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Jake McCallumEvening Chief of Staff

Jake McCallum is the Evening Chief of Staff for the Saturday and Sunday Telegraph, and an investigative reporter. He was previously the NSW Hyperlocal Deputy Editor, managing community mastheads across Greater Sydney and NewsLocal’s State Political Editor based in NSW Parliament.

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Hills Shire

Aerial photos of the North West Metro Rail Linkbeing built at Kellyville. Picture: Jonathan Ng

$10.5b in construction approved for Sydney’s west

DEVELOPMENT applications in greater western Sydney continue to skyrocket as more than $10.8 billion worth of development was approved in the last year. See our list to find out where.

Hills Shire

Castle Hill Showground to be redeveloped

A PLAN to put Castle Hill Showground “on the map” and attract big acts has been opened to expressions of interest.

Northern District Times

TOPSHOT - Smoke and flames billows from Grenfell Tower as firefighters attempt to control a blaze at a residential block of flats on June 14, 2017 in west London. At least six people were killed Wednesday when a massive fire tore through a London apartment block in the middle of the night, with witnesses reporting terrified people had leapt from the 24-storey tower. / AFP PHOTO / Adrian DENNIS

Sydney councils which failed to respond over cladding

THIRTEEN councils across Sydney and the Central Coast have failed to respond to requests to investigate buildings that could repeat the devastating Grenfell Tower inferno, the State Government claims. SEE THE LIST

Hornsby

New chapter in long Storey

THE redevelopment of Asquith’s Storey Park has been on the cards at Hornsby Council for more than a decade but, after failed attempts, backflips and cancelled plans for a cafe, construction will finally start.

Hornsby

Paul Fletcher MP (left) shakes hands with Australian Governor-General Sir Peter Cosgrove after being sworn-in as Australian Families Minister during a ceremony at Government House in Canberra, Tuesday, August 28, 2018. (AAP Image/Lukas Coch) NO ARCHIVING

’Unfo rtunate distraction’ leads to new gig

SUPPORTING the most vulnerable people in our community is a job new Social Services Minister Paul Fletcher does not take lightly.

Hornsby

Plan to reshape suburb centres

PLANS are under way to revitalise Hornsby CBD, Brooklyn town centre and Cherrybrook village precinct through a council-run masterplan featuring green spaces, community facilities and a halt on residential development.

Hornsby

Eva Stern and Lara Bogoevski celebrate the announcement of funding for Waitara Park

A Level playing field

A total of $600,000 worth of funding, announced exclusively by Planning Minister Anthony Roberts with the Advocate this week, will go towards planning, design and construction of the new inclusive play space at Waitara Oval.

Hills Shire

L-R Jason Nicholds with his Bull Terrier Gretel, Animal rescue volunteer Adriana Gonzalez with her Anatolian Shepherd George and Pet Journalist Caroline Zambrano with her Anatolian Shepherd Cruz pose for photographs in Baulkham Hills Baulkham Hills, Saturday, September 1st 2018. The Hills Shire Council has enforced new restrictions for pet owners meaning that if you own more than 4 dogs you could be fined. (AAP Image / Angelo Velardo)

New policy restricts animal ownership

AN ANIMAL policy which will impose a restriction on the number of pets residents can own across The Hills, with a limit of two dogs over 25kg and no more than four cats, rabbits or guinea pigs.

Hills Shire

Artist impressions of Kellyville North Public School

Parking shortfall for new school

RESIDENTS have blasted the State Government after it was revealed there would be no parking provided at Kellyville North Public School when it opens in 2020.

Hills Shire

Council rejects high-rise bid

THE plans for a ‘revolutionary commercial and residential precinct’ in Sydney’s North West went before council this week, highlighting the significance an extra 1900 jobs would bring to the Hills economy.

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