The NSW Government will provide a glimpse into what the State might look like in the next 40 years in its upcoming Future State report, giving an insight into challenges and opportunities for the nation’s strongest economy and fastest growing state, Treasurer Gladys Berejiklian has announced. The Intergenerational report, which is published every five years, […]
$2.5 million linear accelerator reduces patient wait from weeks to days High-tech machine makes certain cancer treatments 66% faster Fiona Stanley Hospital Cancer Centre now operating at full speed Western Australian oncology patients will benefit from greatly reduced waiting times and faster treatment, with the commissioning of the latest in linear accelerator (linac) technology at […]
People with disability can now access a new state-of-the art fully accessible holiday house on the Gold Coast – the first of its kind in Australia. Disability Services Minister Coralee O’Rourke officially opened the ‘Our Getaway Gold Coast’ holiday house today for Montrose Therapy and Respite Services in Labrador. “Located only a stone’s throw away […]
The WSABE Awards are the premier event in the Greater Western Sydney region and recognise outstanding businesses by showcasing their achievements and exposing their excellence in the business community. We are pleased to announce twenty-one award categories for 2016, including new categories such as Lord Mayor’s Excellence in Customer Service Parramatta and four new Excellence […]
Sydney is has reaffirmed its status as a global business destination with 7,000 medical professionals set to descend on the Harbour City in 2021 for a major conference. Minister for Trade, Tourism and Major Events Stuart Ayres made the announcement following his trade mission to Europe where he delivered the keynote address at IMEX Frankfurt, […]
Joint media release with the Prime Minister, the Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP. In the race to build the world’s first super-powerful quantum computer, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science Christopher Pyne today opened a new cutting edge quantum computing lab at the University of New South Wales (UNSW). This follows […]
Eleven teams of scientists and researchers from CSIRO and Australian universities have been selected to take part in the next round of CSIRO’s ON Accelerator, a program set out to boost Australia’s innovation performance by accelerating big science and technology ideas into commercially viable opportunities. The teams were selected on the potential of their ideas […]
Freeing up laws around importing new cars will provide consumers with greater choice and create new business opportunities in a changing industry, ACCC Commissioner Roger Featherston said today at the Australian Auto Aftermarket Conference in Melbourne. The Government recently announced it will ease restrictions on consumers importing new vehicles from 2018. The reforms allow a […]
US President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel defended a free trade agreement under negotiations between the US and European Union on Sunday, saying the agreement will benefit the economy on both sides of the Atlantic. In a joint press conference in the northern German city of Hanover, Obama said it is “indisputable” that […]
The UN Security Council on Sunday “strongly” condemned Saturday’s firing of a submarine-launched ballistic missile by North Korea. “This incident constituted yet another serious violation by the DPRK of United Nations Security Council resolutions 1718 (2006), 1874 (2009), 2087 (2013), 2094 (2013) and 2270 (2016),” the Security Council said in a statement issued to the […]