New Innovative School for West Lindfield
Steph Nash The NSW Department of Education is working with leading education scholar, Stephen Heppell, to develop a new and innovative school in the North Shore area. Lindfield Learning Village will be constructed on the UTS Ku-ring-gai campus site, and is expected to...
Sydney students beat world electric car speed record
University of New South Wales students have broken the world record for the fastest electric vehicle over a distance of 500 kilometresSteph Nash A team of undergraduate engineering students from the University of New South Wales has managed to achieve a world record...
Meta not tell: Deciphering the federal government’s new metadata retention plan
ISP snooping now on the agenda, but will eroding privacy help reduce crime? Rodney Gedda Privacy advocates and a large section of the IT community were roused last month by the federal government's recent approval of controversial data retention laws. Forcing Internet...
Etsy Wedding Special: Your Go to Guide for creating your dream day
Your Go to Guide for creating your dream day Hannah Brissenden Etsy, the popular “online marketplace” focused on handmade or vintage items and supplies, is an epic treasure chest of eccentric, unique and often inexpensive wedding fare. For those who are looking to...
Curse of the boomerang child
Sellers popped the bubbly, vendors flew off to Hawaii and some sold their home for half a million dollars above the reserve price. Amelia Crawford But you missed tickets to Sydney’s record breaking auction weekend. In fact, you couldn’t even get to the box office,...
NSW Food Authority names and shames: Willoughby performs poorly
Willoughby local government area (LGA) has the second highest rate of food hygiene offences, having copped almost $30, 000 worth of fines in the last six years. Steph Nash In the latest data pull from the Food Authority's Name and Shame Register, Willoughby Council...
Nursing homes stall on life-saving fire sprinklers
Nursing homes in Northern Sydney face an increased fire risk by not having fire sprinklers installed, despite a campaign to have every facility fire-safe after a fire at Quakers Hill killed eleven residents in 2011. A report published by the NSW Department of Planning...
San redevelopment ushers in new era of healthcare
Sydney Adventist Hospital on track to become the biggest private health facility in NSW Mike Fairbairn & Kieran Gair Throughout the past century the Sydney Adventist Hospital (San) at Wahroonga has been a leading centre for health on the North Shore. A sharp...
North Connex tunnel runs into opposition
Australia's leading engineering body has lashed out at the state government over funding plans for the $3 billion NorthConnex project. Kieran Gair Hornsby Shire Council has welcomed Premier Barry O'Farrell's announcement that a $3 billion tunnel will be built between...
Willoughby residents stand firm over proposed Channel Nine development
More than 120 local residents rallied together in opposition to the proposed redevelopment of the Channel Nine TV studio site in Artarmon at a public meeting held late last month at Willoughby Uniting Church. The public meeting hosted by the Planning Assessment...
Hornsby Ku-ring-gai hospital opens BreastScreen NSW centre
Health Minister Jillian Skinner has officially opened the BreastScreen NSW centre at Hornsby Ku-ring-gai hospital. It is expected that more than 5000 women will be screened within the centre’s first year of operation, a 40 per cent increase on the capacity of the...
Outdoor kitchens latest trend in home entertainment
The humble barbie just got a lot more sophisticated Long summers, ice cold beers and plenty of sausages is all we usually need to enjoy the outdoors, but times are changing, and Australia is facing an outdoor dining revolution. Today more and more suburban...