From today the use of the NSW Government’s COVID-Safe Check-In will be mandatory at most workplaces and retail businesses in the State. Check-in information from these additional venues is critical to support the work of NSW Health contact tracing teams in the fight against the highly contagious Delta variant of COVID-19. The expanded check-in rules […]
The COVID-19 Disaster Payment is available for people that live or work in parts of Sydney, Wollongong, Blue Mountains and Central Coast that have been in lockdown for more than 7 days. The payment is available for people that have lost work and income due to the restrictions that are in place. A second payment […]
By Raj Natarajan To have a little part of your country in an absolutely foreign soil is a matter of immense honor and pride. It is this moment of triumph, the Indian citizens in Australia felt when on 15 June, 2021, the Parramatta Council declared the iconic business streets of Wigram Street, Marion Street and […]
History has been made. 15th of June will go down into the history books as a day to remember when Parramatta Council declared the iconic business streets of Wigram Street, Marion Street and Station Street in Harris Park via a Council resolution to name it as “Little India Precinct”. This initiate is the first of […]
The NSW Government today announced a major new grants package and changes to the Dine & Discover program to help tens of thousands of small businesses and people across NSW impacted by the current COVID-19 restrictions.The package includes grants of between $5,000 and $10,000 for small businesses, payroll tax deferrals for all employers, an extension […]
To protect the people of NSW from the evolving COVID-19 outbreak, current stay-at-home orders will be extended across all of Greater Sydney including the Blue Mountains, Central Coast and Wollongong from 6pm today (26 June) until 11.59pm Friday, 9 July. Everyone in Greater Sydney must stay at home unless it is for an essential reason.The […]
The New South Wales Government has made a significant re-commitment ($10.18m) to the teaching of community languages across the state. In a video message to the Annual Gala Dinner of the NSW Federation of Community Language Schools, the Premier, Gladys Berejiklian, said she was incredibly proud of the teachers, the volunteers, the parents and […]
She’s been busy owning it on the global stage as an Actor, fashion icon, singer and the youngest woman to win ‘best actress in a drama series’ at the Emmys, now Zendaya is set to cause a stir as she steps onto the catwalk for her Madame Tussauds Sydney debut on 24 June 2021. Donning the snakeskin […]
In City of Parramatta Council’s meeting on 15th June 2021, Little India Precinct was finally approved. It was recommended that the use of “Little India” should be limited to define trading area of Wigram Street, Marion Street and station Street East. Council will provide guidelines to promote the term “Little India” Congratulations to the team […]
The mass vaccination centre at Sydney Olympic Park has opened today withthousands of people booked in to receive the COVID-19 vaccine this week. During its first weeks of operation, the Centre will focus on delivering Pfizervaccinations to priority groups including healthcare workers, emergency services workers as well as quarantine and border workers and their households.Bookings […]