The NSW Government is investing almost half a million dollars to a pilot program in Sydney’s Sutherland Shire exploring a new way to cut red tape and speed up housing approvals.

Northern Illawarra passengers will spend less time waiting for a bus and have more travel options across the week, with 83 additional weekly services beginning from Monday 3 August.

New green space in Picton, a revitalised Wollongong CBD, and upgraded sports fields in Shellharbour are on the way, with Wollondilly, Wollongong and Shellharbour councils set to share more than $5 million in Minns Labor Government funding to get these projects moving.

The Minns Labor Government is providing almost $54 million in grants for 30 high performing councils to deliver the roads, parks, sporting facilities, and community infrastructure needed to support housing growth across the state.

Australia’s first urban Renewable Energy Zone (REZ) is progressing, with registrations now open for the Illawarra REZ Community Reference Group.

The former Tweed Hospital is set to be transformed into homes for thousands of people with the unused site being repurposed for 800 new homes.

The Minns Labor Government has reached another milestone in the Northern Rivers' flood recovery with the release of the draft masterplan to transform a 72-hectare site at East Lismore (formerly Southern Cross University land) into land for flood-resilient permanent homes.

The Minns Labor Government is accelerating the transformation of both the Western Sydney Aerotropolis and Bradfield City into a nationally significant centre for industry and innovation, with construction commencing today on a new state-of-the-art building at Bradfield City and the approval of a new $1 billion industrial estate in the Aerotropolis.

The Minns Labor Government is appealing to people across the Illawarra and South Coast to change a child’s life by becoming a foster carer, with over 50 local children needing foster care.

A major pumped hydro project with the potential to power up to 120,000 homes has been given the green light to transform a former mining site into a renewable energy generator in the Gloucester Valley.