Chris Patterson MP Your Local Member of Parliament

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1 September Issue 21 Chris Patterson MP Your Local Member of Parliament Electorate Office: 66 John St Camden Phone: (02) Fax: (02) Mail: P O Box 669 Camden NSW camden@parliament.nsw.gov.au Website: RELAY FOR LIFE SEPTEMBER 20 and 21 Chris attended the launch of the Camden and District Rotary Relay for Life to be held on September 20 and 21 at Onslow Park, Camden. Over $750,000 has been raised in the past five years and this year will be the 6 th Relay for Life held in Camden. The 24 hour event brings together communities from Camden, Narellan, Picton and Wollondilly to participate in the event. All money raised goes towards the support of vital research into the causes, cure and prevention of cancer. Register to parcipate go to: www. relayforlife.org.au. Photo: Chris with Camden Cr Peter Sidgreaves, Camden Mayor Cr Lara Symkowiak, Chairman of Cancer Council of NSW Bruce Hodgkinson and Camden and District Rotary Relay for Life Chairman Rowan Moore, Wollondilly Mayor Ben Banasik. SCHOOL LEADERS VISIT PARLIAMENT HOUSE Chris recently hosted several school leaders at a visit to Parliament House. The students gained an insight into how our Parliament functions. Students from St Gregorys College, Magdalene Catholic High School, Macarthur Anglican School, Elderslie High School and Elizabeth Macarthur High School all enjoyed the experience. Photo: Chris with students in Parliament House

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3 NARELLAN ROAD STAGE TWO BEGINS Prime Minister the Hon Tony Abbott MP turned the first sod for Stage two of the upgrade of Narellan Road. The Commonwealth and NSW Governments are delivering on their commitment to upgrade Narellan Road to six lanes from Camden Valley Way at Narellan to Blaxland Road at Campbelltown. The 6.8 kilometre upgrade is a much-needed investment to improve infrastructure in the Macarthur area and throughout the south-west Sydney growth corridor. When completed, people will spend less time in traffic jams and more time with their families, businesses will get their goods and services to market faster and everyone will benefit from safer roads. During construction this project is expected to generate 250 jobs and benefit local businesses. 1.6 kilometres of Narellan Road will be widened between the Hume Motorway and Blaxland Road and make major improvements to the access road to the TAFE and University of Western Sydney. The southbound exit ramp from the Hume Motorway will also be widened to two lanes to reduce traffic queuing on the motorway, reducing rear end crash risk and making travel safer. Traffic lights will be installed at the newly upgraded Hume Motorway southbound exit ramp intersection and a new three metre wide pedestrian and cycle path installed alongside the southern side of the road to improve safety. Dual left turn lanes and an extra right turn lane will be built onto Narellan Road from the University as well as an incident response facility at the south east corner of the Hume Motorway interchange to ensure crashes are cleared quickly. The roundabout at the TAFE and University of Western Sydney access road will be upgraded to dual lanes, an additional eastbound right turn lane built to the TAFE and University and the right turn bay extended for 180 metres. The Commonwealth Government has provided $53 million towards the upgrade in addition to the NSW Government $61 million commitment. Photo: Bryan Doyle MP, the Hon Jai Rowell MP, NSW Premier the Hon Mike Baird MP, Federal Treasurer the Hon Joe Hockey MP, Prime Minister the Hon Tony Abbott MP, Russell Matheson MP and Chris

4 COMMUNITY GROUPS RECEIVED GRANTS FROM THE 2013 COMMUNITY BUILDING PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM Cobbitty Public School received $7,155 for a new water pump that will enable the school to water the various gardens within the school. Photo: Cobbitty Public School Isabel Head, Jo Haberley and Chris Harrington Park Public School received $ 22,467 to build a multi-purpose court. The court will give the students the capacity to participate in a variety of sports at one location. Photo: Harrington Public School Paige, Bradley, Ashlee, Jordyn, Jack and Chris Claymore Public School received $20,000 to upgrade the staff room. The upgrade will enable teachers to educate special needs students in day to day tasks including cooking. Photo: Claymore Public School Principal Lisa Porter, Deborah Vulkers, Janelle Conway and Chris

5 PREMIER CELEBRATES THE 60 TH EDUCATION WEEK NSW Premier the Hon Mike Baird MP attended Campbelltown Performing Arts High School to launch Education Week Education Week is a time for us all to recognise and celebrate the achievements of public schools, their students, and staff and school communities. Education Week began in 1954 and this year was the 60 th year of celebrating Education Week. Photo: Chris with Lauren Killen, NSW Premier the Hon Mike Baird MP, Education Department Acting Regional Director Scott Davidson, Alex O Flynn, Rebekah Dematos and Georgia Mazurkiewcz TREASURER VISITS CAMDEN NSW Treasurer the Hon Andrew Constance MP visited the Spring Farm residential development to announce the Coalition Government s increase to the threshold of the First Home Owners Grant. From July the threshold for the $15,000 grant will be boosted to $750,000, an increase of $100,000. This increase will give first-time buyers the opportunity to get the keys to a new home. Spring Farm was the suburb with the most first home owners registered for the grant. Photo: NSW Treasurer the Hon Andrew Constance, Meaghan Lambley and Matthew Jackson and Chris CAR SEAT INSTALLATION SAFETY Ray Williams MP, Parliamentary Secretary for Transport and Roads visited Elderslie business MCZ Automotive Services to promote the importance of having your child restraints fitted correctly by an authorised fitter. Michael Zappia, proprietor of MCZ Automotive located in Harrington St Elderslie demonstrated the correct way car restraints need to be fitted. Further information can be obtained on Photo: Michael Zappia of MCZ Automotive Services, Sarah and Payton von Wortburg, Chris and Ray Williams MP

