Volumes of research demonstrate beyond doubt the positive contribution that intact, stable marriages make to the wellbeing of children and society. Marriage is the key. Australia needs to invest in it now if it is to deliver the best opportunities for its children in the future.

Come and join the Asia Business Connection and hear Richard Martin, Managing Director of IMA Asia talk about the current recession, and what preparations of after this recession.

"Starting the change for the better in Western Sydney" ... the Leader of the Opposition, Barry O'Farrell MP is coming to Parramatta to have breakfast with you.

Some might say I really have gone off the planet! Yes, I've joined the scouts again since leaving school. But this time, it's "Destination Future!"

And even though the Cumberland Gang Show started in 1969 in Ryde, it celebrates its 40th anniversary in 2009 by performing in Parramatta's Riverside Theatres. More importantly, I'm in the cast!

You are invited to hear former Independent Commission Against Corruption's Director of Investigations Clive Small speak about his new book.

Mr Small was a former NSW Police Assistant Commissioner and then the ICAC's Director of Investigations. A controversial figure for many years, Mr Small created the NSW Police Force's top unit of elite detectives, called Crime Agencies, which evolved into the State Crime Command today. Among his many credits as a crimefighter are the murder of anti-drugs campaigner Donald Mackay, the Nugan Hand bank, and his command of the strike force that caught backpacker murderer Ivan Milat.

Clive Small is a co-author with Tom Gilling who have recently published an enthralling book entitled "Smack Express - How organised crime got hooked on drugs".