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Elizabeth Neil is a reporter for the Penrith Press. She previously wrote for multiple local papers in NSW, including the Blacktown Advocate and Hills Shire Times. Prior to these, was an established reporter for the Sunshine Coast Daily and Gympie Times in Queensland. She specialises in court and crime reporting.

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ELECTION: Voters at polling booths at St Catherine's Catholic College this morning. Photo Inge Hansen / Whitsunday Times.

Find the closest polling booth in your suburb

The NSW council election is on Saturday, with voting opening at 8am and closing at 6pm sharp. Find the closest place to vote.

Blacktown

DAILY TELEGRAPH. Transurban bridge building competition for school students, who used pasta to try and build the strongest or best looking bridge design. Pictured are winners of the Transurban prize for creative bridge design, Gosford High year 10 students Flynn Henry, Tamsin Conti and Charlie Manns. 09/08/2024. Picture by Max Mason-Hubers

Future engineers show off construction prowess with pasta

Dozens of NSW school students, some from as far as Walcha, have shown off their engineering prowess at a bridge building competition in western Sydney. See the photos.

Blacktown

$29m living, retail plans taking over iconic supermarket site

A multimillion-dollar mixed development, sporting more than 60 new apartments and a retail precinct, has been approved for construction at a former iconic supermarket in the heart of Blacktown.

Blacktown

Sydney teen ‘gang’ member’s crime bender exposed

A Sydney teenager who joined a “gang” and went on a crime “bender” shortly after his 18th birthday has faced court for his actions and narrowly avoided a jail sentence.

ExclusiveBlacktown

Accused shoplifter allegedly scared shoppers with meat cleaver

A young man who allegedly sparked a dramatic incident at a major western Sydney shopping centre after allegedly stealing a 15cm meat cleaver has made a bid for freedom.

ExclusiveBlacktown

Justin Plusch was sentenced in Blacktown Local Court on August 5 for two charges of choking without consent. Picture: Social media

‘I’ll break your neck’: Bodybuilder jailed over coward attack

Disturbing details of a bodybuilder choking a woman and his history of coward attacks on other women have been shared in a Sydney courtroom, despite friends and family claiming he was a nonviolent person.

Blacktown

Artwork for melonba hit and run which killed nepalese grandfather Domadar Shrestha

Woman allegedly involved in fatal hit and run pleads not guilty

A woman allegedly tied to a fatal hit and run in western Sydney, where a beloved grandfather was left dying on the side of the road, has pleaded not guilty to her involvement.

Hills Shire

Popular float, wellness centre to open new at Hills location

A popular wellness centre is preparing to open at a new location in the Hills, marking the fourth site for the local woman at the helm of the popular business.

VideoBlacktown

A 45-year-old man has been arrested after a police probe into an alleged commercial drug supply across New South Wales. Picture: NSW Police

Named: Alleged drug dealer with international cartel links

The identity of a Sydney man allegedly linked to international crime networks has been revealed, after police swooped on him amid investigations of several drug supplies across the state. Read the latest.

Blacktown

Timeline for new Sydney schools ‘not compromised’

The next steps for several new Sydney schools slated to be built in rapidly growing areas have ‘not been compromised’ after a contract associated with the projects was suddenly axed. Here’s the latest.

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