State News

HISTORIC HIGH: MORE CHILDREN ATTENDING PRESCHOOL FOR 600 HOURS IN NSW THAN EVER BEFORE

The number of children in NSW undertaking 600 hours of preschool each year has increased by more than 40 per cent in the last year as a result of the NSW Government’s Start Strong...

1 February 2018

ACTIVE KIDS – $100 FOR EVERY CHILD TO PLAY SPORT

More than one million school children across the state are now eligible for the NSW Government’s new annual $100 Active Kids voucher.

Premier Gladys Berejiklian said from ...

31 January 2018

HISTORIC SYDNEY CHILDREN’S COURT REBOOTED

The $38 million transformation of one of NSW’s oldest children’s courts is complete, with the official opening today of the state-of-the-art Surry Hills Children’s Court by...

30 January 2018

BRAND NEW SCHOOL FOR WENTWORTH POINT

Premier Gladys Berejiklian and Education Minister Rob Stokes have opened a brand new school in Sydney’s inner west, as the NSW Government continues to ramp up work on its record school...

30 January 2018

WALK IN THE PARK CLEVER SOLUTION FOR ULTIMO PUBLIC SCHOOL

Students and staff of Ultimo Public School will go back to school tomorrow to a unique, pop-up campus – built temporarily on Wentworth Park – as their former school site is redev...

29 January 2018

NSW COMES OUT ON TOP IN ‘STATE OF THE STATES’

NSW has held its place as the number one economy in the nation after the latest CommSec State of the States report ranked NSW in first place for a 14th straight quarter.

29 January 2018

PREMIER HITS THE RIGHT NOTES AT TAMWORTH COUNTRY MUSIC FESTIVAL

Premier Gladys Berejiklian has joined thousands of fans at this year’s Tamworth Country Music Festival and awarded a prestigious Golden Guitar for the Country Music Album of the Year.

27 January 2018

NSW’S BRIGHTEST MINDS SHINE IN AUSTRALIAN OF THE YEAR AWARDS

NSW candidates have taken out top honours in the 2018 Australian of the Year Awards, with world-renowned physicist Michelle Simmons named Australian of the Year and mathematics teacher Eddie...

26 January 2018

WOMEN LEAD REGIONAL NSW JOBS BOOM

Women are at the forefront of a jobs boom sweeping across regional NSW, the latest ABS data shows.

25 January 2018

NEW BANKSTOWN CHOPPERS TO THE RESCUE

More than 2000 patients have been rescued by aeromedical choppers in Sydney and southern NSW in the past year, under the $151.2 million Helicopter Retrieval Network.

24 January 2018