A crackdown on discount stores, pop-up shops, markets and online websites had seen 95 non-compliant toy products pulled from shelves across Sydney in the lead up to Christmas, NSW Fair Trading Minister, Matthew Mason-Cox said today. A talking Thomas the Tank Engine toy and a Gangnam style dream bus were among the many dangerous toys […]
World leading research funded by the NSW Government is now available to communities, with climate projections out to 2070 and down to the nearest 10 kilometres, allowing the community to base adaptation decisions on the best available science. Environment Minister Rob Stokes today said the new data had been developed following a research partnership between […]
Retail trade is continuing to spike in NSW with $7.6 billion going through cash registers in October in encouraging signs before the Christmas shopping rush. Treasurer Andrew Constance said the ABS figures released today show NSW retail trade increased 0.7 per cent in October to be up 9.8 per cent through the year – the […]
NSW Minister for Small Business, John Barilaro, is encouraging families across the State to support small businesses this holiday season by purchasing their goods and services locally. Mr Barilaro said there are over 680,000 small businesses in NSW, which employ about half our workforce and make an important contribution to our local economy, provide local […]
Minister for Veterans’ Affairs Victor Dominello today named the 100 high school students, aged 15 to 18, who have been selected to represent NSW at Centenary of Anzac commemorations at Gallipoli in April 2015. Mr Dominello was joined by Member for Parramatta Geoff Lee at Cumberland High School in Carlingford, which was one of 25 […]
Minister for Police and Emergency Services Stuart Ayres has welcomed a report showing the best crime statistics on record for NSW with all major crime categories having fallen or remained stable across the State. According to the Bureau of Crime Statistics (BOCSAR), 10 of the 17 major offence categories have fallen with seven remaining stable […]
Minister for Education Adrian Piccoli today launched the Made by TAFE NSW campaign, which celebrates success stories from across TAFE NSW and recognises the positive contribution that TAFE makes to communities across the State. “Every year 500,000 students enrol in TAFE to learn new skills and improve their opportunities in the workplace. It’s appropriate to […]
Family and Community Services Minister Gabrielle Upton has announced more than 290 people a day are being helped by the NSW Government’s new Link2Home telephone service to tackle homelessness. More than 45,000 calls have been taken in the first five months of operation from its 24/7 call centre in Liverpool which Ms Upton visited today […]
Hospitals across NSW are continuing to strive for further improvements in patient care, figures in the latest Bureau of Health Information (BHI) Quarterly Report (July-September 2014) demonstrate. Health Minister Jillian Skinner today congratulated staff at hospitals in the city and country for their commitment to driving enhancements in both emergency and elective surgery. “Patients right […]
Attorney General and Minister for Justice Brad Hazzard today saw first-hand how the Heavy Vehicle Driver Training Program – which operates at five of the state’s prisons – is skilling up inmates to get jobs when they are released. “This program, which I saw in operation today at the Outer Metropolitan Multi-Purpose Correctional Centre, is […]