Media Releases

Upper House knocks down Opposition’s home building block

14 August 2024

Young people, families and key workers can breathe a sigh of relief as Labor and the cross bench rejected the Opposition’s attempt to stop the delivery of thousands of well-located homes to address the housing crisis, with the defeat of the Liberals and Nationals TOD SEPP disallowance Bill this afternoon.

Consultation on $40 million Central West Housing Program wraps up

12 August 2024

More than 300 residents from across the Central West region have participated in community engagement sessions that wrapped up in Eugowra, Molong and Cudal last week as part of the proposed Central West Resilient Homes Program.

More green space to support better communities

08 August 2024

Sydney is about to get a whole lot more greener following a $3.25 million investment from the NSW Government into new and improved parks, community gardens, wetlands, active transport and trails.

Wollongong Hospital ED to roll out Safe Staffing Levels

08 August 2024

Recruitment will shortly get underway for additional nurses in the Wollongong Hospital emergency department as the Minns Labor Government continues delivering on its promise to rollout a major staffing reform.

Illawarra families benefit from Minns Government's First Home Buyers Assistance Scheme

07 August 2024

More than 1,500 families in the Illawarra last year benefitted from the Minns Government's First Home Buyers Assistance Scheme, helping those families to purchase their first home.

More homes on the way for Wollongong, Central Coast and Sydney

31 July 2024

More homes will be able to be built near transport hubs at five key locations across Greater Sydney, the Central Coast and the Illawarra, with the Minns Labor Government’s Transport Oriented Development (TOD) planning changes coming into effect at more locations.

Supporting safe access to train stations - first stop, Murray Road East Corrimal

29 July 2024

If you use Corrimal Train Station, we’ve some good news for you! We’ll be making big improvements at Murray Road, East Corrimal so that your journey to catch the train is a safer one.

It’s ‘Aussie, Aussie, Aussie – oui, oui, oui’ as NSW supports our teams in Paris

26 July 2024

The NSW Government will turn the state green and gold in support of the Australian Olympic Team and the Australian Paralympic Team as they compete at the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Eden sails towards greater cruise ship capacity

25 July 2024

Eden will enjoy the benefits of bigger cruise ships and more frequent visits, thanks to the NSW Government granting planning approval for a modification to the existing Eden Breakwater Wharf Extension.

Councils asked to show flexibility for warehouses to clear supply chain backlog

23 July 2024

The NSW Government has today issued a circular to councils asking them to take into consideration the need for supply chain recovery over the next two weeks when responding to any complaints about operations at warehouses and distribution centres, wholesale and retail centres.