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Sydney's property market has reached a pivotal moment. After years of relentless growth pushing prices into the stratosphere, we're witnessing signs of a plateau that's prompting investors and homebuyers alike to look beyond Australia's harbor city.The data tells a fascinating story of shifting momentum across Australia's capital cities. National growth forecasts remain positive with houses expected to rise 3.3% in 2025 and 6% in 2026, while units could perform even stronger at 4.6% and 5.5% respectively. Perth currently leads growth projections at 4% for 2025, with Canberra and Melbourne following at 3.5%, slightly ahead of Sydney's 3.3%. However, Sydney isn't surrendering its crown without a fight—2026 forecasts show it surging to 7.8% growth, outpacing Melbourne's 6%.What's most revealing is how dramatically market performance varies even within metropolitan areas. The Northern Beaches rental market remains fiercely competitive while areas just 40km away show abundant availability. Infrastructure development creates localized booms—Castle Hill property values jumped 76% following metro line construction compared to neighboring Baulkham Hills' 37% growth during the same period. These micro-markets make broad generalizations dangerous for investors.The smart money focuses on long-term strategies, personal circumstances, and hyper-local knowledge. Young couples might still prioritize lifestyle and proximity to Sydney's CBD, while growing families could find better value heading west. What matters is understanding whether you're seeking a forever home or investment vehicle, and whether rental yield or capital appreciation better serves your goals.Despite affordability challenges, Sydney's fundamentals remain strong for those taking a 10-year view. Recent zoning changes have created new opportunities even as other capitals gain attention. The question isn't whether Sydney has had its run—it's whether you have the patience to benefit from its next cycle of growth.
A mother and her two young children vanished from their home in Baulkham Hills, New South Wales, in August 1978. Their disappearance quickly turned into a horrifying crime that shocked the nation. The family had been abducted, taken on a terrifying journey north before meeting a brutal and senseless end. What followed was a desperate manhunt, a tense standoff, and a case that remains one of Australia's most chilling acts of violence.Join Holly & Matthew as they explore the tragic murders of Valda, Sally, and Damien Connell, and the impact this horrific crime left on Australia.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/weird-crap-in-australia--2968350/support.
A mother and her two young children vanished from their home in Baulkham Hills, New South Wales, in August 1978. Their disappearance quickly turned into a horrifying crime that shocked the nation. The family had been abducted, taken on a terrifying journey north before meeting a brutal and senseless end. What followed was a desperate manhunt, a tense standoff, and a case that remains one of Australia's most chilling acts of violence.Join Holly & Matthew as they explore the tragic murders of Valda, Sally, and Damien Connell, and the impact this horrific crime left on Australia.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/weird-crap-in-australia--2968350/support.
On today's show, Dr My Le Trinh discusses indefinite suspension of health practitioners. Later, Shane Healey discusses the latest world conflicts. GUEST 1 OVERVIEW: Dr My Le Trinh has been standing up for medical rights since being suspended from practice for prescribing Ivermectin to treat COVID-19. She graduated in Medicine from the University of Sydney in 1992 and had been a General Practitioner for 27 years. My Le owned and managed a successful Medical Centre in Baulkham Hills for over a decade. She's a Christian and has lived out her faith by serving the poor in Cambodia for more than 12 years, providing free medical healthcare for local communities. X: @myletrinh123 https://www.myletrinh.info/ GUEST 2 OVERVIEW: Shane Healey is a terrorism and youth justice expert. He's a former Australian Defence Force Special Operations Command intelligence operator, a former Alice Springs resident and an Indigenous man originally from western NSW.
