By The Australian, 12 May 2010 by Robin Bromby

Cities are desperately trying to catch up on delivering rail infrastructure

GRANDIOSE schemes have always seemed easy when it comes to railway planning in Australia, but fixing what needs to be fixed seems to be harderto achieve.

By Catholic Weekly, 11 April 2010

Most Australians are Chris­tians and therefore celebrate Easter for what it is – the solemn commemoration of the death and resurrection of Our Lord, the anniversary of the salvation of humanity, the beginning of the Church, the cause of hope for our world, said Bishop Anthony Fisher OP, Bishop of Parra­matta.

The bishop said it is “great news” that Parramatta City Council is willing to recognise the reason for “the Easter holidays”. The Daily Telegraph newspaper reported religious banners featuring crucifixes were put up across Sydney’s west by Parramatta City Council who have grown “tired of political correctness”.

By Parramatta Advertiser, 5 April 2010

Deputy Lord Mayor Chiang Lim has accused the Federal Government of ignoring Parramatta’s “growing pains” in its State of Australian Cities 2010 report.

The 161-page Infrastructure Australia report is intended to provide a national snapshot of 17 cities with populations of more than 100,000 but fails to include Parramatta.

By Parramatta Advertiser, 31 March 2010

PARRAMATTA has been a place for many firsts from the beginning of white civilisation and now is set to be the
showcase of many firsts for the Guinness Book of Records.

With great vision, our deputy lord mayor Chiang Lim has proposed that Parramatta Park become the place were records are broken or made.

Flushed from his success in tackling overcrowding at women’s toilets, Cr Lim wants Parramatta to become known as a city where records are broken – Guinness Work Records no less.