Minister for Veterans Affairs David Elliott, in partnership with ClubsNSW, today launched the Premier’s Anzac Ambassadors Program, which will give young people the opportunity to visit historic Anzac sites during the remainder of the Centenary of WWI.
This year’s program is open to Year 10 and 11 students from across NSW and six young people will retrace the steps of Australian soldiers across Athens, Lemnos, Crete, Paris, Ieper and the Somme in April 2016.
Students will be asked to write a 1000 word essay on “Why the Centenary of Anzac is important for modern Australia?” The authors of the six best essays will be chosen to go on th ....
Public transport customers can now obtain and top up their Opal cards at Service NSW centres, making it even easier for people to make the switch from paper tickets.
Minister for Transport and Infrastructure Andrew Constance and Minister for Finance, Services and Property Dominic Perrottet made the announcement this morning at the Wynyard Service NSW centre – one of eight new locations to offer Opal card facilities.
“Opal has transformed the way people catch public transport, with around 4 million cards issued and 9 million trips taken every week,” Mr Constance said.
“With ....
Ms Julia Finn, State Member for Granville today said local residents of apartments and units were could lose their home to developers under Baird Government laws that strip the right to home ownership away from individuals.
Hosting a public meeting in Merrylands with Peter Primrose, Shadow Minister for Innovation and Better Regulation, residents heard of a Baird Government proposal that if 75 per cent of owners in an apartment block agree to sell, the remaining owners will have no choice but to sell up.
“The Government’s changes will hit people living in any of the 75,000 residenti ....
NRMA Motoring & Services was announced as winner of the Big Business category for its Motor Value Bundle campaign at tonight’s Australian Multicultural Marketing Awards, held at the Sydney Opera House.
The campaign, marketed to the Chinese community in local areas of Sydney, was built upon evidence-based insights into the purchasing behavi ....
The World Time Attack Challenge, a time trial and motoring festival featuring some of the world’s fastest cars, will hit Western Sydney next week as the NSW Government announced the event will remain at Sydney Motorsport Park until 2017.
Minister for Trade, Tourism and Major Events and Minister for Sport Stuart Ayres said the event has been secured by the NSW Government through its tourism and major events agency Destination NSW.
“The World Time Attack Challenge is a unique motoring event, and has grown significantly since its launch in 2010. This year’s Challenge features a line-up that includes time trial racing, high perform ....
The World Time Attack Challenge, a time trial and motoring festival featuring some of the world’s fastest cars, will hit Western Sydney next week as the NSW Government announced the event will remain at Sydney Motorsport Park until 2017.
Minister for Trade, Tourism and Major Events and Minister for Sport Stuart Ayres said the event has been secured by the NSW Government through its tourism and major events agency Destination NSW.
“The World Time Attack Challenge is a unique motoring event, and has grown significantly since its launch in 2010. This year’s Challenge features a line-up that includes time trial racing, high perform ....
The new NSW Coordinator-General for Refugee Resettlement has commenced initial discussions with relevant community, education and private sector groups to support the resettlement of Syrian and Iraqi refugees in NSW.
Professor Peter Shergold AC, appointed to the role last month by NSW Premier Mike Baird, said he was pleased to assume the role and looked forward to preparing for the arrival of the first refugees, expected before the end of the year.
“This will be a staged process over approximately 18 months and NSW will settle at least 4,000 Syrian and Iraqi refugees. The humanitarian crisis occurring in the Middle East is unpredictable and Australia and NSW ....
The latest national job growth figures reveals an additional 30,000 jobs were created in regional NSW in the last year, Minister for Regional Development John Barilaro announced today.
Mr Barilaro said the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics data confirms our rural economy is leading the nation with increasing business confidence because of the strong infrastructure program and the delivery of better services in our rural communities.
“The NSW Government is investing in regional NSW through our record infrastructure program to create more jobs and continue growing our $138 billion regional NSW economy,” Mr Barilar ....
The Australian National Maritime Museum is proud to announce that its Welcome Wall will be a supporting sponsor of the Indian Australian Business & Community Awards (IABCA) 2015 on 30 October 2015.
The Welcome Wall stands in honour of all those who have migrated from around the world to live in Australia. As a multicultural nation with one in four of Australia's 23 million people born overseas, it is a celebration of diversity. The wall allows today’s Australians to pay tribute to migrant forebears, family members and friends by having their names inscribed on it. Currently there are ov ....
Minister for Disability Services John Ajaka today launched ‘Who Cares?’ – an app that provides support for young carers whilst speaking at the Carer Day Conference at Western Sydney University.
‘Who Cares?’ is designed to help young people from 12 years old who care for loved ones with a disability or illness.
Mr Ajaka said that more than 100,000 of the 850,000 carers in NSW are under the age of 25.
“These young people take on a level of responsibility that we would normally associate with an adult,” Mr Ajaka said.
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The 2014-15 Beachwatch scorecard has rated 96 per cent of the state’s ocean beaches as good or very good, which makes NSW ocean beaches among some of the cleanest in Australia.
Environment Minister Mark Speakman today released Beachwatch’s scorecard, the State of the Beaches report, for 241 swimming sites.
The Office of Environment and Heritage’s report provides ratings for 139 ocean beaches as well as estuarine beaches, lake and lagoon sites and ocean baths across NSW.
“Despite above average rainfall over the past year, which affects water quality, 83 per cent of NSW swimming sites were graded as good or ....
A new multi-million dollar Transport Technology Centre will provide a boost to training and career opportunities for students in Western Sydney, Minister for Skills John Barilaro announced today.
Mr Barilaro said the 21st century facility at Wetherill Park is an example of how students and industry can build a modern learning environment for the future.
“Western Sydney will be home to the largest training facility of its kind that offers a blended learning environment to build the skilled workforce of the future,” Mr Barilaro said.
“Students and i ....
Minister for Ageing John Ajaka today used International Day of Older Persons to encourage older men to get active, launching Real Men Move, a three-year initiative aimed at getting men over 40 off the couch.
Real Men Move is a website and initiative to increase participation in physical activity to support healthy ageing and will form part of the 2016 NSW Seniors Week- Healthy Living.
Mr Ajaka said the Real Men Move website has been created to inspire men to increase their participation ....
Minister for Innovation and Better Regulation Victor Dominello has today released a discussion paper for the design of a Consumer Complaints Register. The Register will hold publically available information on the traders most complained about to NSW Fair Trading.
“Consumers should have the right to know which traders have high numbers of complaints against them so they can take this into account when purchasing goods and services,” Mr Dominello said.
“Publishing the register will encourage poorly performing traders to improve their customer service and complaint handling procedures. Similarly it will show which of their competitor ....
The International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) annual assessment of Australia’s economy and key policy settings, has highlighted Australia’s strong economic record.
As noted by the IMF, the Australian economy has grown twice as fast as our international peers over the past two decades and our per capita income is among the highest in the world.
The IMF attributes Australia’s sustained economic success to sound policy frameworks, identifying our flexible exchange rate, credible monetary policy, strong institutions, sound financial sector supervision and transparent fiscal policy as key strengths.
The IMF has forec ....
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