On today's show, Prof. Robert Clancy AM discusses lessons learned from COVID and the path ahead. Later, Dr My Le Trinh discusses indefinite suspension of health practitioners. GUEST 1 OVERVIEW: Robert Clancy AM is Emeritus Professor at the University of Newcastle's School of Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacy. He was the Foundation Professor of Pathology in the University of Newcastle Medical School and a clinical immunologist who undertook research in mucosal immunology and the development of mechanisms to enhance mucosal resistance and control mucosal inflammation. GUEST 2 OVERVIEW: Dr My Le Trinh has been standing up for medical rights since being suspended from practice for prescribing Ivermectin to treat COVID-19. She graduated in Medicine from the University of Sydney in 1992 and had been a General Practitioner for 27 years. My Le owned and managed a successful Medical Centre in Baulkham Hills for over a decade. She's a Christian and has lived out her faith by serving the poor in Cambodia for more than 12 years, providing free medical healthcare for local communities. X: @myletrinh123 https://www.myletrinh.info/
Queensland's more than 600,000 landlords have been warned they could face criminal charges if they ignore tough smoke alarm laws after the owner of the Russell Island home that burnt to the ground killing six people was charged. Sydney Police allege a man strangled a woman and child to death inside a martial arts studio in North Parramatta before he drove the woman's white BMW to Baulkham Hills and fatally stabbed her husband on Monday night. More than a dozen detectives from specialist Melbourne-based units have been assigned to the Samantha Murphy mystery as it emerges as the state's top priority police inquiry. Two brothers have saved the lives of a mother and daughter who became distressed while swimming off an Adelaide beach. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Queensland's more than 600,000 landlords have been warned they could face criminal charges if they ignore tough smoke alarm laws after the owner of the Russell Island home that burnt to the ground killing six people was charged. Sydney Police allege a man strangled a woman and child to death inside a martial arts studio in North Parramatta before he drove the woman's white BMW to Baulkham Hills and fatally stabbed her husband on Monday night. More than a dozen detectives from specialist Melbourne-based units have been assigned to the Samantha Murphy mystery as it emerges as the state's top priority police inquiry. Two brothers have saved the lives of a mother and daughter who became distressed while swimming off an Adelaide beach. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Queensland's more than 600,000 landlords have been warned they could face criminal charges if they ignore tough smoke alarm laws after the owner of the Russell Island home that burnt to the ground killing six people was charged. Sydney Police allege a man strangled a woman and child to death inside a martial arts studio in North Parramatta before he drove the woman's white BMW to Baulkham Hills and fatally stabbed her husband on Monday night. More than a dozen detectives from specialist Melbourne-based units have been assigned to the Samantha Murphy mystery as it emerges as the state's top priority police inquiry. Two brothers have saved the lives of a mother and daughter who became distressed while swimming off an Adelaide beach. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Queensland's more than 600,000 landlords have been warned they could face criminal charges if they ignore tough smoke alarm laws after the owner of the Russell Island home that burnt to the ground killing six people was charged. Sydney Police allege a man strangled a woman and child to death inside a martial arts studio in North Parramatta before he drove the woman's white BMW to Baulkham Hills and fatally stabbed her husband on Monday night. More than a dozen detectives from specialist Melbourne-based units have been assigned to the Samantha Murphy mystery as it emerges as the state's top priority police inquiry. Two brothers have saved the lives of a mother and daughter who became distressed while swimming off an Adelaide beach. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Interview–Dr Eammon Mathieson–Catholic Medical Association of Australia (Jude Hennessy in conversation with Dr Eammon Mathieson from the Catholic Medical Association of Australia – a national body to give support and a voice to Catholic doctors in an increasingly secular culture. The association aims to provide much needed support to Catholic doctors who often feel “isolated” and to simplify communication with other health care organisations. It will help medical practitioners feel more supported and encouraged in their daily practice and continue to strengthen their understanding of the wisdom and dignity Catholic teaching brings to healthcare. The Association's conference is being held at St Joseph's Baulkham Hills, 10–12 November 2023.
These tapes were recorded in Australia and New Zealand in 2019. More materials here: https://first164.blogspot.com/
GUEST 1 OVERVIEW: Annie Lobert is the Founder of Hookers For Jesus and personally experienced more than a decade of sex trafficking in Hawaii, Minneapolis and Las Vegas in the 1980's and 1990's She has been working with survivors of trafficking for more than 17 years. Annie is an internationally recognized expert and advocate of ministry to those who have been sex trafficked and commercially exploited. She fully understands the traumatic psychological, emotional and physical effects of initially choosing the sex industry as a job choice only later to be trapped, beaten and sold to the sex trafficker's highest bidders. She is also a survivor of Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (CPTSD), domestic violence, sexual abuse, cancer, drug addiction, abortions, miscarriages, pornography, anorexia and bulimia. Her website is https://hookersforjesus.net/ GUEST 2 OVERVIEW: Dr My Le Trinh graduated from the University of Sydney in 1992 and has since been a General Practitioner serving in the Hills District for the past 22 years. She owned and managed a successful Medical Centre in Baulkham Hills for over a decade. My Le is also a Christian, living out her faith by serving the poor in Cambodia for more than 12 years, providing free medical healthcare and various humanitarian projects to the local communities. My Le was the Liberal Democrats candidate for Castle Hill in the March 2023 NSW state election.
