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Any change? Founded by Dulwich Hill musician Josh Pyke, the annual Busking for Change charity event returns this year in support of the Indigenous Literacy Foundation. Over the past five years, Josh has raised $43,000 […]
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Benvenuto a Ferragosto!
Canada Bay’s Italian Festival – Sunday 17th August In celebration of all things Italian and to mark the middle of the famous European summer, every August Five Dock comes alive at Ferragosto… There is so […]
Whispers – 239
The Italian Forum debacle, a measles scare, Stanmore Maccas to deliver • Debate over the future of the Italian Forum Cultural Centre has heated up over the last couple of weeks as stakeholders take aim at […]
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Hitting high notes It has been years since the world’s most beloved tenor, Andrea Bocelli, visited our shores, but this September he will be back in Australia performing his greatest hits. Playing at the Allphones […]
Community rant: the Bays Precinct
The Baird Government is to be congratulated on the creation of an international panel of experts to advise on ways to revitalise the Bays Precinct. This area, which includes over five kilometres of waterfront, the […]
Letters to the Editor – The Bays Precinct
When merit challenges a dismal landscape This week, the Premier Mike Baird, along with Planning Minister, Prue Goward announced finally a positive initiative into renewing our local foreshores around Pyrmont and RozelleBay. Covered widely in […]
Letters to the editor – Comments on the Forum
Ciao Magazine was recently copied in to this letter addressed to Mayor of Leichhardt, Darcy Byrne: . Dear Cr. Byrne. I need to tell you how very sad it makes me to read of your […]
Meet the candidates
John Stamolis Independent John has been the Chairperson of the Balmain Precinct for the last 10 years and looks forward to bringing the voice of the community to Council. What will you contribute to […]
Rant: White Bay's pollution problems
When the cruise ship terminal was relocated from the tourist precinct of Darling Harbour to the high density residential area of Balmain/White Bay it brought many problems to the surrounding community. The incidence of health […]
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Fairy tales Opening at King Street Theatre this July, A View of Concrete is the must-see Australian play by Gareth Ellis… In a sprawling metropolis, where all the trees have been replaced with telephone boxes, the […]