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“It’s the NBN you don’t really have” – residents race to unplug NBN boxes when storms come calling
  • Dec 30, 2020
  • 4 min

“It’s the NBN you don’t really have” – residents race to unplug NBN boxes when storms come calling

The Hawkesbury has been experiencing plenty of storms this last month and for many residents that means only one thing – a frantic race...
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Bilpin area master chefs rise to the occasion with first Cooks Cup awards
  • Dec 19, 2020
  • 2 min

Bilpin area master chefs rise to the occasion with first Cooks Cup awards

Every Thursday evening locals from the Bilpin district can rely on an inexpensive three-course home cooked meal at the Kurrajong Heights...
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Macdonald, Bilpin, Colo Heights schools each receive $1000 Christmas gift from Norwegian seafarers
  • Dec 17, 2020
  • 2 min

Macdonald, Bilpin, Colo Heights schools each receive $1000 Christmas gift from Norwegian seafarers

It was a true hands across the water moment for Macdonald, Bilpin and Colo Heights public schools this week when each received a $1000...
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Four fire seasons and still no promised mobile boost for  Macdonald Valley
  • Dec 11, 2020
  • 2 min

Four fire seasons and still no promised mobile boost for Macdonald Valley

Stephen Brown says he judges the time since Optus first said they would fit a tower to solve mobile black spots in the St Albans area in...
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Bushfire claims so involved professional grant writers being used - Templeman calls for action
  • Dec 10, 2020
  • 2 min

Bushfire claims so involved professional grant writers being used - Templeman calls for action

A year on from the devastating bushfires, Macquarie MP Susan Templeman has called on the Federal government to step up and make it easier...
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Raising Warragamba Dam wall a threat to Blue Mountains status says international nature body
  • Dec 9, 2020
  • 2 min

Raising Warragamba Dam wall a threat to Blue Mountains status says international nature body

The International Union for Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) latest report just out has listed the Blue Mountains as being of “significant...
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Get down here Minister and make a call on Mt Tomah – Templeman
  • Dec 3, 2020
  • 3 min

Get down here Minister and make a call on Mt Tomah – Templeman

Macquarie MP Susan Templeman is calling on Federal Communications Minister Paul Fletcher to visit the Hawkesbury and see for himself how...
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Templeman calls for Mt Tomah mobile tower - Minister says Hawkesbury's already been given seven
  • Dec 1, 2020
  • 3 min

Templeman calls for Mt Tomah mobile tower - Minister says Hawkesbury's already been given seven

The latest round of Mobile Black Spot funding has opened, and while MP Susan Templeman calls for Mount Tomah mobile tower to be a...
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The peoples’ mosaic unveiled
  • Nov 26, 2020
  • 2 min

The peoples’ mosaic unveiled

Some 57 people from across the Hawkesbury came together to contribute to The Reflections of the Hawkesbury 2020 mosaic, which was created...
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UNICEF grants for Ebenezer and Windsor schools to help students cope with Covid disruption
  • Nov 15, 2020
  • 2 min

UNICEF grants for Ebenezer and Windsor schools to help students cope with Covid disruption

UNICEF Australia has handed over community grants to Ebenezer Public School and Windsor High School after research showed the Covid...
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Petition launched to get super-fast NBN fibre to the home in Hawkesbury towns
  • Nov 12, 2020
  • 2 min

Petition launched to get super-fast NBN fibre to the home in Hawkesbury towns

Federal Member for Macquarie, Susan Templeman, has launched a petition calling on the government to prioritise key parts of the...
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RAAF Richmond on the radar for national fire-fighting air fleet
  • Nov 4, 2020
  • 2 min

RAAF Richmond on the radar for national fire-fighting air fleet

During the last bushfire crisis RAAF Richmond was home to a fleet of fire bombers working tirelessly hand-in-hand with the RFS and...
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Hawkesbury needs headspace, Templeman tells Council meeting
  • Oct 28, 2020
  • 4 min

Hawkesbury needs headspace, Templeman tells Council meeting

Federal MP Susan Templeman used Zoom last night to join Hawkesbury Council’s meeting with an impassioned plea for help in getting a...
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Stormy waters - Hawkesbury councillor blasts MP over Warragamba Dam wall comments
  • Oct 25, 2020
  • 3 min

Stormy waters - Hawkesbury councillor blasts MP over Warragamba Dam wall comments

Australia’s biggest insurance company, IAG, has ended its backing for the $1 billion-plus project to raise Warragamba Dam’s wall, citing...
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Hawkesbury misses out on $100m cash pot
  • Oct 21, 2020
  • 2 min

Hawkesbury misses out on $100m cash pot

Hawkesbury, and the Blue Mountains, which between them suffered a combined $100m hit to their economies from last year’s bushfires,...
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St Albans gets new fire danger sign
  • Oct 20, 2020
  • 2 min

St Albans gets new fire danger sign

It might seem like only yesterday for many, but the Gospers Mountain fire – the world’s biggest ever forest fire from a single ignition –...
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Fire risk as tonnes of tree waste left around Colo Heights
  • Oct 19, 2020
  • 2 min

Fire risk as tonnes of tree waste left around Colo Heights

Hawkesbury RFS volunteers are fuming about large piles of highly combustible material left by Endeavour Energy contractors months after...
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Brighter future for Hawkesbury Independent School students
  • Oct 9, 2020
  • 2 min

Brighter future for Hawkesbury Independent School students

Students at Hawkesbury Independent School have taken the opportunity to learn about renewable energy and the cost of living after $10,000...
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Budget money siphoned off Mobile Black Spots Program not good news for Hawkesbury - MP claims
  • Oct 8, 2020
  • 2 min

Budget money siphoned off Mobile Black Spots Program not good news for Hawkesbury - MP claims

Macquarie MP Susan Templeman has been through the Federal Government’s budget papers and is scathing about gaps in funding she says will...
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Slow recovery funding leaves bitter taste for Bilpin apple farmer
  • Oct 6, 2020
  • 4 min

Slow recovery funding leaves bitter taste for Bilpin apple farmer

Apple crops from one of the Hawkesbury’s major growers are at risk due to delays in promised government funding to replace netting lost...
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