Western Sydney is proving to be the number one choice for first home buyers in NSW, with suburbs in the region’s growth centres receiving the majority of grants and concessions according to the latest data. In the 12 months between July 1 2013 and June 30 2014, 16 of the top 20 suburbs benefitting from […]
Sydney, July 25 (IANS) The number of cases of child abuse in Australia have increased by 30 percent over a two year period, authorities said Friday. According to the figures from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW), neglect and emotional abuse were the most common primary types of abuse, reported Xinhua. “Between 2010-11 and […]
NSW Premier Mike Baird today officially opened Sydney’s third container terminal at Port Botany – an investment that will boost NSW’s competitiveness in global trade and drive economic growth. Sydney International Container Terminals (SICTL) has invested more than $300 million in the facility, with 400 people employed during construction and around 160 people now employed […]
Minister for Planning Pru Goward was today joined by the Members for Hawkesbury, Baulkham Hills, Riverstone and Londonderry to announce over $25 million in infrastructure funding for local councils in these areas. Blacktown City Mayor Len Robinson and Hills Shire Mayor Dr Michelle Byrne were on hand to formally accept the new funding. “Recent figures […]
NSW Fair Trading Minister Matthew Mason-Cox today said Fair Trading raided two Sydney CBD retail sites and one Western Sydney warehouse last Friday, after a tip-off that they were dealing in counterfeit cosmetics, including the world renowned Mac brand. Mr Mason-Cox said more than 8,000 counterfeit products have been seized as a result of the […]
Sydney’s position as a global professional services hub and leading destination for international business events has been confirmed after being announced as host of Sibos in 2018, NSW Premier Mike Baird said today. Mr Baird said Sibos is the largest and most influential financial conference in the world. “Sydney is home to Australia’s finance sector […]
NSW Minister for Finance and Services, Dominic Perrottet, announced that Sydney’s iconic Sandstone buildings could be heading to market within the coming months. “In 2013, the NSW Government earmarked the Education and former Lands Buildings on Bridge Street to be developed for hotel and tourism purposes,” he said. “Since then, Government Property NSW (GPNSW) has […]
Sydney, July 7 (IANS) Australia has the highest proportion of recreational drug users in the world, according to the UN’s 2014 World Drug Report, media reports said Monday. The UN report confirmed Australia as leading the world in the use of party drug ecstasy, third in methamphetamines and fourth in cocaine, Xinhua reported citing a Daily […]
Sydney, July 4 (IANS) An India-born doctor in Australia, convicted of sexually assaulting a patient, Friday won a court battle to overturn a ministerial decision to deport him. Suhail Durani was jailed for more than 18 months for sexually assaulting the 19-year-old woman while examining her at Royal Perth Hospital’s emergency ward in February 2010, ABC […]
Sydney, July 4 (IANS) Australian scientists are concerned that fish are eating hundreds of thousands of tonnes of plastic floating in the ocean and this waste is ending up in sea food, a media report said Friday. Carlos Duarte, an oceanographer from the University of Western Australia, said there was 100 times less plastic on ocean […]