The Minister for Veterans Affairs’, Victor Dominello today announced the 25 secondary schools that will have the opportunity to send four students and one teacher to the Anzac Day Dawn Service Commemorations at Gallipoli in April 2015. Mr Dominello said the schools were drawn by NSW Centenary of Anzac Ambassador Olwyn Green OAM in a […]
Attorney General Brad Hazzard today welcomed former NSW District Court Chief Judge the Honourable Reginald Blanch AM to his new role as chairperson of the Serious Offenders Review Council. Mr Blanch replaces acting chairperson Edward Selwyn OAM. Mr Selwyn will resume his position as Alternate Chair which he has held since 2012. Mr Hazzard said […]
The health and wellbeing of workers from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds is the focus of this year’s Multicultural Health Week, launched today by Health Minister Jillian Skinner. Local MPs Kevin Connolly (Riverstone) and Andrew Rohan (Smithfield) joined Mrs Skinner at the event aimed at promoting healthy lifestyles for multicultural communities. “Multicultural Health Week […]
The State Government’s free legal information service LawAccess NSW has reached a new milestone answering two million calls since it began operating in September 2001. Attorney General Brad Hazzard said LawAccess assisted a record 205,613 callers in 2013/14 – an increase of almost 5% on the previous year. “This is about giving the community easy […]
NSW Fair Trading Minister Matthew Mason-Cox is encouraging consumers who are planning to purchase concert tickets to buy from reputable ticketing agencies, as complaints surge. “Complaints about concert ticket purchases increased 64 per cent to 604 in the 2013/14 financial year,’’ said Mr Mason-Cox. “That compared to 389 complaints in the previous financial year. ‘The […]
NSW Premier and Minister for Western Sydney Mike Baird and Planning Minister Pru Goward today announced the historic heart of Parramatta North will be the focus of a major urban transformation project. Mr Baird said the NSW Government was demonstrating its commitment to the project by declaring Parramatta North a State Significant Site. This will […]
NSW Premier Mike Baird and Minister for Primary Industries Katrina Hodgkinson today toured the State’s North West to witness the conditions being faced by drought-affected farmers. Mr Baird and Ms Hodgkinson flew from Tamworth to Weilmoringle on the NSW-Queensland border, where they were joined by Member for Barwon and Minister for Western NSW Kevin Humphries. […]
NSW Premier Mike Baird and Health Minister Jillian Skinner today said the official opening of the new $10 million multi-storey car park at Sutherland Hospital is another demonstration of the NSW Government’s commitment to improving access to the State’s busiest hospitals. Local MPs Mark Speakman (Cronulla), Lee Evans (Heathcote) and Melanie Gibbons (Menai) joined the […]
Minister for Roads and Freight Duncan Gay today announced bull bars on light vehicles, within a reasonable tolerance of the requirements, will be given a two-year period of exemption from the vehicle registration regulations applying to bull bars in NSW. Minister Gay will issue a Ministerial Order to address the issue of non-compliant bull bars […]
NSW Fair Trading Minister, Matthew Mason-Cox, today backed a new national travel campaign informing consumers on steps they can take to protect their next travel or accommodation booking. “NSW is working with its state counterparts to promote the ‘Pack Some Peace of Mind’ campaign, an initiative of Australia’s consumer protection agencies aimed at ensuring consumers […]