GUEST 1 OVERVIEW: Prue MacSween is an Australian television and radio personality, journalist, social commentator, and public relations director. She is the public relations director of Verve Communications, and as a media commentator, MacSween has made a number of comments considered to be controversial. MacSween's extensive career in the media began at Eastern Suburbs Newspapers, as a cadet journalist. during which time she studied at the Sydney Technical College where she completed an Advertising Certificate in 1972. GUEST 2 OVERVIEW: Gloria Masters is the woman behind the global hand signal released on 16 June 2023 for under 16s to use and protect them from abuse. She's the founder of Handing the Shame Back foundation, a charity dedicated to adult survivors of child sexual abuse. Gloria hosts a YouTube and podcast channel of the same name, presenting interviews and resources designed exclusively for survivors. Her memoir ‘On Angels Wings' – My Flight from Trauma to Grace, details sixteen years of unparalleled CSA and trauma, which is why she does the work she does. https://gloriamasters.com/ GUEST 3 OVERVIEW: Dr My Le Trinh graduated from the University of Sydney in 1992 and has since been a General Practitioner serving in the Hills District for the past 22 years. She owned and managed a successful Medical Centre in Baulkham Hills for over a decade. My Le is also a Christian, living out her faith by serving the poor in Cambodia for more than 12 years, providing free medical healthcare and various humanitarian projects to the local communities. My Le was the Liberal Democrats candidate for Castle Hill in the March 2023 NSW state election.
In the later months of 1995, 28-year-old Jayne Mansfield found herself in need of an obstetrician. She was pregnant with her first baby and, as most first-time mums do, she put her trust in the medical professional her GP had referred her to - a doctor named Graeme Reeves at The Hills Hospital in Sydney's Baulkham Hills. Throughout her pregnancy care, Jayne felt there was something not quite right about her doctor, but it wasn't anything specific, nothing she could really put her finger on. And as far as she knew she was receiving expert care… who was she to question the methods of a doctor with the relevant qualifications and over a decade of experience? In 1996, Jayne delivered her bouncing baby boy, and the unnerving memories of her obstetrician's strange behaviours quickly disappeared in the busy haze of new parenthood. It would be years before she saw his face again, this time it was on the TV during the news, the words The Butcher Of Bega emblazoned under his image. THE END BITS Subscribe to Mamamia CREDITS Guest: Jayne Mansfield Host: Claire Murphy Executive Producer: Gia Moylan Guest Booking: Cassie Merritt Audio Producer: Scott Stronach GET IN TOUCH: Feedback? We're listening! Call the pod phone on 02 8999 9386 or email us at truecrime@mamamia.com.au Join our closed Facebook community to discuss this episode. Just search True Crime Conversations on Facebook or follow this link https://bit.ly/tcc-group If any of the contents in this episode have caused distress, know that there is help available via Lifeline on 13 11 14 or Beyond Blue on 1300 22 4636 Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures. Just by reading our articles or listening to our podcasts, you're helping to fund girls in schools in some of the most disadvantaged countries in the world - through our partnership with Room to Read. We're currently funding 300 girls in school every day and our aim is to get to 1,000. Find out more about Mamamia at mamamia.com.auBecome a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Pentecostalism has been practised in Australia since the 1920s. But it wasn't until husband and wife team Brian and Bobby Houston launched Hillsong church in 1983 that Pentecostal Christianity really began to surge in popularity. From its humble beginnings in Sydney's Baulkham Hills, by 2018 Hillsong had 80 branches in 21 countries. But after a spectacular and meteoric rise to international popularity, over the last several years Hillsong has been dogged by controversy. Allegations of fraud, coercive control, and abuse eroding its stronghold on Pentecostal believers. But what's life actually like inside this megachurch? And what next for the followers who've been left disillusioned. THE END BITS Subscribe to Mamamia CREDITS Guest: Marc Fennell You can watch his documentary The Kingdom on SBS On Demand. Host & Producer: Emma Gillespie Executive Producer: Gia Moylan Audio Producer: Madeline Joannou GET IN TOUCH: Feedback? We're listening! Call the pod phone on 02 8999 9386 or email us at truecrime@mamamia.com.au Join our closed Facebook community to discuss this episode. Just search True Crime Conversations on Facebook or follow this link https://bit.ly/tcc-group If any of the contents in this episode have caused distress, know that there is help available via Lifeline on 13 11 14 or Beyond Blue on 1300 22 4636 Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures. Just by reading our articles or listening to our podcasts, you're helping to fund girls in schools in some of the most disadvantaged countries in the world - through our partnership with Room to Read. We're currently funding 300 girls in school every day and our aim is to get to 1,000. Find out more about Mamamia at mamamia.com.auBecome a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Од 35 нових случајева у Новом Јужном Велсу, двоје су станари дома за старе у Болкам Хилсу на северо-западу Сиднеја. У овој установи сада има петоро позитивних, од којих је четворо ревакцинисано, и сви су пребачени у Вестмид болницу. Породице корисника дома "SummitCare" огорчене што их нико раније није обавестио да чак две трећине запослених неговатеља није примило вакцину против ковида-19.
