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Jake McCallumDeputy Chief of Staff

Jake McCallum is the Deputy Chief of Staff and an award-winning investigative journalist at The Daily Telegraph. He was previously the Evening Chief of Staff at The Saturday and Sunday Telegraph and NSW Hyperlocal Deputy Editor.

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EXCLUSIVEHills Shire

Rick Allison at the location where the Glenhaven Mosque is being concidered. Monday May 7 2018 (AAP Image/ Monique Harmer)

Decision deferred on Glenhaven mosque

HUNDREDS of Glenhaven residents objecting to the Glenhaven Mosque proposal gathered alongside supporters of the Hills District Muslim Society at a Sydney joint regional planning panel determination today.

Hills Shire

Artist impressions of Toplace Cherrybrook Village Precinct Plans on Castle Hill Rd. A masterplan for the development of a residential community neighbouring the Cherrybrook Station Precinct was revealed in May 2016

Investors walk from Cherrybrook

DEVELOPERS have walked away from a multimillion-dollar investment in Cherrybrook that would have seen the amalgamation of properties for a high-density development just metres from the metro station site.

Hills Shire

Micro lot housing plans

A MASTERPLANNED development proposal for 600 dwellings at the former IBM business park at West Pennant Hills has passed yet another major hurdle.

Revival of Castle Hill Showground

MULTI-MILLION dollar plans for the Castle Hill Showground precinct have been revived — after it was revealed several developers put proposals on ice earlier this year.

Hills Shire

Emily poses for photographs in Castle Hill. Castle Hill, Saturday, September 22nd 2018. Emily and her neighbours are up in arms about the amount of noise coming from the Toplace site in Castle Hill. (AAP Image / Angelo Velardo)

Residents hit out over Toplace construction woes

RESIDENTS surrounding the Toplace Skyview development site at Castle Hill have been facing nightmare conditions as “construction continues around the clock”.

Hills Shire

New dining experience for the suburbs

A NEW dining experience is set to take the suburbs by storm when Arthur and Tina Anton from Hornsby’s Blu Water Grill opens The Brook at Cherrybrook Village Shopping Centre.

Hills Shire

NSW Treasurer Dominic Perrottet speaks during Question Time at NSW Parliament in Sydney, Tuesday, September 18, 2018. (AAP Image/Joel Carrett) NO ARCHIVING

Déjà vu: MP battle straight from history books

IT IS the showdown of two Liberal Party ministers that seems very familiar. Castle Hill state Liberal MP Ray Williams is set to be challenged for preselection of his seat by Hawkesbury state Liberal MP Dominic Perrottet.

Rouse Hill

A supplied image obtained Tuesday, July 18, 2017 of raids taken place at the Parklea Correctional Centre. One week after a YouTube video of a Parklea Correctional Centre inmate wielding a knife was discovered, Police have uncovered mobile phones and drugs hidden in toilets, food packages and televisions in the prison. (AAP Images/ CORRECTIVE SERVICES NSW) NO ARCHIVING --

Deadly past of new Parklea Prison operator

THE announcement of the contract for Parklea — a facility with well documented issues — comes following a series of reports surrounding ‘uninhabitable conditions, violence, abuse and riots’ at MTC private prisons across the US.

Hornsby

Left to right: Ujval Tanna, Menish Gordhan, Sarju Shah & Deepak Parbhoo.

Everest in their sights

Castle Hill resident Sarju Shah, 44, said the team of brave trekkers will start their 17-day journey to base camp on Sunday.

Hornsby

Raising our design bar

UNLESS a development application showcases the best designers have to offer, do not expect it to be approved in Hornsby. The message comes after Hornsby Council rejected a $8.4 million development application for Waitara

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