A new wind energy planning framework will ensure that NSW has the right settings to attract investment in wind energy, while balancing the interests of the community. The new framework will address delays in the assessment process that in one case required more than 2500 days for a project to be determined. The average determination […]
Vulnerable young people facing homelessness will be assisted with the expansion of the Youth Private Rental Subsidy from the NSW Government. Speaking today at the launch of National Homelessness Prevention Week, Minister for Social Housing Brad Hazzard said the subsidy will be expanded to Wagga Wagga and the Central Coast. “Reducing youth homelessness is one […]
The Australia India Business Council Ltd (AIBC) has announced the newly elected National Chair, Ms. Sheba Nandkeolyar and National Vice Chair, Mr. Jim Varghese based on votes from AIBC members in an election concluded on 17 June, 2016. Ms. Sheba Nandkeolyar is AIBC’s first woman National Chair. Ms. Nandkeolyar and Mr. Varghese acknowledged the significant […]
Doctors in NSW will now be able to apply to prescribe a broader range of cannabis-based medicines as a result of NSW Government regulatory changes. Premier Mike Baird said the move means cannabis-based medicines that were previously only able to be used in clinical trials in NSW can now be considered by doctors for patients […]
Public transport customers are reminded to be prepared and patient if they are yet to get an Opal card with paper tickets no longer sold or accepted from today. The last customers without an Opal card have responded well to the information campaign, with 350,000 Opal cards issued in the last month and 10,000 calls […]
For Sydney Festival 2017, Festival Director Wesley Enoch is offering Sydneysiders the opportunity to be featured as one of the cover options of the 2017 Festival magazine. “This year we want the people who enjoy Sydney Festival to be the face of it, by submitting their own pictures. The Festival has always been about the […]
Minister for Primary Industries, Lands and Water Niall Blair has announced for the first time residents in Sydney, the Blue Mountains and Illawarra will now be able to access up to date information on drinking water quality in their suburb. The new online portal is the first of its kind in Australia and allows customers […]
20 countries to screen the #WhatIReallyReallyWant film, targeting huge cinema-going audience Spice Girl Victoria Beckham together with other personalities, women’s rights and civil activists led the online movement to tell world leaders what they really, really want for girls & women 20 years after its release, a remake of the Spice Girls’ Wannabe video, […]
Confluence Festival of India in Australia was officially launched on Tuesday 26 July, at the Maritime Museum in Sydney. The festival is the most significant showcase of Indian arts and culture ever to be staged in Australia, taking place in seven cities across the country between August and November 2016. The national media launch was […]
I am profoundly sorry for the families of a newborn who died and another newborn who was severely affected after the wrong gas was dispensed through a neonatal resuscitation outlet at Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital. I deeply regret these families have suffered through such a devastating error. NSW Health will do all it can to support them. […]