Region. $28.4 million investment

Works are expected to commence in mid 2011 and take approximately two years to complete, on Integral Energy’s $28.4 million project to provide customers in Casula and Glenfield. with a safe and reliable electricity supply.

Carramar. Designers off to the USA

Tato & Memi, based in Carramar, is one of four clothing designers from NSW which will be featured in the Australian Fashion and Jewellery Showcase, part of G’day USA 2011 Australia Week. Tanya Memon and Marijana Golic, who met at East Sydney TAFE design school, draw their inspiration from India. “The NSW Government is proud to help the next generation of designers establish a presence in the world’s most competitive fashion market,” said NSW Arts Minister, Virginia Judge.

North-West. $140 million investment

The NSW government will hold a series of information sessions, in February, to discuss plans for a $140 million investment in new water, recycled water and wastewater infrastructure in Sydney’s North West. “Sydney Water will display an environmental assessment later this year and will give residents the opportunity to provide feedback on plans before construction begins in 2012,” said the Minister for Water, Phil Costa. The North West Growth Centre is expected to provide about 70,000 new homes over the next 30 years.

Region. Fletcher seeking clearance over bid

The New Zealand Commerce Commission said it would consider how Fletcher Building and the Australian company, Crane Group, which has facilities in Western Sydney, overlapped in the manufacture and supply of pipes and pipe systems, including how plastic pipes can be substituted for one another. Fletcher is seeking clearance from the commission as it pursues a $747 million hostile takeover bid of crane, according to The Australian Financial Review