While Brazil is busy playing host to the world’s football elite, Blacktown is set to host some of the world’s best music and dance at the 2014 Grass Roots World Music Festival. On Saturday 21 June, the Blacktown Arts Centre will rock and roll global style with two stages of ancient ceremonies, drumming and dance, village songs, […]
Funding to progress plans for light rail in Parramatta – Sydney’s second CBD – is a centrepiece of the 2014-15 NSW Budget. The NSW Government will set aside $400 million from its major infrastructure fund, Restart NSW, to accelerate work on a Western Sydney light rail system. “This marks a new chapter in our congestion-busting […]
The 2014-15 Budget continues the commitment of the NSW Liberals & Nationals Government to Western Sydney, boosting investment in transport, health, roads, housing, and other services throughout the region, NSW Premier and Minister for Western Sydney Mike Baird said today. “Western Sydney was taken for granted by NSW Labor for decades, but now we are […]
The NSW Liberals & Nationals Government will continue to put downward pressure on new home prices, by funding projects that will enable faster land release in one of Sydney’s south west growth centres. The 2014-15 NSW Budget delivers an additional $83 million for the Housing Acceleration Fund to open up land in this great area […]
The NSW Liberals & Nationals Government is investing a record amount in technology and modernising court complexes to deliver a more efficient, smarter justice system that delivers for the community. Attorney General and Minister for Justice Brad Hazzard said the technology measures would reduce the unnecessary financial burden of transporting accused and convicted people across […]
The NSW Liberals & Nationals Government will invest a record $5.5 billion to build and maintain critical road, maritime and freight infrastructure as part of the 2014-15 NSW Budget. “This is the largest roads, maritime and freight budget in the state’s history, bringing our overall funding commitment to more than $20 billion since March 2011,” […]
Customers will benefit from a $9 billion investment in the NSW Liberals and Nationals Government’s 2014-15 Budget to expand infrastructure and boost public transport services, including more than $1.5 billion this year alone to build new rail and light rail lines. Minister for Transport Gladys Berejiklian said the Budget supports the NSW Government’s commitment to […]
Since his arrival in Sydney in 2005, Varun has been pursuing his creative passion with an unfailing and unwavering dedication. He has striven to rise against all odds and has completed more than 3,000 shows as a Bollywood Dancer, a feat that is now impossible to achieve. Along the way, he has been a source […]
Minister for Planning Pru Goward today said Sydney could look forward to its greatest cold snap in recorded history, as Darling Harbour becomes a winter wonderland full of activities and frozen delights never before seen in the Harbour City. Along with a giant sparkling snowflake, an ice-rink, snow cannons and snow pits, an inflatable iceberg […]
Minister for Transport Gladys Berejiklian said from today customers can use their Opal card to tap on and tap off around 100 more buses in Sydney’s north and northern beaches, as the number of Opal cards registered hits more than 300,000. “From today thousands more customers are able to access cheaper, faster and more convenient […]