Major events are set to come back bigger and better under a funding boost that drives tourists to the regions and helps communities back on their feet. Acting Premier Paul Toole has opened applications for Round Two of the NSW Government’s $20 million Regional Events Acceleration Fund (REAF) to help bring new major sporting, lifestyle,…
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Shark response capabilities will be enhanced at beaches across the state, with the NSW Nationals in the state government announcing a boost of $4.4 million for a suite of immediate additional mitigation methods, as well as ongoing funding of more than $85 million to continue this strategy until 2026. Nationals Minister for Agriculture Dugald Saunders…
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Taronga Western Plains Zoo at Dubbo and Taronga Zoo Sydney are offering a two-for-one entry pass on Saturday March 26 and Sunday March 27 to anyone who gets a COVID-19 vaccine at walk-in clinics onsite that weekend. Families can use the entry pass immediately or on any day up until July 31 at either zoo.…
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Deputy Prime Minister and federal Nationals’ leader Barnaby Joyce addressed the Rural Press Club this week. This is what he had to say: Winston Churchill once stated that he was “always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught”. Australia has to become as strong as possible as quickly as possible,…
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Ballina Holiday Park will provide temporary accommodation for people who have lost their homes in the floods. Nationals Minister for Lands and Water Kevin Anderson said the Crown land site would be used to respond to one of the worst flooding events on record by providing accommodation for impacted communities. “The Reflections Holiday Park at…
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Wellington Correctional Centre has officially reopened following the completion of a $38 million refurbishment to repair damage from a mouse plague which devastated the Central West last year. In June 2021, up to 200 staff and 420 inmates were successfully relocated to other prisons after mice chewed through internal wiring and destroyed ceilings, air conditioning,…
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The ribbon has been officially cut on the Newcastle Knights’ new $20 million Centre of Excellence at District Park, Broadmeadow. The Centre provides an integrated world-class high-performance training, administration, and community facility for the identification, development, and fostering of rugby league talent in the Hunter. It includes three full-sized training fields, a state-of-the-art gym, multipurpose…
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Moree is set to become the economic powerhouse of northern NSW with the announcement of $194 million to deliver the first stage of the Moree Special Activation Precinct. Deputy Premier and Minister for Regional NSW Paul Toole said the funding for construction of the Precinct’s stage 1 infrastructure was the next step in driving economic…
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Improvements to NAPLAN, including moving the test to Term 1 and returning results much earlier, will be implemented from 2023 following a review led by NSW. Nationals Minister for Education and Early Learning Sarah Mitchell said she was pleased that changes were happening in line with the review initiated by NSW in 2019 to make…
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J Notaras and Sons timber processors General Manager Donna Layton has been named the 2022 Clarence Electorate Local Woman of the Year. Clarence Nationals’ MP Chris Gulaptis said Donna was a big believer in personal and professional development and had obtained a university degree in business management. He said this helped her save jobs and…
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