NSW Treasurer Andrew Constance has today released the Half-Yearly Review, which has forecast a Budget surplus of $272 million in 2014-15 – a $555 million improvement on the Budget-time forecast. Across the forward estimates, a surplus of $402 million is now forecast in 2015-16, a surplus of $1.096 billion in 2016-17 and a surplus of […]
Minister for Roads Duncan Gay today reminded motorists of the critical role they play in making sure NSW kids have a safe and happy start to the school holidays. “Even though we’re all starting to unwind, we need drivers to remember to be alert and safe around schools,” Mr Gay said. “For many students, the […]
New laws to protect homeowners when they renovate, build or buy their home will start on 15 January 2015, NSW Minister for Fair Trading, Matthew Mason-Cox said today. “It’s essential that consumers are protected from shoddy or incomplete work on their homes, and builders and tradespeople working in the industry are appropriately regulated,” Mr Mason-Cox […]
NSW Premier Mike Baird and Minister for Citizenship and Communities Victor Dominello have today met with religious leaders to discuss measures being taken to maintain community harmony following the siege at the Lindt cafe in Sydney’s CBD. The meeting was attended by faith leaders representing the diverse religious communities of NSW as well as Deputy […]
NSW Fair Trading is warning consumers about scammers and training marketers posing as government officials to get residents to hand over their personal information. Fair Trading Commissioner Rod Stowe said NSW Fair Trading had received reports from consumers in Yeoval following an approach from two men offering free computers when the consumer signed up to […]
Sydney, Dec 15 (IANS) A 16-hour hostage crisis — the first terror attack in Australia — ended early Tuesday after police stormed a cafe in the heart of Sydney where an Iran-born cleric took some 30 people hostage and made several demands, sending shockwaves across the country. As police stormed Lindt Chocolate Cafe using flash […]
Minister for Health and Minister for Medical Research Jillian Skinner today encouraged innovators to apply for grants under the NSW Government’s Medical Devices Fund. Applications for round three of the NSW Medical Devices Fund open today, with $6.7 million available to support outstanding medical technologies. This funding is on top of the $16.4 million already […]
Minister for Transport Gladys Berejiklian today said the NSW Government will not increase fares to the amount recommended by IPART in 2015, instead keeping Opal bus and light rail fares unchanged and increasing other fares in line with the cost of living only. Fares for Opal bus and light rail customers will remain the same […]
Health Minister Jillian Skinner is encouraging school leavers or anyone interested in a career change to take advantage of close to 300 scholarships offered by the NSW Government for the 2015 Diploma of Nursing (Enrolled Nursing) program. The program will see students training at metropolitan and rural TAFE NSW Colleges as well as the NSW […]
Health Minister Jillian Skinner today gave the signal for an excavator to commence demolition of an old building at Westmead Hospital – the official start of one of the largest hospital redevelopments ever undertaken in NSW. Mrs Skinner was joined on-site by local MPs Geoff Lee (Parramatta) and Tony Issa (Granville) as well as Liberal […]