The Weekly Times - 10th January, 2018

18 TI-IE WEEKLY TIMES Wednesday 10 January, 2018
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Our Great Victory
2017 saw The Weekly Times win the fight to
stop the state government's forced mergers
of Hunters Hill, Lane Cove and the City of
Ryde Councils alongside the forced merger of
the City of Canada Bay with Burwood and
Strathfield.
A community victory celebration in Woolwich
acclaimed this newspaper's fight to save local
democracy which was declared to be the
greatest campaign run by a local, independent
newspaper in Australian history.
Abuse of The Weekly Times by former Ryde
Mayor Cl r Bi II Pickering backfired spectacu I arly
when he and Deputy Mayor Jane Stott were
dumped by the Liberal Party days before last
September's local government elections.
The election resulted in Labor's Jerome Laxale
elected Mayor of the City of Ryde with the
vote of two new councillors from The Greens.
In Hunters Hill, Mark Bennett (Ind) was lected
Mayor.
The Liberal Party fared better in the December
by-election in Bennelong with John Alexander
re-elected after he resigned in the wake of the
citizenship affair.
THE YEAR IN REVIEW will continue over the next
three weeks as The Weekly Times looks back on
the news that defined our community and the
triumphs of our sporting men, women and
children.
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MARIA VENUTI AM, our favourite local
superstar, returned home from hospital for her
daughter Bianca's birthday on New Year's Day
after she suffered a stroke during an alleged
stalking.
In this edition we reveal the exodus of Club
Ryde X Board Members and strong opposition
from club members to a proposed sell off of
the club's junior sports hall.
Inside Sport: We declare The Wests Tigers are
on target for Grand Final glory led by Mitchell
Moses, Aaron Woods and James Tedesco.
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AFTER SEVEN YEARS and four trials a Supreme
Court jury finds Robert Xie guilty of the murder of
the Lin Family at their Epping home eight years
ago.Family members of t he murdered news agency
family burst into tears when the verdict was
handed down.
The City of Ryde, Hunters Hill, the City of
Canada Bay announce t heir Citizen Of The Year
awards.
Inside Sport: Our sports round up features students
from local Catholic pri mary schools who
receive medals at the 16th Annual Sydney
Archdiocesan Primary Sports Awards.
Gladys Kills Local Democracy
in Valentine's Day Massacre!
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NEW PREMIER Gladys Berejiklian is warned by
The Weekly Times to call off the proposed forced
merger of our local councils or face the same community
backlash as former Premier Mike Baird.
The backlash th reatens the jobs of local MPs
Victor Dominello, Anthony Roberts, J ohn Sidoti and
Dami en Tudehope.
The Ryde Bridge is to be repaired at a cost of $9
mil lion in response t o a report by The Weekly Times
into t he bridge 's poor condition.
Inside Sport: Ice Hockey returns to Macquarie Park
after a seven year absence as t he Sydney Bears
and the Sydney Ice Dogs make Macquarie Park
t heir home.
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HELP SAVE MIKEY
The Powerful Owl & Friends!
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THE CITY OF RYDE, Hunters Hill and Canada
Bay celebrate Australia Day as Australia Day
honours recognise the Hunters Hill Bowling
Club's Nola Barkl, Eastwood linguist Caroline
Xu, Ryde Eisteddfod pioneer Dawn Nettheim
and Fire Brigade Chief Supt David Felton.
The Weekly Times raises thousands of dollars
to help disabled Meadowbank child
Samantha Chebat.
Inside Sport: The Sydney Tigers Cricket Club
ends a 37 year drought to win the coveted
Under 16 Championship with a victor against
Northern District in the A.W. Green Shield
Final.
EASTWOOD POLICE have a lot to crow
about as they win the Lunar New Year "Year
Of The Rooster" cooking competition at
Eastwood Plaza while City of Ryde Citizen
Of The Year Warren Smith exclusively
reveals how a freak tornado that destroyed
his Ryde home led him to volunteer for
Ryde's State Emergency Services to save
the lives and homes of others.
