Food hampers for struggling families, essentials to help women escaping crisis and water safety sessions for local school children are just some of the initiatives to be funded under City of Canterbury Bankstown’s annual community grants program. Council awarded more than $480,000 to 88 different community organisations in a special ceremony held at the Bryan Brown Theatre at Bankstown yesterday …

NATHAN HAGARTY MP MEMBER FOR LEPPINGTON Leppington locals will enjoy more open and greener spaces following a $352,000 investment from the NSW Government into Varroville Reserve. The project is part of the 2023-24 round of the $3 million Metropolitan Greenspace program which will provide better access to public and open space for more than 30,000 people spread across eight metropolitan …

CHARISHMA KALIYANDA MP MEMBER FOR LIVERPOOL PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY FOR EMERGENCY SERVICES The long-anticipated new Busby Fire Station has now officially been unveiled at an opening ceremony attended by local community members. The new $5.2 million facility is now completed, after work began on station in September last year. It replaces a 60-year-old single bay station, which was demolished to make …

The Albanese Government is providing funding to early learning services in Werriwa, helping them to stay open and upgrade. The services in Werriwa are some of the more than 430 early childhood education and care services, in disadvantaged, regional and remote communities across Australia, that have been offered a share in $80 million of funding. More than 380 services will …

Mayor Bilal El-Hayek – City of Canterbury Bankstown is challenging business CEOs and community leaders to dig deep and help end homelessness. During the Mayor’s Lights Out Sleepout, Mayor El-Hayek bunkered down at Belmore Sports Ground—all for a good cause. Together with Mission Australia and other groups, the sleepout will raise funds for vital services to support those experiencing or …

Anne Stanley MP Government Whip Member for Werriwa The Albanese Labor Government is providing vital cost of living relief for everyone in Werriwa from 1 July. The Government is helping Australians right now, while working to tackle inflation and deliver a Future Made in Australia. From 1 July, the Government is delivering: • A tax cut for every Australian taxpayer; …

Anne Stanley MP Government Whip Member for Werriwa The Albanese Government is getting on with the job of building more homes in Werriwa, with more investments in town planning. Werriwa will benefit from more than $5.4 million, with 3 successful projects announced today under Stream 1 of the $1.5 billion Housing Support Program. These projects include: • Liverpool City Council …

NAIDOC City of Canterbury Bankstown is turning up the heat this NAIDOC Week with a new and exciting program of activities for all to get involved in. A family fun day, film screenings, barbeques and bush tucker, cultural workshops and a disco are just some of the  Week activities that residents can participate in across the City from Wednesday 3 …

Local football clubs, a district cricket association and other sporting organisations are set to benefit from City of Canterbury Bankstown’s upgrades to Beaman Park Sports Fields at Earlwood. Work is underway on the $3 million project, which will include the reconstruction of the playing surface, new sports fields, lighting and modernising of the irrigation and drainage systems on the Eastern …

Anna Polyviou has worked in some of the world’s best kitchens. The “punk princess” and self-confessed “powerhouse of pastry” has tantalised tastebuds in London, Paris and Melbourne, but nothing’s impressed her as much as the local business owners in Canterbury-Bankstown. “This area is unique because it offers authentic dishes made by people who have carried their culinary heritage with them,” Polyviou …