MEDIA RELEASE - 12 APRIL 2011

With petrol prices heading towards $2 per litre, the race continues to find alternatives to fossil fuel based transportation. In September 2010, Parramatta City Council began dialogue with electric vehicle infrastructure providers in anticipation of the broader Australian take-up of electric vehicles.

“From a government perspective, where and how do we re-charge these electric vehicles? How will our homes and workplaces be built or retrofitted to be electric car ready? How and where will we re-charge them while on the road?” asked Clr Chiang Lim.

MEDIA RELEASE - 11 APRIL 2011

In response to growing concerns by the scientific research community about the Federal Treasury potentially cutting Australia’s medical research funding by $400m, Parramatta City Council resolved to publicly support its local research institutes, namely the Children’s Medical Research Institute (CMRI), the Kids’ Research Institute (KRI) and Westmead Millennium Institute (WMI).

By Sky News, 30 March 2011

NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell says he's appointing himself minister for western Sydney to ensure the area is given priority under the new government.

This would bring western Sydney's 'significant' economy to the forefront of the political agenda, Mr O'Farrell told Fairfax Radio network on Wednesday.