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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.

Police have launched an investigation into the discovery of a hidden camera and listening devices which had been secretly installed in the homes of two Strathfield councillors.

The highly-specialised bugging equipment was reportedly found in the South Strathfield home of Councillor Paul Barron and another councillor, who has asked not to be identified.

Pray for no rain this Sunday! Strathfield Council is hosting a talent quest and family fun day at Strathfield Park. The concert will act as a platform for young performers in the area to display their talents to the locals – from dancers to musicians, and actors.

Proud parents and friends can watch from a picnic rug while the little ones run around face-painted in the petting zoo or on the jumping castle.

There will be a free shuttle bus from Strathfield Station on the day. For more info contact Strathfield Council on 9748 9999.

Jane Ryan, a teacher, lives in a house on Hunter Street, Strathfield, with her sons Luke, 16, and David, 13.

Ms Ryan’s domestic bliss looks nothing out of the ordinary for Strathfield.

Yet even for the municipality’s tightly held property market, the fact that she is the fourth generation to inhabit the same house for 90 years would certainly appear to be something of a record.

What would an Australian bikie say to a Pakistani Muslim on a dark night at a deserted bus stop? This hypothetical conversation is played out in Alex Buzo’s 1968 classic play, Norm and Ahmed, which is playing at Parramatta’sRiverside Theatre this June.

Directed by veteran Australian director, Aarne Neeme, this brand new production features the perfectly apt Laurence Coy as the rough-as-guts quintessential Aussie Norm, and Craig Meneaud as Muslim Pakistani student Ahmed.

There are Australian towns that are built on gold rushes, others on oil or coal. But Strathfield originally thrived because of biscuits.

Not any old biscuits, mind. It’s in Strathfield that Arnott’s, the biscuit brand that’s Australian as kangaroos became the national force it is today. And it’s Arnott’s that helped make Strathfield the great town it is today.