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Gail Connolly and Martin Zaiter exchanged emails about staffing arrangements.

Sacked council boss accused of ‘disadvantaging’ Parramatta lord mayor

Emails reveal a breakdown in relations between the two most powerful people at the city’s council.

  • Anthony Segaert

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The winning design of the Riverside Theatres.

This theatre was meant to cost $188 million. The real price is almost double

The redevelopment of Parramatta’s Riverside Theatres could be revolutionary for Sydney – but it has hit another cash problem.

  • Anthony Segaert and Linda Morris
Gail Connolly was chief executive of the City of Parramatta council before being sacked in October.

‘I’ve been described as scary’: Inside the sacking of a Sydney council boss

It’s almost a month since Parramatta council chief executive Gail Connolly was sacked. But division over her leadership at one of Sydney’s biggest councils remains.

  • Anthony Segaert
Parramatta Half Marathon organisers Alex Treglown and David Bennie, co-founders of 180 Cadence, hit the pavement in Parramatta Park.

Parra gets a (half) mara: New running event for Sydney’s west

Eight thousand runners are estimated to descend on Parramatta Square and the city’s park and river foreshore as a global running event heads west.

  • Anthony Segaert
Gail Connolly was sacked as chief executive of the City of Parramatta Council in a 9-6 decision.

Parramatta council boss sacked in rowdy late-night meeting

After revelations in this masthead, the council boss was fired after a lengthy secret debate among councillors.

  • Anthony Segaert
City of Parramatta chief executive, Gail Connolly.

City of Parramatta council boss in talks to exit early with hefty payout

Gail Connolly, who has led the council since 2023, is said to be negotiating an early finish to her contract.

  • Anthony Segaert
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‘Perplexing’: Little India’s vision for a grand gate replaced with floral sculptures

Parramatta’s federal MP has become involved in a fight over whether Harris Park should have a gate – or flowers.

  • Anthony Segaert
The City of Parramatta provided a FOGO kitchen caddy for use.

Parramatta’s residents got FOGO bins. Problem is, their landfill has not reduced

Instead of using their food and garden organics bins, ratepayers are paying extra to keep their large red bins.

  • Anthony Segaert
The City of Parramatta, with council chambers in the PHIVE building at Parramatta Square, has paid out millions to exiting staff in recent years.

Millions in secret payouts: Inside the City of Parramatta’s staff crisis

One of the largest and most powerful councils in the state has spent millions of ratepayer dollars paying out staff in secret agreements.

  • Anthony Segaert
Parramatta’s new lord mayor Martin Zaiter.

The one swing vote that delivered a Liberal lord mayor in Sydney

Martin Zaiter, a Liberal elected to the City of Parramatta, won a vote among his colleagues 8-7 to become mayor at an extraordinary council meeting on Monday.

  • Anthony Segaert