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I am like you. I love my baby so much I found it one of the hardest things to do – place her in daycare. But it’s inevitable if you have a job to return to and just a necessity these days. We all need to go back to our jobs at some stage.

Now you can see why I wrote the daycare story in the current issue of the scene. I have to take every Friday off because no daycare centre will offer a place to my daughter.

This weekend, at Mancini’s Ristorante Italiano in Belfield, Liberal supporters will gather to raise funds for the Strathfield team at the local government elections.

The invitations to the party faithful come complete with pictures of Strathfield MP Charles Casuscelli and Craig Laundy, the new Liberal candidate for Reid.

Tickets are $99 a head. And even if you can’t attend Mancini’s – which is renowned for its pizzas –  you can still send a cheque to the Liberal Party of Australia.

Wanted: Community leader willing to head up high-powered meetings, be the keynote speaker at public events, help oversee a staff of 171 and a budget $29 million. Must be available all day and into the evening, an be prepared to work at weekends. Pay: $1018.46 a week.

A four-man gang armed with a gun attacked two Strathfield real estate agents and stole the day’s takings in cash and cheques.

But the robbery went wrong when one of the gang was chased and held by an employee and passers by, police allege.

He was marched back to the agents’ office and later had to be treated for minor cuts.

Police have released CCTV images of a man who they think may be involved in an armed robbery in Flemington. 

At around 6:30am on Sunday, a man held up a 29-year-old service station employee with a firearm and demanded that he open the security door to the premises. 

The alleged robber then stole an amount of cash before fleeing east on Parramatta Road. 
He is described as being of Caucasian appearance aged between 35 to 45 and of medium build. 

Monday January 21 - Strathfield real estate agent Joseph Georges was accused of lying today while he presented evidence to the NSW corruption watchdog, the ICAC.

The Independent Commission against Corruption is investigating his business involvement with former Labor heavyweight, Eddie Obeid, and his family.

Georges is alleged to be the ‘frontman’ for the Obeid family at the iconic Elizabeth Bay Marina, which lies at the heart of the eastern surburbs.

I am like you. I love my baby so much I found it one of the hardest things to do – place her in daycare. But it’s inevitable if you have a job to return to and just a necessity these days. We all need to go back to our jobs at some stage.

Now you can see why I wrote the daycare story in the current issue of the scene. I have to take every Friday off because no daycare centre will offer a place to my daughter.

Count officials have delayed the Strathfield election results by another agonising day,  blaming a late surge in polling day registration for the problem.

Originally scheduled for 4pm Tuesday, the count will continue until Wednesday afternoon, meaning Liberals won't know if they have secured outright control until then.

The Strathfield Liberal Party is claiming that the Carbon Tax will make Strathfield ratepayers fork out an extra $56,317 and cost local jobs.

And local businessman Christian Dagorne, manager of IGA Homebush, has backed up the claim of rising costs, saying  he has seen a 40% rise in his electricity bill last quarter thanks to the Carbon Tax.

He said this increase is forcing him to cut costs and reduce his inventory

Residents fighting the Australian Catholic University (ACU) expansion plans have resumed door knocking in the local area and are asking homeowners to sign a new submission.

They have been joined by those fighting the council election campaign, with Liberals, Labor and the Strathfield First party maintaining they are firmly against the ACU’s growth strategy.

This means that the ACU will continue to face Council opposition, whatever the results
of the September 8 poll.

Become the voice in your community and identify local needs, women were urged in a seminar for those interested in becoming a councillor.

The session - the first to be run in Strathfield - explained why diversity in local government was so important.

Figures speak for themselves. Of 556 mayors in Australia, just one in five are women, said Karen Purser, national co-ordinator of the 50:50 Vision program to increase gender equity in local government.

Strathfield’s community-based childcare centres are booming, reaching capacity and leaving them unable to accommodate youngsters on their waiting lists.

Private operators have been forced to increase fees – up to $13 a day, according to Productivity Commission estimates – with the government’s new regulations on staff ratios getting the blame. The rules also demand an increase in appropriately qualified staff.

Many parents have little choice but to pay higher fees to find space for their children.