With only a limited number of 12, 20, 24 and 40 person Premium Suites, secure the ultimate viewing experience at Bankwest Stadium for 2020!

Bundled with Parramatta Eels player sponsorships or two on-field bolsters, this is your chance to promote your business, connect with players and fans and experience the best game day atmosphere in the country!

With only a few suites for 2020 available, get in quick to secure yours!

Click here for further information. 

The Western Sydney International Airport Experience Centre has officially opened its doors, welcoming hundreds of visitors within its first two weeks of opening.

Located on the Airport site on Eaton Road at Luddenham, the Experience Centre is free to visit and open to members of the public as well as school, community and business groups.

It gives the community a chance to learn more about the Airport and how it will help shape the future of Western Sydney.

Visitors to the Experience Centre are taken through a series of interactive stop overs, including an augmented reality preview of Western Sydney International and an airport control room, where giant screens provide insights and information about the $5.3 billion infrastructure project.

The exhibition provides all the facts and figures about the Airport, the construction timeline, runways and planned road and rail links. Importantly, it also tells you why Western Sydney International is being built, which is to create jobs and business opportunities for locals.

The final destination in the Experience Centre is a viewing area with floor-to-ceiling glass panels, which will eventually provide first-class views of terminal and runway construction, due to kick off with major earthworks on the site in early 2020.

WSA has recently awarded the contract for major earthworks that will see 23 million cubic metres of earth moved around the site to prepare it for runway and terminal construction, creating hundreds more jobs.

WSA’s employment targets mean at least 30 per cent of these jobs will go to Western Sydney locals.

Work to build Western Sydney International began in September last year with initial earthworks. So far more than 1.5 million cubic metres of earth has been moved on the massive 1780-hectare site.

The Experience Centre is open Monday to Thursday, from 10am to 4pm.

Groups of 10 or more should book in advance by calling 1800 872 872 or emailing info@wsaco.com.au.

Landcom and Sydney Metro are planning places for communities to live, work, shop and play close to new North West Metro stations. They are developing a concept masterplan for the Hills Showground Station Precinct. Come along to their community information and feedback session to share your views and help shape the plan.

Date Saturday 28 September 2019

Time Anytime between 10.30am – 12.30pm

Venue The old Hills Shire Council Administration building. Enter via gates on Carrington Road at corner of Showground Road, Castle Hill.

Can’t make it?

Visit smnwplaces.com.au to learn more and have your say online until 18 October 2019

Email sydneymetronorthwest@landcom.nsw.gov.au

Call 1800 712 292

Picture this: your business has finally overcome the challenges of being a startup and has now reached the growth stage.

However, as you take a breath, celebrate and consider plans for expansion, you begin to notice that what was working a year ago is no longer delivering the results you want, and you start to experience issues with stagnating sales, poor customer experience and increasing staff turnover rates.

Recognising the need to fix the situation, you look to the help of an external consultant to help fix these issues within your organisation.

Problem solved and job done… right?

While they are experts at identifying organisational issues, most consultants seek to fix the immediate problem (i.e. the one they can see) without understanding and addressing issues at deeper levels. Without properly resolving these, any fix is simply a ‘Band-Aid’ solution, which, in the long-term, can cause your organisation to bleed out!

Effects, Causes and Structure

The issues experienced by your organisation are the effects of shortfalls in your business strategy or a plan not working the way you intended. These are typically reflected in Business Performance KPIs such as profits not being met, poor teamwork and poor customer service. Because these effects are visible, we often try to ‘Band-Aid’ these problems.

Causes are intangible impacts on your business, typically external. Such ‘catalysts’ include competitors delivering more value, customer demands, economic factors, disruptions in technology and industry regulators.

Structure refers to the key internal systems and processes which significantly influence the way a business operates. It is often overlooked and its impact underestimated. Structural factors include a business’ mission and vision, people practice and the quality of an organisation’s leadership.

Getting to the Root of Your Organisation’s Issues

Rather than resolving only visible problems or playing guessing games, taking a diagnostic approach to solving your organisation’s issues can help you truly understand the causes and identify correct, impactful ways to rectify the problems.

