Concord Hospital upgrade too little too late, says Drummoyne Greens candidate
CITY of Canada Bay’s Deputy Mayor Charles Jago - the Greens candidate in the NSW electorate of Drummoyne - says the NSW Liberal Government’s Concord Hospital upgrade is “too little, too late”. #NSWvotes2019 #NSWelection2019
D-Day for NSW: Who will govern after Saturday?
New South Wales citizens go to the polls this Saturday to decide who rules the State for the next four years. Public opinion polls suggest the result is on a knife’s edge between Liberal reigning premier Gladys Berejiklian and Labor’s Michael Daley with some pundits claiming the possibility of a hung parliament Independents ruling the roost. TWT200319 #NSWVotes2019 #NSWelection2019
Emeritus Mayor ditches Liberals to back Independents
HUNTERS HILL Emeritus Mayor Sue Hoopmann OAM has thrown her influential support behind Lane Cove independent candidate Richard Quinn despite a history of supporting Liberal Party candidates. TWT200319
Cathie’s Column: Ryde East School Music Festival
RYDE East Public School presents the 21st annual Ryde East Music Festival this Sunday May 27 in the school hall at 12 Twin Road...
Police handed $200m-plus ‘Ice’ bust on a platter by accused negligent driver
A massive haul of methamphetamine - or ‘ice’ - with a street value of more than $200m has this week been intercepted by Ryde Police, an achievement made all the more impressive by the minimal police resources involved.
The man arrested in connection with the massive haul played a key part in his own arrest, attracting the wrong sort of attention by crashing into two police vehicles with his van, found packed with 273kg of ‘ice’ when police located him an hour later.
Ryde count update – 10.35pm
Latest figures in for the Ryde electorate show Ryde MP Victor Dominello has achieved a crushing defeat of Labor mayor Jerome Laxale with 60 per cent of the vote on a two-party preferred basis. #Ryde #NSWvotes2019 #NSW Decides
DOUBLE STANDARDS: State Govt leaves communities out of pocket over mergers farce
A YEAR after people power put an end to the state government's bungled forced amalgamations, it still hasn't paid councils in TWT territory millions...
TWT Election Update: Booths closed, the winner is….
Polling booths closed about an just over two hours ago but results have already come through in another important competition - a highly-technical, qualitative assessement of the democracy sausage offering in the Ryde electorate. #NSWvotes2019 #NSWelection2019 #DemocracySausage
Ex-Ryde Mayor Ivan Petch to appeal ICAC “blackmail” conviction
Recently, we promised to deliver special coverage of Former Ryde Mayor Ivan Petch's ICAC-conceived "blackmail" court case for TWT readers following misleading coverage in the...
Cathie’s Column: Bennelong – Last years at Kissing Point
CULTURAL historian and curator Keith Vincent Smith will host an excursion to James Squire’s Orchard at Kissing Point Putney this Saturday June 2 from...
