Troy Dodds delivers his fearless predictions for the 2023 NRL season
So it begins: the wild ride of an NRL season. Eight games a week, impossible to escape coverage. The odd bitten fingernail.
Dahl’s words are being changed, but is it really cancel culture?
When I first read the headline “Roald Dahl books rewritten to remove offensive language” this week, my first reaction was an eye roll.
Could Penrith house an NBL expansion team?
Is Penrith ready to house another major sporting team?
Penrith’s High Street cinemas: 30 years since final curtain fell
It’s 30 years this week since the Hayden Cinemas on High Street in Penrith closed for the final time.
Box ticking exercises and virtue signalling only create more division
Australia Day will be celebrated next week and you can expect the usual barrage of news stories, social media posts and divisive commentary about us daring to smile on January 26.
A message from our Editor: Reflecting on the year that was
Friday marks the final print edition of The Western Weekender for the year, while our online news service also takes a break; the curtain coming down on our 32nd year covering news in this city.
Scoff if you must, but Penrith is changing – for the better
Penrith is only going to get better.
Special tribute to Barry’s legacy in Penrith
A special tribute has been unveiled to Barry Leavett-Brown.
Twitter’s elite throw their toys out of the cot
As if they were at an airport or a train station, a host of celebrities have announced their departure from social media platform Twitter in recent weeks.
It’s time for Dominic Perrottet to prepare for Opposition
Is there a path to victory for the Coalition in New South Wales? Troy Dodds doesn't think so.
Sport’s modern conundrum as money and ethics collide
Sport and money were always destined to collide. That’s just how things roll.
Party on, boys: Panthers deserve to celebrate how they choose
This Penrith team’s humility, pride and attachment to the community is evident to anyone who is close to it.
Ivan Cleary can’t be ignored for Dally M Coach of the Year
Imagine not giving your Coach of the Year gong to the man who guided his side to the Minor Premiership by four competition points?
Ungrateful NRL must keep Grand Final in Sydney long-term
Why the Grand Final must stay in Sydney long-term.
Opinion: Dominic Perrottet’s government is in freefall
Politics has a way of following cycles, particularly when it comes to the end of a government’s reign.
The Manly seven: I just can’t feel sorry for them
There is plenty of blame to go around as far as the Sea Eagles’ pride jersey debacle is concerned, and much of it lies with the club itself and the farcical way it has handled this whole process.
New stadium and showground’s future are separate stories that ended up colliding
On the surface it seems like a classic David v Goliath battle that would suit a sequel to ‘The Castle’.
Showground is logical site for new stadium, even if it delays project
As it stands we are just six games, or 480 minutes, away from the curtain coming down on Panthers Stadium as we know it.
Where it all went wrong for Labor in Lindsay
While there is much to celebrate for Anthony Albanese and Labor after last Saturday’s election win, plenty of questions are being raised about the party’s local campaign and why Lindsay fell so dramatically out of play for the ALP.