The Latest Breaking News from Parramatta

Labor hoses down preselection controversy

Anthony Albanese has tried to hose down reports Labor was trying to parachute a candidate into the marginal western Sydney seat of Parramatta.

AAP · Mar 23, 2022

Several winnable federal seats missing Liberal and Labor candidates, days before expected election campaign

With an election expected to be called in days, there are still a remarkable number of seats missing Labor or Liberal candidates, hampering each side's campaigning ability.

ABC News · Mar 22, 2022

Grassroots Labor Party members reject plan to parachute 'white millionaire man' Andrew Charlton into Western Sydney seat of Parramatta

A row has broken out in Labor Party ranks in Western Sydney over a move to parachute a wealthy executive from the eastern suburbs into a multicultural seat.

ABC News · Mar 22, 2022

ABC awards former news boss Gaven Morris contract to advise on Parramatta relocation

Morris is CEO of Bastion Transform, which has been contracted to manage relocation of part of ABC’s newsroom

The Guardian - AU · Mar 1, 2022

Parramatta Powerhouse: NSW arts minister dismisses claims $915m museum is being built on a flood zone

Minister grilled over museum’s ability to withstand one-in-100-year flood levels at Parramatta riverbank site

The Guardian - AU · Feb 23, 2022

Voters in Western Sydney feel 'disconnected' from the debate in Canberra over the religious freedom bill

Politicians have been consumed by the religious discrimination bill — but do voters really care? We asked people in the electorates of Reid and Parramatta what they thought.

ABC News · Feb 10, 2022

His 'Succulent Chinese Meal' rant became a classic meme but the arrested man has a complicated past

Jack Karlson spent most of his early life in homes and prisons. Then his friendship with a cellmate in Parramatta Gaol changed the course of his life.

ABC News · Feb 10, 2022

Investigations underway after 'thousands' of dead fish wash up along Parramatta River

NSW's environment agency is investigating a number of fish kill events across Western Sydney, with a "distressing" 4,000 fish found at one site alone.

ABC News · Feb 8, 2022

NSW to double spend on walking, bike paths

The NSW government will double its $950 million spend on walking and cyclepaths and will build a 'monumental' new track from Sydney's CBD to Parramatta.

AAP · Feb 7, 2022

Prominent Sydney barrister knocks back run for key federal Labor seat

Son of former Whitlam government minister Lionel Murphy rejects approach to run in Parramatta for family reasons

The Guardian - AU · Feb 3, 2022