Parramatta ... where world records will be broken!
MEDIA RELEASE - 24 MARCH 2010
Parramatta has been synonymous with holding records for many things. Parramatta had Australia’s first observatory, the first land grant, the first farm and first pastoralists, first successful farm, the first vineyard, first legal brewery, jail, orchard, tannery, horse race meeting, first road link to Sydney and the first ferry, the first Government House and the first Australian naval ship.
Especially at major events where there are crowds, we secretly wonder why we still see women patiently queuing up outside of women’s toilets while men seem to zip in and out relatively quickly when using theirs. And even though the men’s and women’s toilets are usually of the same size, why should we be putting up with what is effectively an inequality of the sexes in practice.
On 5 March 2010, the Federal Government published the State of Australian Cities 2010 Report. The Report draws together existing data and information across a range of economic, social and environmental parameters to provide a national snapshot of the 17 Australian cities with populations over 100,000 at the 2006 Census, and discusses the vision of the Rudd Government in terms of meeting the needs of Australians in terms of infrastructure.
What is the NSW State Government thinking? How could
Parramatta be even considered to allow multiple convicted paedophile Dennis Ferguson to reside amongst
Parramatta’s young families?”
“It is not only shocking but also outrageous that
Parramatta could even be considered to have Dennis Ferguson residing among us,” said Deputy Lord Mayor Clr Chiang Lim.
No longer is it an automatic choice for parents to choose to stay at home and look after their young children. Living costs have forced so many pairs of parents to work. Naturally, this has caused an increasing demand for childcare. And without adequate supply, costs for childcare services keep increasing. It is now commonplace to have one of the two parents working just so that he or she can pay for childcare.
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