Once-in-a-generation reforms to the state’s strata title laws are a step closer today, with Minister for Innovation and Better Regulation Victor Dominello introducing two bills into Parliament containing more than 90 changes to the existing laws.
Key changes include:
Hunter organisations will receive over $1.6 million in NSW Government funding to support high quality and innovative arts and cultural initiatives, Deputy Premier and Minister for the Arts Troy Grant announced today.
Leading organisations funded include Newcastle, Lake Macquarie and Maitland Art Galleries, the Hunter Writers’ Centre, The Lock-Up arts space and Tantrum Theatre Co-operative.
Mr Grant made the announcement at Flipside Dance which received $55,000 for their 2016 project Pushing the Boundaries contemporary dance and multi-arts project for youth in the region. The project involves young people fro ....
Minister for Disability Services John Ajaka today announced that the NSW Government is seeking expressions of interest (EOI) from non-government organisations to build and operate disability housing to replace the remaining large residential centres in the Hunter region.
The EOI is seeking privately financed proposals from capable organisations to build new, more homelike accommodation for 390 people currently living in the large residential centres.
Mr Ajaka said that closing these institutions will help ensure that people with disability can live life their way and fully participate in the community.
“Through th ....
Minister for Transport and Infrastructure Andrew Constance has announced peak services would be doubled on the South West Rail Link by the end of the year, and customers would have direct access to more destinations across Sydney.
The $2.1 billion South West Rail Link opened in February this year, ahead of schedule and $300 million under budget.
Mr Constance said the rail line was proving popular with locals in Sydney's fastest growing region, with more than 1,500 train journeys every weekday from new stations at Leppington and Edmondson Park.
"On Sunday December 13 we will connect the rail line with th ....
NSW has recorded the lowest unemployment rate of any state and has had more than half of the nation’s jobs growth over the past 12 months, today’s ABS figures have confirmed.
Treasurer Gladys Berejiklian has welcomed the news as further proof that NSW is the number one economy in Australia.
“NSW is again outperforming the rest of the nation, with our unemployment rate falling to 5.9 per cent in September – below the national average,” Ms Berejiklian said.
The NSW unemployment rate has been at or below the national rate for the last 23 consecutive months.
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The latest release vehicles and motorbikes from around the world will be on display at MotorWorld Sydney, a new five day motoring festival at Sydney Motorsport Park in Western Sydney.
Minister for Trade, Tourism and Major Events and Minister for Sport Stuart Ayres today announced MotorWorld Sydney had been secured for three years from 2016 by the NSW Government through its tourism and major events agency Destination NSW.
“This fantastic new event, obtained exclusively for Western Sydney, is set to attract car enthusiasts from around Australia and the world to Sydney Motorsport Park at Eastern Creek,” Mr ....
New teachers will be better prepared for the classroom under the latest NSW Government initiative to strengthen the training of future teachers.
Minister for Education Adrian Piccoli has announced a new agreement with the 11 universities in NSW that provide the majority of professional experience placements in NSW public schools.
“Formalising arrangements between universities and NSW public schools taking on student teachers will create higher quality education and more consistency for students doing prac-teaching,” Mr Piccoli said.
“The agreements set out the priorities, expectations and roles of the schools and univers ....
NSW Greens MPs Dr Mehreen Faruqi MLC and Senator Lee Rhiannon have called on the NSW Government and Australian government to engage widely and address root causes that lead to violence in response to the recent tragic shooting at Parramatta.
Dr Mehreen Faruqi MLC, Greens NSW spokesperson for Multiculturalism and the sole Muslimwoman MP in NSW, said:
“If our aim is to build a harmonious, accepting and peaceful society, we must investigate and address root causes that lead young people down this dangerous path to violence, and not implement just band-aid solutions.
“What happened in Parramatta was a tragic and shocking cri ....
NSW Treasurer Gladys Berejiklian today released the final results for 2014-15 revealing a surplus of $2.9 billion – an improvement of $823 million since the June 2015 Budget forecast.
Ms Berejiklian said the Total State Sector Accounts (TSSA) confirmed that the NSW Government’s hard work to bring the Budget back under control was paying off.
“It’s great to see our Budget result firmly in surplus, our net debt falling and our infrastructure spending at record highs,” Ms Berejiklian said.
The improvement in the Budget result was due in large part to a small number of one-off items including higher than ex ....
Minister for Industry, Resources and Energy, Anthony Roberts and Environment Minister Mark Speakman, today said the NSW Government has taken a major step in delivering the recommendations of the independent NSW Chief Scientist & Engineer around coal seam gas and the NSW Gas Plan, with the introduction of new legislation into State Parliament.
Mr Roberts said the new laws build on the reforms already introduced by the NSW Liberals & Nationals Government to better regulate the state’s resources sector.
“This Government has made a priority of resetting the regulation of the resources sector and we are delivering,” Mr Roberts said.
Minister for Family and Community Services and Social Housing Brad Hazzard has welcomed new laws to help protect social housing tenants by evicting people who commit serious crimes from NSW Government social housing properties.
“The laws passed by the Parliament affirm that social housing tenants deserve good neighbours and people who support the housing system that provides them with shelter,” Mr Hazzard said.
The changes include:
Minister for Innovation and Better Regulation Victor Dominello today issued a strong warning about working safely around forklifts.
Between July 2012 and July 2014, 1,360 workers were injured in forklift incidents, including five fatalities, at a cost of $15.8 million to the NSW workers compensation scheme.
“Creating a safe workplace should be the number one priority for every business,” Mr Dominello said.
“Workplace incidents involving forklifts often result in serious injuries and operators need to be conscious of pedestrians at all times.”
SafeWork NSW advises busin ....
The NSW Government is improving its Energy Savings Scheme (ESS) to make it more affordable for households and businesses to purchase and install energy efficient products.
Electrical appliances can account for 25 per cent of home energy use, so by using energy efficient products consumers can help push down their household energy bills.
Minister for Industry, Resources and Energy Anthony Roberts and Environment Minister Mark Speakman today announced three key changes to the scheme that could save households and businesses up to $8.2 billion on their energy bills during the life of the scheme.
Minister for Industry, Resources and Energy, Anthony Roberts, today introduced legislation into State Parliament to put greater downward pressure on energy prices.
The Energy Legislation Amendment (Electricity and Gas Pricing) Bill 2015 is the next step in the deregulation of retail energy prices.
Mr Roberts said the legislation would provide certainty for customers and the market by enshrining the Government’s reforms around electricity price deregulation and would update current safeguards for electricity and gas customers.
“The deregulation of the retail electricity market has put downward pre ....
Consumers will receive greater protection when purchasing a property, after a bill strengthening the law against underquoting passed the NSW Parliament today.
Minister for Innovation and Better Regulation Victor Dominello said the reform fulfils a NSW Government election commitment.
“The NSW Government committed to overhauling the current laws to crackdown on the practice of real estate underquoting – and we have delivered,” he said.
“Underquoting is illegal and misleads potential buyers looking for their dream home.”
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