Parramatta Advent7 offers job opportunities

Advent7, a new addition to the Parramatta business scene having relocated from Lane Cove, a specialist in forensics, analytics and risk technologies and services, is expanding its workforce with openings for personnel who have had some exposure to data discovery and protection, e-discovery, network forensics, computer forensics, NATO grade firewalls, and encrypted phones and faxes.

Region. Help for disadvantaged students

The federal government plans to quadruple the existing loading for low socioeconomic and disadvantaged university students next year to about $400 a student in soon-to-be-released draft guidelines on equity funding. The loading is expected to increase to about $770 in 2011 and to $1140 in 2012, based on estimates of student numbers, according to The Australian. The loading is designed to give universities an incentive to enrol and retain more low-SES students in line with the government's targets to expand participation and overcome the chronic under-representation of poor students at university.

Parramatta. Paul Garrard elected lord mayor

Independent councillor, Paul Garrad, has been elected lord mayor of Parramatta City Council, by nine votes to six, over Labor councillor Pierre Esber. Liberal councillor, Chiang Lim, was elected deputy lord mayor over Labor councillor, Julia Finn, by nine votes to six.

Parklea. Jail privatised

Corrective Services Minister, John Robertson, has announced that the GEO Group, which operates the jail at Junee, has been selected to operate the Parklea Correctional Centre, making it the second correctional facility in the state under private management. GEO was expected to start operations at Parklea by the end of this year. Mr Robertson said privatisation would lead to $60 million in savings