Nominations for the 2015 Premier’s Multicultural Community Medals are now open and tickets for the Premier’s Harmony Dinner are now on sale, Minister for Citizenship and Communities Victor Dominello has announced today. Winners of the medals will be announced by NSW Premier Mike Baird at the Premier’s Harmony Dinner at Rosehill Gardens Racecourse on Thursday […]
Health Minister Jillian Skinner today announced 22 new appointments to the boards of 13 of the state’s 15 Local Health Districts. Mrs Skinner thanked outgoing board members for their commitment and efforts to achieve the best care for patients in their regions. “I am delighted that today’s appointments mean our Local Health Districts continue to […]
WA Police will now work alongside the Australian Federal Police (AFP) to target online child exploitation as part of the new Joint Anti Child Exploitation Team (JACET). Police Minister Liza Harvey said officers from the WA Police Sex Crime Division would share intelligence and literally work alongside the AFP’s Child Protection Operations in Perth. “By […]
Minister for Transport Gladys Berejiklian announced new lifts at Circular Quay Station will open for train customers over the weekend – in time for the busy holiday season. The NSW Government has installed two new lifts at the station to provide easy access for the elderly, customers with disability, parents with prams and thousands of […]
The State Government will make temporary assistance available to junior iron ore miners on a case by case basis as they restructure operations in challenging market conditions. Premier and State Development Minister Colin Barnett and Mines and Petroleum Minister Bill Marmion said the assistance would be in the form of a 50 per cent rebate […]
ew Delhi, Dec 19 (IANS) The government is investigating reports of generic versions of some medicines being manufactured without proper testing, Health Minister J.P. Nadda Friday told parliament. In a written reply in the Lok Sabha, Nadda said that the government was aware of the reports regarding manufacturing of generic versions of some drugs without […]
Bengaluru, Dec 19 (IANS) The heart of a brain dead one year and 10-month-old infant was harvested here and flown to Chennai Friday by a special aircraft to be transplanted in a two year and eight-months-old child, in record time, thanks to the ‘green corridor’ the city traffic police opened up for the emergency operation. […]
New Delhi, Dec 19 (IANS) The health ministry is intensifying the drugs treatment programme on the evidence of United Nations’s Methadone Maintenance Treatment (MMT) Programme, an official said Friday. “MMT is currently available at United Nation Office on Drugs and Control-supported five model centers across the country like civil hospital in Kapurthala and Bathinda in […]
New Delhi, Dec 19 (IANS) Open water swimmer Bhakti Sharma will be financially backed in her swimming efforts by Vedanta company Hindustan Zinc for a year, a release said Friday. Bhakti will be promoting open water swimming and will also train girls in swimming leagues during the year she will be sponsored. “I am very […]
Bhubaneswar, Dec 19 (IANS) The CBI Friday arrested a top Odisha Police officer for his alleged links with the Artha Tatwa Group, a chit fund company operating in the state. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested deputy superintendent of police Pramod Panda on charges of conspiracy and gaining financial benefits. “In Orissa chit fund […]