ChandlerWoods has developed an approach that partners with your organisation to analyse your business holistically, seeking to understand the root cause of the issues. Our diagnostic approach studies the catalysts, structure, performance and people impact surrounding your business (see image below).

Once the root cause of the issues is understood, we then develop solutions that address the effects, delivering sustainable performance improvements to help your organisation get back on the road to growth.

Get in touch with ChandlerWoods today

ChandlerWoods’ award-winning solutions have helped businesses of all-sizes increase growth and performance.

Speak with them to discover how their unique diagnostic model can help your business do the same.

The first five WSBC members to respond to this press release will receive a free business diagnostic and debrief for their business.

Get in touch with ChandlerWoods: 

Melissa Powick

Director, ChandlerWoods

E: melissa.powick@chandlerwoods.com.au

M: 0412 606 552

Join PARKROYAL Parramatta for an indulgent seafood buffet lunch in their Governor’s Ballroom for Melbourne Cup. Enjoy a selection of locally sourced fresh seafood and a variety of enticing hot and cold dishes, salads, a live cooking station and decadent desserts to finish. Includes a three and a 1/2 hour beverage package.

Available Tuesday 5 November 2019 from 12:30pm until 4:00pm, this package includes: 

• A seafood buffet lunch including hot and cold dishes, salads, live cooking station and desserts
• Three and a half hour beverage package including beer, wine and soft drinks
• Live telecast of the race, displayed on the 4-metre Ballroom screen
• Sweepstakes
• Prizes for best-dressed male and female
• TAB runners for main race
• MC to run the day's activities
• Complimentary car parking

Click here for more information or to book. 

Terms and Conditions

Available Tuesday 5 November 2019 only. Bookings are essential. Car parking is subject to availability. A merchant service fee of 1.1% for Visa, MasterCard and 3% for Diners, Amex and JCB will be applied to all credit card payments. 

Ronald McDonald House Charities Greater Western Sydney once again invites you to celebrate Spring Carnival racing in style on Saturday, September 28th, at Rosehill Gardens.

This race day event is the perfect way to enjoy the De Bortoli Wines Golden Rose Day, which features the Golden Rose, along with the Golden Pendant.

Catch all the action overlooking the winning post at our Exclusive VIP function in the Grand Pavilion while you enjoy a delicious lunch, networking opportunities, guest speakers, and private bookmaking facilities. Helping to raise vital funds for Ronald McDonald House Charities Greater Western Sydney (RMHC GWS). RMHC GWS gives seriously ill children the best gift of all – their families. RMHC GWS provides a warm and supportive home-away-from-home for families of children travelling to The Children’s Hospital at Westmead for treatment.

Giddy up to enjoy the best of Spring Carnival racing while you help families with a seriously ill child. #keepingfamiliesclose

Details

Date: Saturday, 28 September 2019

Time: 12pm-5.30pm

Venue: Grand Pavilion Rosehill Gardens

Tickets: Table of 10 - $2350, individual ticket - $235

Book: https://fundraise.rmhc.org.au/event/rmhc-gws-race-day

Tickets include:

• Access to a VIP function
• 5 and a half hours beverage package
• Buffet luncheon and afternoon tea
• Guest speakers
• Private betting and bookmaking facilities
• Live and silent auctions and on-site raffles
• Networking opportunities
• A race book to keep track of the action

By Michael Page

To see real change when it comes to decreasing the gender pay gap, there are practical, workable steps businesses can take without having to commit significant investment to the issue.

At a Michael Page panel event held in Sydney, “Closing the Gap: An open discussion around progress in equal pay”, executives shared their experiences and insights from their own organisations.

Ryan Atkins, HR Director at Philips offered a reasonable starting point for any size company or business: “In terms of what is measured and what is done, there are various things you can do that won’t cost any money. Look at your data. If you’ve never looked at your data, you will find bias all the way through it.

“Go through every promotion, every end of year review – collate it and you’ll be able to see where the issues are so you can share it with management and say, ‘We have these biases at work and we need to create structures and processes to continuously protect us from them’.”

