Mediation services provided by the NSW Government are helping small businesses resolve disagreements that threaten their future, Minister for Small Business John Barilaro announced today. “The bottom line is that disputes cost time and money that can cause mums and dads running a small business a great deal of unnecessary stress,” Mr Barilaro said. […]
Due to the difficult circumstances on the ground in Nepal, today I announce the Government’s plans to assist Australians to depart Nepal by Australian Defence Force aircraft to Bangkok. The timing and frequency of the flights will be subject to capacity constraints at Kathmandu airport and approval by the Nepalese Government. Once details […]
Minister for Trade, Tourism and Major Events Stuart Ayres today announced the NSW Government has secured one of the world’s most popular football teams and current English Premier League leaders, Chelsea FC, to play an exclusive match in Sydney. Secured by the NSW Government through its tourism and major events agency Destination NSW, in […]
The NSW State Government has committed an extra $7 million in the 2015-16 State Budget to facilitate an integrated closed circuit TV (CCTV) network as it continues to make communities safer. Police Minister Liza Harvey said the funding would implement the State CCTV Strategy, delivering the Liberal National Government’s election commitment to pioneer an […]
New research has shown that a misunderstanding about the safety of breast screening mammograms is making women from Indian and Sri Lankan communities afraid of having lifesaving breast screens. Chief Cancer Officer and CEO of the Cancer Institute NSW, Professor David Currow explained that the small amount of radiation from screening mammograms is harmless and […]
Minister for Medical Research Pru Goward has congratulated Sydney Health Partners for its cutting edge collaboration after it was named a National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Advanced Health Research Translation Centre. The winning NSW bid was one of four groups named in the first ever NHMRC Advanced Health Research and Translation Centres scheme […]
The government on Monday condoled the deaths in the devastating earthquake in Nepal that has also affected parts of India, and said it was standing by its own people as well as its neighbour in their hour of crisis. Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, meanwhile, said people should not believe in rumours being spread predicting […]
Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani on Monday regained his position as the world’s richest Indian with a net worth of $19.6 billion, pushing Sun Pharmaceuticals founder Dilip Shanghvi back to the second place after seven weeks. With a fall of $100.1 million in his net worth, Ambani slipped from his 39th position in the Forbes […]
Be it internet space through Twitter or on the ground, a senior minister in Haryana is making all the loud noises and making sure that he is heard. No day in the life of Haryana’s Health, Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Anil Vij seems to be without action that evokes interest. Be it his twitter […]
The BJP on Monday called a 12-hour shutdown in West Bengal on April 30 to protest against the “violence” and “rampant unethical practices” resorted to by the ruling Trinamool Congress during the recent civic polls. The call coincides with the 12 hour statewide general strike called by the main opposition Left Front. Several trade unions, […]