The NSW Government today launched FuelCheck, an innovative website publishing live fuel prices in real-time. Minister for Innovation and Better Regulation Victor Dominello said FuelCheck provides accurate, reliable, real-time information about fuel prices at every service station across NSW, and motorists can search for the best deal by location, price, fuel type or brand. “Making […]
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s latest report on the Australian petroleum industry shows that average petrol prices in 2015–16 were at their lowest levels since 2002. However, gross retail margins also increased to their highest levels, indicating that the full benefits of lower international crude oil and refined petrol prices are not being passed […]
Australia’s biggest night time shopping event is returning to Sydney, with beauty bars, champagne, catwalks and shopping throughout the CBD on Thursday 1 September. Vogue American Express Fashion’s Night Out is expected to bring more than 190,000 shoppers, VIP guests and retailers together to participate in the seventh annual shopping extravaganza that is celebrated this […]
The NSW Police Force will be reengineered to prepare it to protect the community into the future, including an increased focus on the evolving terrorism threat and the scourge of ice and other crimes impacting on suburban and regional communities. Deputy Premier and Minister for Justice and Police Troy Grant and NSW Police Commissioner Andrew […]
Australian ultramarathon runner Samantha Gash has started her grueling 3,800 km record run across India, in a bid to raise money for World Vision projects tackling barriers to quality education in India. Starting yesterday at one of the driest deserts on earth, Jaisalmer in Rajasthan, she will pass through the foot of the Himalayas and […]
Telstra will make it easier and more affordable than ever for customers to keep in touch with loved ones when it includes unlimited standard international calls on selected mobile and home internet plans from tomorrow. The new plans will include calls to some of the most popular countries Australians call including India, China, Hong Kong, […]
Multi-award winning Indian actress Vidya Balan will visit La Trobe University tomorrow (Friday, 19 August 2016) to meet staff and students taking part in a new international effort to help children with disabilities in India. (Live stream 10.30 am: http://www.latrobe.edu.au/study/international/education-alliance ) Led by educationist Dr Mary Keeffe, the first cohort of fifteen La Trobe students will travel […]
Sydney’s newest harbour headland park, Barangaroo Reserve celebrates its first birthday this weekend with one million people already visiting the headland in the first year. NSW Minister for Tourism and Major Events Stuart Ayres said one million visitors to Barangaroo Reserve in its first year is an outstanding result. “Just like the Opera House and […]
New and innovative financial support programs will be available for small, fast-growing companies as part of a long-term plan to accelerate jobs growth in NSW. Premier Mike Baird today released the Jobs for the Future report, outlining how NSW can reach its target of creating one million new, rewarding jobs by 2036. “NSW leads the […]
Victorian homebuyers struggling to get into the market will be protected from underquoting real estate agents, thanks to new laws to be introduced in the Victorian Parliament today. The Andrews Labor Government is cracking down on underquoting advertising – where an agent misleads a prospective buyer about the likely sale price of a property – […]