Search for local players

Calling all Penrith female athletes – the search in on for a local gridiron team to join the newly established Ladies Gridiron League....

$15k in jewellery returned

After 57 years in the jewellery business, Russell Dove has seen his fair share of snatch and grab robberies. But the storeowner...

O'Farrell slams carbon tax

NSW Premier Barry O’Farrell says the carbon tax will cost jobs and has maintained his opposition to the plan. Speaking to...

LFL ticket giveaway

Unique is one word to describe a spectacular event that will happen in Sydney this weekend. The 2012 Lingerie Football League...

Grant picked for Blues

Tim Grant will play Origin football for the first time after he was picked for the Blues in a selection bombshell this afternoon....

Brand officially launched

Penrith is the new west – that’s what NSW Premier Barry O’Farrell declared at the launch of the ‘Penrith is Here’ brand earlier today....

Abbott's business talk

Opposition Leader, Tony Abbott will be the guest speaker at the next Business Matters Luncheon organised by the Penrith Valley Chamber of Commerce. Mr...

Incontinence

Nearly four million Australians suffer with incontinence and most cases are light to medium bladder leakage. Many who experience these levels of...

Buying a business

I often write about real life experiences to keep this column real. Just this week I had two clients who had...

Choose your own adventure

Everybody is pretty familiar with some version of the ‘garbage in, garbage out’ cliché. Imagine you were building your dream house....

Mixed bag

Monday marked four years since my partner Stacey agreed, in a moment of madness, to start seeing me. We marked the occasion with a...

Classic trucks on show

It was a big success in its inaugural year in 2011, and now the Sydney Classic and Antique Truck Show is coming back...

Chitty Chitty headed to Sydney

‘Chitty Chitty Bang Bang’, the most fantasmagorical stage musical in the history of everything, flies into Sydney’s Capitol Theatre from Friday, November 16....

Plum's big week

Weeks don’t get much better than this – returning to first grade following a serious shoulder injury, beating the 2011 premiers and adding...

Netballers descend on Penrith

In one week’s time, over 1000 netballers, coaches and officials will descend on Penrith for the annual Netball NSW State Championships. Penrith...

Panther peace talks

Panthers coach Ivan Cleary and dumped captain Luke Lewis held a dramatic 90 minute peace meeting on Tuesday in an attempt to diffuse...

Call for country music festival

If Penrith can accommodate thousands of techno fans for the annual Defqon1 Festival in September, then it can make room for country music...

Penrith Lakes breakthrough

After years of failed attempts to coordinate development of the Penrith Lakes Scheme, the State Government will develop a master plan for the...

Link between alcohol and violence

Domestic violence is one of the most dangerous situations police must deal with, but a solution to lowering domestic violence rates may lie in...

Whare signs with Penrith

Panthers boss Phil Gould has announced the signing of Dean Whare to play with the Panthers for the next two seasons. "Dean...