Unvaccinated aged care workers continue to spread COVID-19 in residential facilities ... the latest cases in Summit Care's Baulkham Hills centre in Sydney's north west.
Dr Sithamparapillai Thavaseelan from Baulkham Hills, NSW is included in the Queens Birthday 2020 Honours List. He received the award for service to medicine, and to professional colleges. Dr Seelan is being acknowledged for his commitment to his patients of all backgrounds, volunteer-work as a doctor in Sri Lanka and his contribution to Western Sydney University as a lecturer. Program produced by RaySel. - ஆஸ்திரேலியாவின் NSW மாநிலத்தில் வாழும் மருத்துவர் தவசீலன் (Dr Sithamparapillai Thavaseelan) அவர்கள் தான் பணியாற்றும் மருத்துவத்துறையில் செய்யும் சேவைகளுக்காகவும், மருத்துவம் சார்ந்த கல்விகற்பித்தலுக்காகவும் Queen’s Birthday 2020 Honours List யில் இடம்பெற்று அரசின் Order of Australia எனும் மதிப்புமிகு விருதை இன்று (8 June 2020) பெற்றுள்ளார். அவரோடு ஒரு உரையாடல். நடத்தியவர்: றைசெல்.
Busco talks to Kate from the Blacktown Advocate about An increase in the latest domestic violence statistics for the Hills Shire
Tournament Services Lead at Tennis Australia Patrick Boyle talked Tony Salerno from Sunday Sports Round-Up through what goes on to putting together the Australian Open.
The full epsiode of Sunday Sports Roundup from the 13th January 2019
OOOWWWCCCHH!... Poor little Gigi... this gorgeous little 11yr old French Bulldog just put her owners through absolute hell and nobody seems to know how it happened.Basically, Gigi's dad came home and found her blood soaked, standing like a statue totally frozen with what turned out to be an entire hanging basket hook lodged under her tongue.The photo clearly shows the hook poking out of the skin from under her jaw. No doubt it was extremely painful if she moved!Without even wondering how or why, Gigi's dad rushed her to the ARH Emergency Centre at Baulkham Hills. Lucky for Gigi he did!Combined with dad's quick thinking and our overnight ARH Emergency Team Vet Nurses Alex & Jess and of course Emergency Vet Dr Karyn Wesselingh, Gigi seems to have recovered nicely.Hopefully Gigi will stick to playing with tennis balls from now on! :-)Meantime - We finally managed to track down the very busy ARH Emergency Vet Dr Karyn Wesselingh to tell us in person all about this amazing case that confronted her at the start of her overnight shift at Baulkham Hills.
OOOWWWCCCHH!... Poor little Gigi... this gorgeous little 11yr old French Bulldog just put her owners through absolute hell and nobody seems to know how it happened. Basically, Gigi's dad came home and found her blood soaked, standing like a statue totally frozen with what turned out to be an entire hanging basket hook lodged under her tongue. The photo clearly shows the hook poking out of the skin from under her jaw. No doubt it was extremely painful if she moved! Without even wondering how or why, Gigi's dad rushed her to the ARH Emergency Centre at Baulkham Hills. Lucky for Gigi he did! Combined with dad's quick thinking and our overnight ARH Emergency Team Vet Nurses Alex & Jess and of course Emergency Vet Dr Karyn Wesselingh, Gigi seems to have recovered nicely. Hopefully Gigi will stick to playing with tennis balls from now on! :-) Meantime - We finally managed to track down the very busy ARH Emergency Vet Dr Karyn Wesselingh to tell us in person all about this amazing case that confronted her at the start of her overnight shift at Baulkham Hills.
It’s August 11, 1978 Baulkham Hills north-west of Sydney. 28-year-old John Ernest Cribb out on parole for Armed robbery abducts Valda Connell, 39, who had just come home in her car with two of her six children, Sally, 10, and Damien, 4. What happens next would shock the nation.