6 25 YEAR CELEBRATION FOR LOCAL SMALL BUSINESS ENZO Italian Restaurant recently celebrated 25 years. Owners Paolo Traina and Thierry Marillier have been very successful small business people. The night was a tremendous success and Thierry and Paolo are to be congratulated for raising funds on the night for Camden Hospital. Photo: Malcolm Bourne, Vicki and Chris, Thierry Marillier, Reka & Tom Bazdaric, Camden Council Mayor Cr Lara Symkowiak, Judith Bourne and Paolo Traina LOCAL GOVERNMENT MINISTER VISITS CAMDEN The Hon Paul Toole MP, NSW Minister for Local Government visited Camden to discuss many issues that are relevant to our local government area. Camden Council Mayor Cr Lara Symkowiak met with Minister Toole to discuss the many residential developments currently being constructed and how the Council can work with the NSW State Government to deliver better outcomes for our communities. Photo: Minister for Local Government the Hon Paul Toole MP, Camden Council Mayor Cr Lara Symkowiak and Chris NAIDOC WEEK 2014 Chris attended the flag raising ceremony to commemorate the 2014 NAIDOC week in Camden. NAIDOC week is an opportunity to celebrate the wonderful culture of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. As the Centenary of ANZAC period commences, this year s NAIDOC week also gave us the opportunity to give special recognition to our Indigenous servicemen and women who fought in the First World War. Photo: Camden Historical representative John Wrigley, Police officer Mark Scambry, Aunty Joyce Mate, Cr Therese Fedeli, Camden Council Mayor Cr Lara Symkowiak and Chris.

7 MINISTER FOR SPORT AND RECREATION AND MINISTER FOR POLICE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES VISITS CAMDEN NSW Minister for Sport and Recreation and Minister for Police and Emergency Service and Minister Assisting the Premier on Western Sydney the Hon Stuart Ayres MP visited Camden to look at the site of the proposed Narellan sports hub to be built by Camden Council. The new sporting complex will accommodate 44 new netball courts, a state of the art athletics complex, one sporting field for other sporting codes and cycle paths. The complex will also incorporate the hockey complex currently in the same location. Minister Ayres also toured the site of the proposed PCYC at the Kirkham sporting complex at Elderslie. The NSW State Government has granted $2M towards the construction of the PCYC facility. Photo: Camden Council Mayor Cr Lara Symkowiak, NSW Minister for Sports and Minister for Police the Hon Stuart Ayres MP, Camden LAC Commander Ward Hanson and Chris CAMDEN VALLEY WAY UPGRADE The upgrade of the Camden Valley Way is continuing and is on schedule for completion in The upgrade of Camden Valley Way is a vital piece of road infrastructure for the people of South West Sydney along with the South West Rail Link and the widening of the M5 West which is much needed infrastructure to support this region s growing population. Work will include two lanes upgraded to a four lane divided road, a posted vehicle speed limit of 80 km/h, a three metre wide off-road shared pedestrian/cyclist path on the western side of the road. Former Labor Member for Camden was recently quoted in the District Reporter July saying the following: Mr Corrigan acknowledged that Mr Patterson had been instrumental in getting Camden Valley Way upgraded a lot faster than the previous Labor government. This is testament that the people have the support of the current NSW Liberal Government in relation to the upgrade of infrastructure including: Bringelly Road, Narellan Road and the South West Rail Link.

8 24hr FIGHT AGAINST CANCER Join the fun and raise money for Macarthur Cancer Patients Saturday 18 th October 2014 The 24 Hour Fight Against Cancer Macarthur Walk will be held over 24 hours from 10am Saturday 18 th October until 10am Sunday 19 th October Everyone is welcome. You can walk for 24 minutes or 24 hours or simply enjoy the day and make a donation. The day caters for all ages. There will be entertainment and food, amazing raffles, even activities for the kids. You can pitch a tent and stay overnight. You can form your own team or join an established one. Please register now and your fundraising/donation will support both Campbelltown and Camden Hospitals. To be held at the Campbelltown Athletics Stadium, Leumeah. For more information please call Dave on or Sue on or go to 24hrfight.org.au 1ST NARELLAN SCOUTS CELEBRATE 50 YEARS Photo: Chris with 1st Narellan Scout Leaders and Scouts 1st Narellan Scouts celebrated 50 years. Scouting encourages the physical, intellectual, social, and spiritual development of young people so they may play a constructive role in society as responsible citizens and as members of their local and international communities. This aim is achieved through a strong and active program that inspires young people to do their best and to always be prepared. For the past 50 years 1st Narellan Scouts has been very active in the promotion of Scouts and their contribution to the local community has been invaluable. Congratulations to Group Leader Stan Hannan and his committee for their ongoing commitment to the Scout movement. Anyone interested in joining the 1st Narellan Scouts contact Please take the time to view other stories, speeches and media releases on my new Website : Authorised by Chris Patterson MP Printed by Camden Printing, 19 Milford Road, Ellis Lane, Camden NSW 2570 This brochure was produced and printed using parliamentary entitlements