Minister for Police and Emergency Services Stuart Ayres has congratulated detectives from the NSW Police Force State Crime Command’s Drug Squad after they seized a substantial quantity of illegal drugs and firearms during raids across Sydney’s north-west this morning. “This is fantastic work, yet again by police,” Mr Ayres said. “More than 500 kilograms of […]
Health Minister Jillian Skinner has urged families to share their wishes regarding organ donation and register to become donors to boost the state’s transplantation rate. Mrs Skinner visited Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (RPA) to launch the Sydney Local Health District plan to boost organ donation and announced NSW Chief Health Officer Dr Kerry Chant would […]
Environment Minister Rob Stokes today officially started and farewelled the first group of walkers who will spend four weeks tracing the 315 km route as part of the inaugural Sydney Harbour & Coast Walk. The walk begins from Palm Beach and traces around Sydney Harbour before heading west to Parramatta, back to South Head and […]
Minister for Transport Gladys Berejiklian today said the NSW Government has delivered more than 9,000 extra weekly public transport services since March 2011, including more than 5,600 train, bus and ferry services in Western Sydney. Ms Berejiklian said the NSW Government came to office more than three years ago and found a public transport system […]
The NSW Government is calling for interested parties looking to purchase a significant land holding in the heart of Glebe. Minister for Finance and Services Dominic Perrottet is hoping that the sale of the former juvenile detention centre in the heart of Glebe will deliver dividends for NSW taxpayers as the NSW Government continues its […]
Minister for Transport Gladys Berejiklian today announced customers can get an Opal card on-the-spot from 1,000 retailers, including 7-Eleven stores and a number of Woolworths supermarkets. Ms Berejiklian said Opal is already available on-line, via the phone, at more than 40 pop-up kiosks at train stations and five Westfield Sydney shopping centres. “Customers can now […]
“The Community Relations Commission of NSW condemns outright the alleged racist attack on Jewish school children in Sydney’s eastern suburbs yesterday”, the Chief Executive Officer, Hakan Harman said today. “People who commit crimes motivated by racial or religious difference are the enemies of the whole society of NSW which is peaceful, accepting and understanding of difference. “Now that […]
NSW Premier Mike Baird said his thoughts are with the families of victims of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 during this National Day of Mourning, after he attended the National Memorial Service at St Patrick’s Cathedral in Melbourne today. “We have been shocked and saddened by this tragic event and the stories of the victims, which […]
Minister for Transport Gladys Berejiklian today announced 500,000 Opal cards have now been issued as Opal goes live on another 520 buses, benefiting thousands of customers across suburbs in Western Sydney and the Northern Beaches. From today customers catching 220 State Transit buses in Brookvale and the Northern Beaches can use an Opal card to […]
More than $21 billion went through NSW cash registers between April and June with the state recording another strong result in retail trade. Treasurer Andrew Constance said NSW has recorded the highest growth among the mainland states, with sales jumping 0.5 per cent in the June quarter to be 5.8 per cent higher than a […]