Time for Transport Minister to get off the bus

I’m writing this column on a train trip into the city. Recently, the journey’s been taking so long from Parramatta that the half-empty carriage is the place for all kinds of life management.

Read all about it: Street libraries boom across Parramatta

Now home to over 100 street libraries, Parramatta’s love for reading is helping to bring the community together.

Girls learn the ins and outs of financial independence thanks to new program

A new program has launched at a Parramatta school to help teach financial independence to high school girls.

City of Parramatta to donate $10,000 to flood victims

City of Parramatta Council will donate $10,000 to the NSW Floods Appeal, as the clean-up from weeks of severe weather and flooding continues. The City...

Councillor calls for better access to news

Councillor Georgina Valjak is calling on Parramatta to provide better access to local news by constructing more newspaper boxes across the city.

Appeal for information following assault at Toongabbie Railway Station

Police are appealing for information as investigations continue into an affray in Toongabbie late last year. About 8.30pm on Saturday, December 11, emergency services were...

Police appeal for information following reports of a sexual touching

Police have released an image of a man and are appealing for information as investigations continue into reports of a sexual touching in Merrylands...

Avoid travel: Government urges commuters to stay home

Commuters are asked to avoid all non-essential travel as severe weather continues to impact the state’s rail network with flooding, landslips and trees on tracks.

Police find two bodies in stormwater canal

Police have made the grim discovery of two bodies inside a stormwater canal at Wentworthville.

Police in desperate search for mother and son

Police are appealing for public assistance to find a mother and her adult son after their car was found in a stormwater canal at Wentworthville.