The heartache of facing Christmas following the loss of a loved one on the roads is the focus of a touching installation launched in Melbourne’s CBD today. The Ungiven Gifts installation features 209 gifts, symbolising the number of lives lost on Victorian roads this year. Assistant Treasurer Gordon Rich-Phillips, who launched the installation in the […]
Minister for Family and Community Services, Pru Goward today announced the further roll-out of more SOS response alarms to better support domestic violence victims. An additional 70 alarms will be rolled out this year following the introduction of the first roll out in June 2012, when 50 alarms were provided to women who were at […]
Kamay Botany Bay National Park – one of the most remarkable cultural and natural landscapes in Australia – has been listed on the NSW State Heritage Register, Heritage Minister Robyn Parker announced today. Ms Parker said the meeting of indigenous Australians and European settlers at this site, and the events which followed, shaped the history […]
Health Minister Jillian Skinner today announced $800,000 to plan the next stage of the Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital redevelopment. Mrs Skinner was accompanied by Member for East Hills Glenn Brookes as she toured the hospital’s emergency and ambulatory care departments and met staff and patients. “It is always a pleasure to visit Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital and to meet […]
Health Minister Jillian Skinner today inspected progress on the $139 million Campbelltown Hospital redevelopment, which is progressing ahead of schedule. The multi-storey clinical services building – which is the centrepiece of the redevelopment – is on target for completion in December 2014. Mrs Skinner was accompanied on her tour by state MPs Jai Rowell (Wollondilly), […]
Fair Trading Commissioner Rod Stowe is warning NSW residents affected by severe storms over the past week to use only licensed and reputable tradespeople to do repair work on homes. The NSW State Emergency Service received nearly 2,000 requests for assistance including, 776 involving damaged or leaking roofs; 313 for water inundation or flood threatening; and 263 […]
When I said on election night that Australia was under new management and, once more, open for business, I was acknowledging an iron law of public policy. You cannot have strong communities without strong economies to sustain them and you can’t have a strong economy without profitable private businesses. Making it easier for businesses to […]
The show is from 5pm to 8:30 pm on Sunday the 1st of December. We didn’t do it on Saturday as a lot of people usually have functions on Saturdays to attend. Its at the Red Gum Function Centre in Wentworthville The details about the show are (the poster should be attached): You can also share my facebook event link around […]
Western Sydney suburbs are driving a surge in the take-up of First Home Owner Grants for new homes, making up 70 per cent of the top 20 suburbs claiming the incentive. NSW Treasurer Mike Baird said the take-up of First Home Owner Grants (FHOG) by residents in the top 20 suburbs had almost tripled in […]
New Delhi, Nov 22 Get a chance to experience the adventures of sci-fi film “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” via a mobile game. Reliance Games, the mobile gaming division of Reliance Entertainment Digital, has launched the official mobile game of the movie, which released in the US Friday. The mobile game, “Hunger Games: Catching Fire […]