Parramatta Sun, 16 September 2009

By Alison Mills

LONG-serving federal MP Laurie Ferguson said he was "not impressed" by the Labor Party's apparent lack of interest that his electorate of Reid could be abolished after the next election.

Parramatta Advertiser, 7 September 2009

By Di Bartok

THE CASE AGAINST SMOKING

* Yasmin George, Western Sydney Cancer Advocacy Network

EVER since cancer survivor Yasmin George had to hold her breath while walking down Church St one evening, she has avoided the restaurant strip at night.

The Daily Telegraph, 4 September 2009

By Rhys Haynes

Parramatta City Council said train and bus services into the geographical centre of Sydney were unable to cope with the amount of people working for the growing number of corporations relocating to the area.

Property Council of Australia, 6 August 2009

The Parramatta CBD has had the biggest growth in demand for office space in the country, driving vacancy rates back into single digits over the six months to July 2009, according to the Property Council of Australia’s latest Australian Office Market Report, which monitors more than 22.5 million sq metres of office space across the country.

In one of my other roles as an elected member of the management committee (board) of the Chinese Australian Forum (CAF), the Chinese Australian Forum celebrated Chinese New Year and the Year of the Ox with none other than the Federal Opposition Leader, the Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP.

With almost a new record in sales of tickets, the Chinese Australian Forum again held one the most important Chinese annual events in Sydney.