City of Canterbury Bankstown is developing its first ever social justice charter and wants to hear from the community what issues matter most to them. Those who live, work or study in Canterbury-Bankstown are invited to help shape the CBCity Social Justice Charter, by having their say online by Thursday 26 September. A social justice charter is a new set …

Artificial intelligence (AI) prophets and newsmongers are forecasting the end of the generative AI hype, with talk of an impending catastrophic “model collapse”. But how realistic are these predictions? And what is model collapse anyway? Discussed in 2023, but popularised more recently, “model collapse” refers to a hypothetical scenario where future AI systems get progressively dumber due to the increase of AI-generated data on the internet. …

The Australian Maronite Community Network (AMCN)التجمع الماروني الاسترالي held its Annual General Meeting on Monday evening, 8 April 2024….. The meeting was an opportunity to present and discuss matters relevant to our Australian Maronite Community…… As AMCN enters its 9th year since it was formally registered with Fair Trading NSW, it was appropriate to review and evaluate the excellent performance …

Parramatta is set to become an even more active City with plans for three pedestrian and cyclist projects – Bennelong Parkway Bridge and Paths, Toongabbie to Westmead Corridor, and Wilderline to Duck River Paths – going on public exhibition next week. These plans set a vision to transform Parramatta into a safer community with proposals for new footpaths and bike paths, …

Thirty years ago, a young Max Yusuf planted these trees to green and add life to a Campsie laneway. Now, the Council landscape construction worker of 36 years, has returned to the same laneway to help out in a joint beautification project with CBCity’s Clean City Dumping Prevention team. Dwarfed by the 10-metre tall jacaranda and flame trees he nurtured …

One of the world’s most recognised and innovative materials scientists and an engineer and inventor has been announced as this year’s City of Parramatta Australia Day Ambassador. 2022 NSW Australian of the Year and UNSW Scientia Professor Veena Sahajwalla,is a highly awarded researcher at the forefront of recycling science, who launched the world’s first e-waste microfactory. The professor’s work has led to …

Just before the cameras and journalists jammed into the Oval Office were bustled out of the meeting between the US president and Australian prime minister, Joe Biden offered an unprompted observation. “I was asked by Xi Jinping a couple of years ago why I was working so hard with your country,” Biden noted. “I said we’re a Pacific nation. He …

A NSW Labor pre-election promise to protect the state’s koala population from extinction has taken another step forward, with the purchase of a parcel of land for dedicated habitat. Koala-preferred bushland covering 4500 hectares near Port Macquarie on the state’s mid-north coast has been purchased by the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS). NSW Environment Minister Penny Sharpe said on …

Anne Stanley MP Government Whip Member for Werriw Member for Werriwa, Ms Anne Stanley MP, is encouraging local teachers, parents, and students to have their say on the future of school education through a new national survey released this week. The survey is being released as part of the Expert Panel Review into the next National School Reform Agreement. Survey …

The US and its European allies have sparred with Russia over the war in Ukraine at a meeting of G20 foreign ministers in Delhi, with the rival sides each accusing the other of destabilising the world. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov had a brief encounter on the sidelines of the meeting during which …