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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 Champions of the West: Dickson & Dickson. Managing Director Paul Dickson(centre) with Staff members Dean Flack (left) and Marty Rudolph at their Western Sydney factory and warehouse

Factory a remedy for local success

IT could produce its products for a lot less in China. But Dickson & Dickson Healthcare chooses to keep its factory in Western Sydney.

Holiday Deals

MARCH 1 2015 DEALS The Chain Bridge in Budapest, Hungary. For use with Trafalgar copy

Spring into a European getaway

TAKE a 29-day trip through Europe or see baby elephants feeding in Sri Lanka with these great holiday deals.

Go West

Lauren Ognenovski developed a program called ARTucation, which combines Aboriginal art with drug and alcohol education for high school students in her area. It was developed through the agency she works for, Youth Solutions. Picture: Jonathan Ng

Lauren’s mission finds an eager audience

LAUREN Ognenovski can speak the language of youth. She has created a program called ARTucation linking art with drug and alcohol education

Family

KINGSCLIFF, NSW .. for Mercedes Maguire story .. Shane, Ava (10) and Evie (5) Maguire at Mount Warning on the Tweed Coast

Family time is wet but still wild

Mercedes Maguire and her family ignore the rain and makes the most out of a holiday at Peppers Salt Resort and Spa at Kingscliff, on the NSW Tweed Coast

Home

At home with opera singer Nicole Car

OPERA Australia soprano Nicole Car will be away from home performing for seven months this year so, when she’s home, she wants her surroundings just right.

Go West

Scott Barnett wants to bring back the pinball parlours of past decades as a way of providing affordable entertainment to local families. Pictured at Queen St Pinball in Campbelltown. Picture: Jonathan Ng

Pinball parlour a wizard idea for the West

SCOTT Barnett wants to start a revolution. The Campbelltown entrepreneur dreams of bringing back pinball machines as fun, interactive and affordable family entertainment.

Home

Sky’s the limit in smart design

THE only way is up for a great use of space, writes Mercedes Maguire

NSW ACT

Holiday with the family in the Highlands

There’s a host of kid-friendly activities just south of Sydney in the Southern Highlands

Go West

Fair Go For The West campaign - Chris Harris wants to establish a child consultancy service through child care centres in the Camden area to help provide support to families. Pictured at Cre8tive Corner Kindergarten in Currans Hill. Picture: Toby Zerna

Consultancy a new way to care

THIS mother of two with a background in social welfare plans to provide childhood and family support through approved childcare centres in Macarthur.

Go West

Champions of the West; Dedre Daines, who has nominated herself in order to raise finds to help kids in the Mt Druitt area with their first Scouts group. Dedre Daines at Whalan Scouts

Scout Leader’s vow never to turn a child away

THE Scouts are known for always being prepared. But scout leader Dedre Daines has another motto at the Whalan scout hall where she has been a leader for 15 years — never turn a child away.

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