Minister for Transport Gladys Berejiklian today said Transport Officers have handed out more than 90,000 infringement notices to fare evaders in their first year of operations across the public transport network. In May 2013 around 40 Transport Officers started patrolling the public transport network, checking tickets to ensure customers have paid the correct fare for […]
Residents will be given additional powers to protect their homes from bushfires, with new laws being introduced into NSW Parliament today to make it easier to clear trees and vegetation from around a property. NSW Premier Mike Baird, Minister for Police and Emergency Services Stuart Ayres and Minister for Planning Pru Goward announced the measures […]
· Premier announces $450,000 investment for Victorian Commonwealth Games Association · The investment will help cover travel costs for Victorian athletes participating in the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games · The Victorian Government is proud to support Victorian athletes and a more active Victoria The Victorian Coalition Government will invest $450,000 to support Victorian athletes’ participation […]
· Port of Hastings expansion continues with project declaration announced · Declaration under the Major Transport Projects Facilitation Act paves the way for planning approvals process to commence · Victorian Coalition Government investing in future-shaping infrastructure and building a better Victoria Minister for Ports David Hodgett, speaking in Parliament today, announced a major milestone for […]
NSW Minister for Primary Industries, Katrina Hodgkinson, has today released details of a proposed new approach to protecting the State’s biosecurity status. Ms Hodgkinson said the proposed framework will bolster biosecurity measures and protect the State’s $12 billion primary industries sector and environment from pests, diseases and weeds, while slashing red tape. “The draft framework […]
· Light boxes installed featuring Australian music royalty to form part of the Dudley Street rail bridge · Street renamed Wren Lane in honour of the family which owns and operates Festival Hall · Victorian Coalition Government recognising Melbourne’s vibrant live music scene The Regional Rail Link project has given rise to a unique way […]
Minister for Education Adrian Piccoli today launched a new $2.4 million scholarship program to assist apprentices who need additional financial support. Mr Piccoli said the NSW Government is offering 40 scholarships, each worth $15,000 over three years, for beginning apprentices who have demonstrated financial hardship in completing their qualification. “Apprentices are vital to the economic […]
Washington, May 29 (IANS) US Secretary of State John Kerry has asked whistleblower Edward Snowden to “man-up” and return to the country, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. Kerry Wednesday said that Snowden is no patriot, should come home and face justice and that there is no honour in what he has done. Secret National Security […]
Jammu, May 29 (IANS) An Indian Army soldier committed suicide Thursday by shooting himself with his service rifle in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district, army sources said. “A jawan of 198 Field Regiment, identified as Satish Chander, shot himself with his service rifle, killing himself on the spot in Dhanni Dhar area of Rajouri district,” an […]
London, May 29 (IANS) Coming on the heels of recent studies that suggest destabilisation of part of the West Antarctic ice sheet has begun, a study shows that the Antarctic ice sheet began melting about 5,000 years earlier than previously thought – at the end of last ice age. The shrinkage of the vast ice sheet […]