Pru Goward: IT’S SNOW JOKE – ICEBERG AHEAD FOR SYDNEY

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 […]

Gladys Berejiklian Med Rel – Opal starts on 100 more buses today as 300,000 cards registered

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 […]

Mike Baird and Gladys Berejiklian med rel: Sydney Rapid Transit – More trains, less crowding

NSW Premier Mike Baird and Minister for Transport Gladys Berejiklian today said the NSW Government’s new rapid transit rail network will help to deliver more express services and extra trains to hundreds of thousands of customers right across the network. Visiting Bankstown today, Mr Baird and Ms Berejiklian said the proposed Sydney Rapid Transit (SRT) […]

Deputy Premier med rel: Asia Pacific leaders to gather in Sydney in 2015 for major financial event

NSW Deputy Premier and Minister for Trade and Investment Andrew Stoner today announced that Sydney will host a support event for one of the world’s leading economic forums, the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA), in 2015. Mr Stoner made the announcement in Beijing, where he signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Secretary General of […]

Rare marsupial species found in Australia

Sydney, June 5 (IANS/EFE) A population of marsupials called northern quolls was discovered in the remote island of Molema, north Australia, media reported. These animals are similar to cats and have been listed as a species on the verge of extinction. “Northern quoll populations have declined sharply across most of their former range in northern Australia”, […]