Ellie Busby

2 weeks ago | smh.com.au | Ellie Busby

By Ellie Busby April 10, 2025 — 7.30pm, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Gone are the slippery dips and see-saws. This new $1.4 million playground is built for teenagers to do flips. As parkour videos continue to go viral online, the City of Parramatta is jumping on the trend with the opening of its first parkour-themed playground on Thursday.

3 weeks ago | parranews.com.au | Ellie Busby

Described as “woke virtue signalling,” Cumberland Council has voted to remove ‘#RacismNotWelcome’ signs three years after they were first installed. The 50 anti-racism signs located across the Cumberland Local Government Area will now be removed, after the controversial Council broke out into another debate at the latest meeting. Local Mohamed Hassan told the Council many in the community experience racism.

4 weeks ago | parranews.com.au | Ellie Busby

Australians will go to the polls on May 3 after Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called a Federal Election this morning. Albanese visited Governor-General Sam Mostyn this morning to lock in the election date. It will kick off a six-week election campaign, at the end of which Australians will either endorse Labor for a second term or elevate the Coalition to government. Albanese and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton are likely to fight the election on tax cuts, cost-of-living and electricity prices.

1 month ago | parranews.com.au | Ellie Busby

Residents are being urged to remain inside with windows and doors closed, after a major fire broke out in a North Parramatta laundry business. Fire and Rescue NSW crews are still on scene this morning, having battled a major building fire overnight. The blaze broke out at approximately 1.10am in the Dunlop Street commercial laundry premises.

1 month ago | parranews.com.au | Ellie Busby

Fresh new plans reveal a three-storey childcare centre could soon be moving into Parramatta. A Development Application lodged with City of Parramatta has proposed a 99-place childcare centre for 55-57 Thomas Street. The site, which is currently occupied by two single-storey homes, is located within an established residential area and is just a 450-metre walk to the Western Sydney University Parramatta Campus. Under the proposal, the dwellings would be demolished to make way for the new facility.