24 Jun 09 | Sydney is an extraordinarily diverse city.
By chance the other day, I was the only person who was born in Australia among a group of six having lunch.
The others were born in Hong Kong, Columbia, Argentina, Spain and New Zealand.
17 Jun 09 | In his budget speech this week, treasurer Eric Roozendaal announced the NSW Labor government's Better Services and Value Plan. He described this as the most comprehensive reform of the public service in 30 years.
11 Jun 09 | I LOVE State of Origin; I really do. Origin nights are the best nights of the year for doing just about anything other than watching footy, that is.
10 Jun 09 | It's been a big week for Harry Kewell, a senior member of the marvellous Socceroos who have qualified for the football World Cup in South Africa next year.
10 Jun 09 | ELDERSLIE High will be the next school to reap the benefits of the Eat It Work It Move It program.
27 May 09 | The Climate Institute has released details of the employment impacts in Australia of a shift to renewable energy.
This shift involves greater use of electricity from wind, hydro, solar and biomass sources and, therefore, less reliance on coal-fired power stations which are big carbon dioxide emitters.
20 May 09 | We held a morning tea in our building in Parramatta this week to raise money for the Cancer Council.
13 May 09 | MOUNT Annan High School has become the newest school to join the Eat It Work It Move It program.
13 May 09 | I'm pretty sure I already have the body of a 50-year-old woman, I can't wait until all my friends catch up.
13 May 09 | Set your phasers to ''stun'': Star Trek is a film that's out of this world.
13 May 09 | Could this be the most extraordinary budget snub for Sydney in Australia's history?
07 May 09 | I had a long drive on the orbital this morning, in a pleasant autumn sunshine.
29 Apr 09 | The regional unemployment figures for the March 2008 quarter were released last week. They have received little publicity. Yet they deserve much attention, especially from our politicians.
| Jobs go walking from Macarthur
23 Apr 09 | If you had a magic wand what would you do to the Sydney housing market?
15 Apr 09 | Last week's unemployment figures show what we all knew: that the NSW economy is performing worse than any other state economy.
08 Apr 09 | The federal government has announced it will take the lead in rolling out high speed broadband to 90% of Australian homes.
25 Mar 09 | Once, no one really cared whether Las Vegas was a sustainable city. But now water is a front page issue. Climate change and the increasing droughts place a question mark over the future.