04 Nov 09 | Last week Prime Minister Kevin Rudd launched an attack on the state of planning in Australian cities. Mr Rudd appeared to be palming off criticism by a Business Council of Australia report a few days earlier that questioned the federal government's infrastructure planning and spending commitments

06 Nov 09 | RESIDENTS in Blacktown have been invited to swim with the sharks in the coast off southern Africa.

03 Nov 09 | THE cyclist who attacked a bus-driver in a transitway in Seven Hills has angered a group of local cyclists.

04 Nov 09 | Fairfax Community Newspaper photographers have put their favourite photos up in a slideshow for October - www.yourguidephotos.net

03 Nov 09 | IT'S been called Whitlamesque: too much too soon, a drain on clubs. It's been called an overdue innovation the game has been lacking.

03 Nov 09 | TWO Blacktown volunteers were acclaimed at the 20th annual Football NSW state dinner.