Atkins said the heath technology company takes into account female participation at application stage: Is it going up or down? Why? Is its employee value proposition working or not?

“We also look at women in shortlists and the women who are hired – all very easy to measure,” he added.

Jane Hansen, Group Head of Talent and Diversity at Lendlease said a key internal focus for the multinational construction and property company is around the diversity of thought.

“If you think about diversity in its broader sense, it’s actually about having difference,” she said.

“And part of the way you overcome your biases, whether they’re conscious or unconscious, is by having a diverse group of people who are entitled to decision-making and whatever it is your organisation is focusing on. So if we need to get down to the root of it all, this has to be a primary consideration in ‘how we do things’.”

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Importantly, Libby Lyons, Director at Workplace Gender Equality Agency underscored why attempts to close the gender pay gap often failed.

“Equal pay is something women first won the right to in Australia in 1969. We won the right to be paid the same wage as a man for doing work of similar or equal value. Prior to that, it was enshrined in legislation and different workplace acts that men were actually allowed to be paid more than women,” she clarified.

“The gender pay gap, on the other hand, is the difference between the average earnings of a man and the average earnings of a woman across an organisation or an industry or the nation.”

Lyons explained the gender pay gap takes into account other crucial factors:

• There are generally more men in management than women, so looking at the pool of managers as an example, men out-earn women by the fact that there are more of them.
• There are more women in the lower-paid, lower-valued jobs in an organisation or an industry or across the nation.
• Women work part-time at three times the rate of men.
• Women are discriminated against when it comes to pay and being granted a pay rise when they are on parental leave or work part-time.
• For every hour of unpaid domestic work or caring that men do in Australia today, women do 1 hour and 46 minutes.

RELATED: 5 reasons it pays to have women in the workplace

If you're looking for your next role in Western Sydney, or need help with staffing, contact a Michael Page specialist today.

The inaugural Golden Eagle takes flight at Rosehill Gardens on November 2nd. The 1500m race for four-year-olds is Australia’s third richest race with $7.5 million in prizemoney, 10 per cent of which is donated to the winning owners’ charity of choice.

A new landmark sporting event for Sydney's West, the Golden Eagle will provide a significant boost to the visitor economy with world class racing, live entertainment, fashion, award-winning hospitality and excitement of the first ever running of the Golden Eagle.

Be part of the buzz of Golden Eagle Day in The Hive’s exclusive Gold Party. Enjoy gourmet canapes, beverage package, Moёt and Chandon and live music entertainment throughout the day.

The Gold Club offers a lively, social atmosphere in Rosehill Garden’s Grand Pavilion with gourmet buffet, beverage package and easy access to trackside viewing. Secure your place to enjoy all the trackside action including the new $7.5m Golden Eagle.

For bookings and all other hospitality options, contact the Sales team on 1300 729 668 or at hospitality@theATC.com.au

The September 2019 Parramatta Light Rail quarterly newsletter is now available.

In this edition, you can find the following stories and more:

• Road widening works kick off on Hawkesbury Road, Westmead, in preparation for Parramatta Light Rail construction.
• A new interactive map is up and running at Parramatta Light Rail’s website showing proposed light rail stops and attractions nearby.
• Parramatta Light Rail celebrates School Trees Day with the kids at Parramatta North Public School.
• Local businesses sign up to free business mentoring before and during construction of the light rail – find out how your business can get involved!
• Enjoy discounts and deals at Parramatta’s ‘Eat Street’ dining district on Bankwest Stadium game days.
• Site investigations and enabling road works continue around Parramatta.

You can download a copy of the newsletter here.

Watch the races live on multiple large screens, feast on our delicious buffet lunch with a glass of champagne on arrival and take part in competitions throughout the day to win amazing race day prizes.

Date: Tuesday 5th November 2019 from 12.00pm

Price: $79 per person

Includes: Hot and cold buffet lunch, live coverage, prizes for best dressed, tab machines onsite

Where: The William Inglis Hotel, 155 Governor Macquarie Drive, Warwick Farm (parking is free)

To Book: Call (02) 90580310 or email hb042-sb@accor.com to book your seat.

Click here for further information.