Inside Sport: Brave Epping girl and cancer
patient Belind Weihen defies her illness to
take part in the St Valentine's Day Cupid's
Undie Run on Bondi Beach.
PREMIER GLADYS BEREJI KLIAN kills local
democracy in a Valentine's Day Massacre.
Her attempt to focibly merge our local councils
is blasted by councillors and residents in
Hunters Hill and Lane Cove who declare war.
The Weekly Times as ks what now for our gutless
local MPs who fail to fight for local
democracy and who put their careers before
their c ommunities.
Inside Sport: The Balmain Tiger cubs kick off
their season this week with sponsorship from
the Ryde Hawks. Wat ch out for some exciting
new junior stars this year.
THE BUSHLAND HOME of Beecroft's
beloved Mikey t he Powerful Owl is destroyed
by greedy p roperty developers and locals
j oin The Weekly Times to organise a p rotest
rally.
Three generations of Marsfield women
celebrate their student days at St Anthony's
Catholic Primary School as st udents return
from their summer vacation.
Inside Sport: Ryde Rugby Club donates old
playing jerseys to needy children in Fiji. The
first jerseys will be worn by junior rugby
players in the village of Vatukaraso.
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HUNDREDS of Epping residents respond to
The Weekly Times call for a rally to help save
Mikey the Owl and his bushland friends. The
rally features speeches by Epping MP Damien
Tudehope and The Greens leader David
Shoebridge MLC.
Boronia Park Public School's canteen manager
Tania celebrates a unique milestone as
she prepares her 180,000th school lunch.
Inside Sport: This week's edition features THE
TIGER TIMES four page insert and we reveal
superstar fullback James Tedesco will ink a
lucrative new contract.
A TWO MILLION dollar scandal that has seen
City of Ryde ratepayer money squandered on
renting plush new staff offices in Macquarie Park
is exposed in The Weekly Times. The cost could
blow out to $10 million as the existing Ryde Civic
Centre remains empty and unused.
Free tours of historic Eveleigh Railway workshops
are among the offers exclusive to our TWT
Seniors Festival 2017 Guide.
Inside Sport: Wests Tigers run riot over South
Sydney with an iopening round blitz led by
JamesTedesco, Chris Lawrence and Mitchell
Moses.
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PUBLI C ANGE R erupts when The Weekly Times
reveals a hidden City of Ry de proposal t o demolish
t he Ryde Civic Centre building a replace it
with a Chinese designed high block full of residential
apartments . The shock proposal has the
support of Mayor Bill Pi ckering.
The local Persian community celebrates
Persian New Year - NOWRUZ - with messages of
congratulations and support from our civic leaders.
Inside Sport: The Balmain Tigers farewell 77 year
old June Maguire. Known as "Mrs Mac", the
Tigers wear black armbands in her memory.
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A BY ELECTION is
called for the state seat of
North Shore in what will
prove top be the first test
of Premier Gladys
Bereji klian's proposed
f orced mergers of
Northern Sydney councils,
including Hunters Hill and
Ryde.
Artist Ingrid Morely wins
first prize for her work
"Confessi onal" at the
Harbour Sculpture
Exhibition at Clarkes Point
in Woolwich.
Inside Sport: Epping ath-
1 ete Jordan Downes raises
money ro support
Epilepsy Action Australia
as a competiror in the City
To Surf run.
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IT IS GOODBYE
GLADYS as her government
loses a landmark
court case in Ku-Ring­
Gai 's proposed forced
merger with Hornsby. The
court victory is wel corned
by Hunters Hill Mayor
Ric hard Quinn who
descri bed it as "fantastic,
absolutely wonderful
news". Opinion polls
show the Liberals will
struggle to win the North
Shore by election.
Inside Sport: The North
Sydney Bears make a
return t o f ootbal I as they
take on the Tigers in t he
lntrust Super Premi ership
finals.