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Strathfield will this weekend pay its respects to our Anzac heroes at a special service at Davey Square Reserve at 10 am on Sunday. The event will be hosted by the Homebush-Strathfield RSL sub-branch and Strathfield Council.

Roads will be closed between the intersections of Dickson Street, Coventry Road and Rochester Street from 9.30 to 10.45 am.

Pupils at Homebush Public School got a very personal lesson in the meaning of the memorials during a visit by Liberal candidate for Reid Craig Laundy.

Two academics have uncovered a major opportunity to put Strathfield on the tourist map and present Australia with a bold new international image of the municipality. According to Professor Jock Collins and Dr Joon Shin of the University of Technology Sydney’s Business School, Strathfield could become the “little Korea” of Sydney, reaping benefits in tourism, employment and investment.

Snags sizzled and speech makers explained the meaning of being an Australian as 44 new citizens pledged their loyalty to our nation this Australia Day.

In a heart-warming ceremony attended by Federal MP for Watson Tony Burke, State MP for Strathfield Charles Casuscelli, Mayor Gulian Vaccari and Australia Day ambassador Elaine Henry OAM, Burke thanked our new citizens for making the “decision to forevermore be part of building a better Australia.”

Ray Wilson, tireless charity worker and Strathfield golfing pro, was been awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in the 2012 honour roll.

The honour comes as Strathfield welcomed 47 new Australians and announced its citizens of the year for 2012  at an Australia Day ceremony.

Strathfield mayor, Cr Paul Barron, said: “Today we celebrate our rich culture and we celebrate our new citizens. I feel most honoured that we welcome our new citizens into the Strathfield community."

The NBN Co announced today a plan to begin construction work in 28 new locations, with Strathfield included in the areas that will receive the National Broadband Network.

Strathfield's new-style Spring Festival was hailed a major new landmark on the municipality's social calendar after thousands joined a star-studded entertainment line up at the weekend.

Fireworks, kites and lanterns launched Day One of the two-day event, while the stars came out for a fabulous Spring Sunday of sunshine, including Justice Crew and Natalie Colavito.

 The Independent Commission Against Corruption has recommended Strathfield Council’s Community Services manager Michael Chau be considered for prosecution and dismissal after finding he engaged in corrupt conduct.

Mayor Tony Maroun welcomed the findings, saying the ICAC verdict vindicated the council’s decision to report Chau’s behaviour and showed its procedures had past a test with “flying colours”.

He said it was “telling” that the ICAC had not recommended any changes to council policies.

Virginia Judge has not lost any of her feistiness even after conceeding defeat at Saturday's state election, which handed victory to Liberal Charles Casuscelli.

Judge lashed out at colleagues following the defeat - "people know who they are" - for the loss, saying they did not act ethicallty and responsibly.

While the voters of our state appeared to have made up their minds early in the campaign between Kristina Keneally's tired Labor government and Barry O'Farrell's fresh-faced shadow ministry, the Strathfield electorate faced a harder choice.

In the red corner, a passionately active local member in Virginia Judge.  She has four times been Strathfield mayor. In eight years as State member she had certainly made her mark.

More than forty people from nine countries will become Australian citizens in a special ceremony at Strathfield Park next week as part of  Strathfield Council’s Australia Day celebrations.

“Citizenship is a wonderful thing to celebrate on Australia Day, whether we are Australian by birth or by choice,” Mayor of Strathfield, Cr Tony Maroun said.

The author of a new guide to dog-friendly parks in Sydney is urging Strathfield dog-owners to register their pets if they want to ensure better dog facilities in the future.

Katie Whiffen wrote Great Sydney Dog Walks after she found it difficult to find places to walk her two dogs, Rocky, and Stella.

 “When I took my dogs out for walks, I’d run into ‘No Dogs Allowed’ signs,” she says.