NSW Premier Mike Baird tonight officially launched Vivid Sydney 2014, the Southern Hemisphere’s biggest festival of light, music and ideas. Mr Baird hit the switch as part of the annual ‘Lights On’ moment to officially launch the sixth year of the festival, lighting up the iconic sails of the Sydney Opera House. “Vivid Sydney has […]
NSW Minister for Sport and Recreation and Minister Assisting the Premier on Western Sydney Stuart Ayres said China‘s national football team’s decision to use Campbelltown as the base for its 2015 AFC Asian Cup campaign is a great result for the area. “I’m delighted to announce Campbelltown is the first site in NSW which a […]
NSW Minister for Sport and Recreation Stuart Ayres has joined with the entire motor sport community in paying tribute to the late Sir Jack Brabham AO, OBE. Sir Jack passed away aged 88. He won three world championships – 1959, 1960 and 1966. His first two titles were in cars he helped develop, clinching his […]
Australian Bureau of Statistic figures released today show housing approvals in the State grew by 58 per cent in March this year compared to March last year, and for the twelve months to March 2014 were at the highest level since 2003. Minister for Planning Pru Goward said that the latest figures show the policies […]
Minister for Transport Gladys Berejiklian today said a $22 million station refresh program now underway at 19 key stations includes a deep clean, improved station security and less clutter on platforms. Ms Berejiklian said train stations right across Sydney have been ignored for decades, and they had been left in ruins by the former Labor […]
A 40-year-old Randwick man has been charged with drug supply as part of an ongoing investigation into serious and organised crime on the Sydney waterfront. The investigation, which is being led by detectives from Operation Polaris, commenced last year (2013) and resulted in police identifying a man working on the Sydney waterfront who was allegedly […]
Minister for Police and Industrial Relations Michael Gallacher and Treasurer Andrew Constance today said the NSW Police Association executive has accepted an offer for a new three-year salary Award from July 2014. “I have been advised that an overwhelming majority of more than 80 per cent of members who voted supported the new deal,” Minister […]
Minister for Citizenship and Communities Victor Dominello today announced the expansion to 30 new communities of an innovative program allowing NSW volunteers to earn and exchange ‘time credits’ following the success of an Australian-first trial last year. “The expansion of Timebanking comes after the 4,300 volunteers who registered to participate in a regional trial across […]
100 high school students will be given a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to represent NSW at the 2015 Gallipoli commemoration service, which will mark 100 years since the landing of the first Anzacs. NSW Premier Mike Baird said the NSW Government would invest up to $1 million to enable 100 students and their chaperones to pay their […]
NSW Premier Mike Baird and Transport Minister Gladys Berejiklian today announced major construction has been completed at two brand new stations on Sydney’s South West Rail Link – a project which is one year ahead of schedule and $100 million under budget. Mr Baird, Ms Berejiklian and local MPs visited the site of the new […]