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ISSUE 22 | January 2023
TRUSTED LOCAL NEWS
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Best facilities for our athletes
Fist Nation flies the flag Lower cost of PBS medicines
V8s TO VOLTAGES
It's a new world for mechanics across the West
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ENERATIONS of motor mechanics have kept Western Sydney’s car population on the road with skills learnt over decades and vast knowledge of everything from faulty water pumps in Fords to timing chains problems in Holdens. They often learnt their skills from their dad and proudly displayed their heritage with a set of 20-year-old overalls covered in oil. Now, all that is about to change as the motoring public is dragged kicking and screaming into the new Electric Vehicles age. Nearly 50,000 car mechanics in NSW are not skilled enough for the electric vehicle revolution, according to the Motor Traders’ Association of NSW (MTA NSW), which is calling for the state government to help foot the training bill for small automotive businesses. More: page 11.
Motor mechanics learn EV technology.
AUSTRALIA DAY CONCERT AND FIREWORKS Thursday 26 January 4.00 pm - 9.30 pm The Rooty Hill, Eastern Road, Rooty Hill
blacktown.nsw.gov.au/ausday
A VANESSSI AMORO
ROSS WILSON