Road. According to Fire & Rescue NSW, that fire was the most complex and intensive fire rescue operations had undertaken […]

Richmond TAFE is receiving $155,000 of the latest, state-of-the-art computers as part of the NSW Government’s $10 million investment for upgrading tech and learning spaces in TAFE NSW classrooms this year. Hawkesbury MP Robyn Preston said approximately 140 new late-model computers will be delivered, equipped with a keyboard, mouse and a large 27- inch monitor […]

A 55-year-old Moorebank man was granted conditional bail this week and will reappear in Parramatta Local Court on 1 December on fraud charges. Charges relate to allegedly fraudulently obtaining more than $220,000 from Hills district homeowners for unfinished and defective work to their premises. In September 2021, The Hills Police Area Command officers commenced an […]

Cervical screening tests will be made easier and less invasive with the introduction of self-collection tests for younger ages from 1 July 2022. Self-collection allows women to use a simple swab, similar to a COVID swab, to take a screening sample themselves instead of having a traditional cervical screening test completed by a clinician. It […]

Police have released CCTV vision as they continue to investigate the alleged murder of a teenage boy in Blacktown on 1 September. The man depicted in the footage is described as being of African appearance, aged in his early 20s, of medium/solid build, about 165cm-180cm tall with a shaved head. He is wearing a black, […]

About 11.20am today (Tuesday 9 November), officers attached to Blacktown Police Area Command attended a home on Bulah Way, Seven Hills, to conduct inquiries in relation to an outstanding warrant. A physical confrontation ensued and a man was shot by police. Officers conducted CPR until the arrival of NSW Ambulance paramedics who worked on the […]

A woman aged in her 70s has been airlifted to hospital in a stable condition after she suffered a serious medical episode at a home in Upper Macdonald this morning. The Mounties Care CareFlight Helicopter and NSW Ambulance paramedics arrived at the scene at approximately 9.30am and after giving her initial treatment and an assessment, […]

Western Sydney Local Health District has opened a youth-friendly drop-in centre for HSC students and young people in suicidal distress at Westmead Hospital’s Redbank House. Called Safe Haven, the newly-opened space is staffed by peer workers with lived experience of suicide who offer compassionate care and support, with a special focus on supporting HSC students who […]

Raptor Squad detectives charged two high-ranking members of the Finks outlaw motorcycle gang (OMCG) following an investigation into a fire at a Blacktown tattoo parlour on 22 June. Blacktown Police and emergency services attended the fire at the Sunnyholt Road premises at approximately 1.10am. It spread from the rear of a tattoo parlour that adjoins […]