Six NSW genomics research teams working on unlocking the causes of some of the most debilitating genetic conditions will share in $1.54 million in funding as part of the NSW Government’s 2015/16 Genomics Collaborative Grants Program. NSW Premier Mike Baird and Minister for Medical Research Pru Goward announced the grant recipients during a tour of […]
The NSW Government will provide a glimpse into what the State might look like in the next 40 years in its upcoming Future State report, giving an insight into challenges and opportunities for the nation’s strongest economy and fastest growing state, Treasurer Gladys Berejiklian has announced. The Intergenerational report, which is published every five years, […]
Sydney is has reaffirmed its status as a global business destination with 7,000 medical professionals set to descend on the Harbour City in 2021 for a major conference. Minister for Trade, Tourism and Major Events Stuart Ayres made the announcement following his trade mission to Europe where he delivered the keynote address at IMEX Frankfurt, […]
NSW Fair Trading Commissioner Rod Stowe is warning consumers across the state to hang up on cold callers offering refunds on bank fees or rewards of any kind. Mr Stowe said the agency had received a report this week from a male pensioner from Woodville near Maitland who took a call, allegedly from the Commonwealth […]
Australian Consumer Law regulators including NSW Fair Trading have put the training industry on notice after a two year national compliance and education project targeting misleading, deceptive and unconscionable conduct by training providers and marketers revealed a number of unethical business practices. While many of the activities under that project have now been undertaken, ACL […]
NSW Fair Trading Commissioner Rod Stowe is reminding the public about an interim ban on hoverboards, following reports of the fifth hoverboard related fire Fire and Rescue NSW has responded to this year. Just before 6pm on 20 April 2016, Fire & Rescue NSW was called to a small fire in a Bankstown house. Investigations […]
Regional NSW is a bigger jobs creator than the whole of Queensland, the latest ABS data showed, proving that the benefits of being the nation’s strongest economy are being experienced right across the State. The official figures released today showed that 59,700 jobs were added in the regions in the year to March, an increase […]
Minister for Primary Industries, Niall Blair, has announced aerial shark surveillance along the NSW coast will be conducted year-round for the next 12 months, as part of the NSW Government’s $16 million Shark Management Strategy. “Over the last year we have ramped up aerial surveillance to detect sharks and protect beachgoers from Eden to Tweed […]
The ANZ Stateometer has once again shown that the NSW economy is the strongest in the nation and continues to outperform the other states. Treasurer Gladys Berejiklian welcomed the monthly report, which measures economic performance across the states and territories, and said it was pleasing to see that the NSW economy continued to grow at […]
Acting Premier and Minister for Justice and Police Troy Grant said the latest quarterly report from the Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research (BOCSAR) reflects the outstanding work of the NSW Police Force and the cooperation of the community. The New South Wales Recorded Crime Statistics 2015 released today reports 16 major offences are trending […]