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Mercedes MaguireFeatures Writer

Mercedes Maguire is a features writer specialising in parenting and lifestyle as well as celebrity profiles and travel.

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Fair Go for the West Ambassadors Shoot - Rev. Bill Crews pictured in the Surry Hills studio today.

Mt Druitt street mob’s Dreaming

A MOUNT Druitt youth outreach program is aiming to safeguard the future of at-risk indigenous youth through a program promoting their past.

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(Left - Right )Apprentice Luke Fell and Paul Green . Green developed a program called Productivity Bootcamp to give young people who have been out of employment and education system for a long time and helping them become employable in the building industry. They do this through a simulated workplace. Photo Jeremy Piper

Bootcamp helps people get job skills

A PILOT program training young people in simulated work sites to gain lasting employment is helping more people find jobs.

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At home with cookbook author Lola Berry

LOLA BERRY’S Paddo terrace is a virtual Alladin’s cave of spiritual knick knacks and nature.

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: Champions of the West: Alex Lester from Nautitech WHY: Nautitech design, develop and manufacture world-leading safety products used in underground mines. One of their best products is a thermal camera, which is the only one of it's kind in the world. Alex will have this and other items available to be photographed

Thermal camera now a hot product

FROM a small location in Castle Hill, a business that employs less that 50 people is leading the world in technology keeping miners safe underground.

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Little Land is a preschool in Smithfield and director Diane Nohra has nominated their centre to help them fund new indoor and outdoor equipment. Diane Nohra pictured with children Giulietta Nemet (left), 4 and Teila Jeremiejczyk (right), 4. Picture: Jonathan Ng

Childcare centre director’s big dreams for kids

DIANE Nohra wants to transform her western Sydney childcare centre from a concrete jungle into a children’s wonderland.

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Kalvin Biag, James Wanna and Jaxon McGrath. James Wanna started a unique form of team-based fitness workouts called Massive Workouts. Now he wants to extend it to teenagers, called Teen Massive Workouts. James taking a group of teenagers through a workout session in Wetherill Park.

Teens are roped in to get fit

PARENTS know how difficult it can be to get their teens away from the screen. But this personal trainer plans to do just that with the teenagers of Fairfield.

Holiday Deals

MARCH 8 2015 DEALS Hotel Duquesa de Cordona in Barcelona, Spain. For use with hotels.com copy. Picture: Supplied

Grab a bargain in Barcelona

SEE the Big Five in Africa, try out a tennis tour in China or base yourself in Barcelona with these great holiday deals.

Queensland

Turtle encounters on Mon Repos Beach near Bundaberg

Family egg-xitement in Bundaberg

Mercedes Maguire and her children witness one of nature’s miracles during a family holiday in Bundaberg.

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Michele Ellery runs the Queen of Hearts drop- in centre in Penrith.Michele Ellery.

Haven for victims of sex abuse

WERRINGTON mum Michelle Ellery gave up her job as a nurse three years ago to run the Queen of Hearts Community Foundation to help child sexual abuse victims.

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Ben Curran is the Managing Director of Stralia Web. Based in Springwood, he has recently launched "Fresh Air Daily", a free new service providing news, events and information to residents in penrith and the Blue Mountains.

Mountain folk love their daily dose of news

RESIDENTS of the Blue Mountains and Penrith say there is much more to their region than simply tourism and one online service is keeping them up to date on everything local.

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