Good Old Days festival celebrates pioneer heritage

Australia’s largest gathering of harnessed draught animals will come back bigger and better than before over the 2022 October long weekend in Barellan, thanks to the NSW Nationals in the state government’s Regional Events Acceleration Fund. Deputy Premier and Minister for Regional NSW Paul Toole said The Good Old Days Festival is a unique event…

Record school infrastructure investment continues in Tweed

Construction work continues on upgrades to Kingscliff High School, Kingscliff Public School, Tweed River High School and Tweed Heads South Public School, with Nationals Member for Tweed Geoff Provest visiting the sites. The NSW Nationals in the state government are delivering record funding in school infrastructure, with $120 million being invested in the Tweed electorate…

Regions to benefit from record intern intake

More than 1,000 medical graduate interns have this week joined the ranks of the NSW Health system – a record number of new starters and the highest number of any state or territory in Australia. 1,073 interns are joining the NSW Health team this year – an increase of 32 positions compared with the previous…

Australia Day honours for emergency services personnel

Dozens of emergency services personnel and volunteers have been acknowledged in the 2022 Australia Day honours for their commitment and dedication to protecting the people of NSW. Nationals Minister for Emergency Services and Resilience Steph Cooke congratulated the recipients for inspiring the next generation of emergency service workers and for their exemplary service. “Over the…