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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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Hills Shire
Council rejects high-rise bid

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.

EXCLUSIVEParramatta 
NEWSLOCAL Exclusive: Uber has revealed the Asia Pacific shortlist for its first UberAir pilot city. Contact Jake McCallum before use.

‘UberAir’ plan to take commute to the skies

A REVOLUTIONARY program that would see our daily commute take to the skies with low cost helicopter rides across Sydney has been revealed. Dubbed UberAir, it is an initiative of international ride sharing company Uber to fight congestion.

Hornsby
Sky’s the limit for green space

Sky’s the limit for green space

KU-RING-GAI Council has championed a plan to make highrise apartments more like the leafy surrounds of Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, following a motion to create rooftop communal gardens.

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Ku-ring-gai Mayor Jennifer Anderson at Council Chambers in Gordon. Gordon, Tuesday 2 October, 2017. (AAP Image/Annika Enderborg)

Council’s legal costs blow out

KU-RING-GAI Council has forked out more than $1.2 million in Land and Environment Court costs in the past year as appeals against decisions continue to skyrocket.

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Artist impressions for the Adventist Group's Wahroonga Estate development

‘I don’t trust my church’

MEMBERS of the Adventist Church congregation at Wahroonga have hit out at plans for a major residential development that will surround a local school.

Blacktown
Artwork for Lost in Sydney podcast episode IV.

The grandmother who just vanished

PODCAST: A loving grandmother went for a walk to the shops and was never seen again. The only sign of her, a handbag found in the bush. Her family said she fell in with ‘undesirables’ but haven’t given up hope after 15 years. Listen to Lost in Sydney podcast episode IV.

EXCLUSIVEHills Shire
David O'Neil Group General Manager for Castle Hill RSL. Castle Hill RSL will announce that it is installing a tri-generational energy system that will save them $250,000 a year.

Castle Hill RSL plan to block competition

LEAKED correspondence between Castle Hill RSL Club and the State Government has revealed it will attempt to prevent another club from entering The Hills market amid fears it would eat into the club’s profitability.

Hills Shire
Paul Cook of the Showground residents action group poses for a photo near construction on Carrington Road in Castle Hill, Sydney, Monday, March 26, 2018. (AAP Image/Joel Carrett)

Residents face 276 per cent rate increase

CASTLE Hill Showgrounds residents are facing yet another battle — they have been slugged with a 276 per cent rate increase with a submission to the Office Of Local Government asking for councillors to be suspended until an investigation is complete.

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