From May, five million licensed drivers across NSW can enjoy a new Code of Conduct for motor vehicle insurance and repair industry. The Code will lift industry standards by reducing disputes between insurers and repairers and lead to more transparency of insurance assessments and repair work. “We’ve
Recent campaign revealed that more than half of the 822 audited businesses were not paying their apprentices properly. National Apprenticeship Campaign ran by the Fair Work Ombudsman revealed that 32 per cent of the audited businesses failed to pay their apprentices correctly. Moreover, 22 per cent
A new national Facebook page was released by the Australian Federal Police featuring the faces of thousands of missing persons in Australia. The National Missing Persons Coordination Centre Facebook page is the first national government-run page that provides profiles from State and Territory police
North Korea’s sixth nuclear test may be on the way according to the new satellite imagery of the nuclear test sites. New satellite imagery shows that N. Korea has laid communication wires and continued presence of three to four vehicles or equipment trailers at its nuclear test site. They are used t
NSW will join in the recovery operations in Queensland, as Tropical Cyclone Debbie made landfall. Cyclone Debbie was a Category Four cyclone and had winds over 200km/h, more than 100mm of rain and impacted more than 300km wide area.NSW Fire & Rescue and NSW Rural Fire Services will join with the ACT
The City of Sydney is supporting a new project “Welcome to Sydney” to welcome and provide opportunities to refugees across Sydney. The City is providing $100,000 in cash and in-kind to support the refugee welcome project that links new refugees to local volunteers and take part in social, cultural a
A total of $1.5 million in funding is available for organisations with new initiatives for mental health services in NSW. Organisations can apply for funding with projects that target innovation in areas of mental health services across NSW, to improve their livelihood. New initiatives should be in
One million families will soon benefit in child care cost relief as the Government’s early childhood education and care reform has been passed by the Senate. This means there will be more affordable, accessible and flexible services for families across Australia. Support will be available for people
The sunken ferry Sewol began to emerge from water after a massive salvage operation yesterday. This was three years or 1073 days after one of South Korea’s biggest maritime disasters, when the ship sank in April 2014 and left more than 300 dead or missing. The salvage operation is aimed to protect a
A new $730 million Next Generation Technologies Fund was launched today to invest in Australian defence capability and innovation. The new fund is designed to provide creative solutions to Defence needs and benefit Australian industry. “As our enemies devise new ways to attack, our Defence Force mus
The 2017 Metropolitan Water Plan will ensure there is enough affordable water for Sydney households and businesses.Under the new plan, Sydney water customer will save around $100 a year on their water bill.Moreover, an average of $20 million per year for the NSW Government will be saved as existing
An affordable foreign exchange (FX) platform has been developed by CurrencyVue and NSW Government’s Jobs for NSW to help small-to-medium businesses (SMEs) manage currency exposure risks. The platform will be launched in mid-2017, and allow small businesses access international markets by connecting
According to Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), more than 1000 reports were already made in 2017 dealing with online shopping scams worth more than $150,000 in total. ACCC is warning online shoppers in Australia to watch out for scammers posing as legitimate online retailers and
New data revealed Australian families faced a fee spike of almost eight per cent in early education and care system. Minister for Education and Training Simon Birmingham said the Turbull Government’s initiative to reduce fee increases was not enough to stop the continuing fee spike. 7.6 per cent inc
Former President Park Guen-hye will face the persecutors next Tuesday following the withdrawal of her immunity last Friday in the Constitutional Court’s decision by 8-0.“The prosecution team has sent a summons to former President Park Geun-hye’s legal representative, asking her to appear at the Seou
Up to 100 schools and childcare centres in NSW have introduced wristbands for children who suffer from serious asthma and allergy conditions.The wristband changes colour depending on the condition of the child. It turns green for allergy, blue for asthma, and red for anaphylaxis. The wristband will
Affordable Housing Implementation Taskforce was introduced by the Government to develop an affordable housing bond aggregator model. The affordable housing bond aggregator would allow more private sector investment into affordable housing. Community housing providers will be able to access cheaper a
Two people from Bali returned to Sydney with measles. Both travellers were on Virgin Airline flights from Denpasar Bali to Sydney. This is the second measles warning NSW health has issued this week. The total number of measles cases in NSW has reached eight for 2017. All of them have contracted the
Results from the Teacher Test 2016 has been released and shows that around 95 per cent of new teachers have the proper literacy and numeracy skills to teach in Australian classrooms. More than 13,000 students studying to be new teachers took the Literacy and Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Educati
Jetstar Airways Pty Ltd (Jetstar) and Virgin Australia Airlines Pty Ltd (Virgin) have been ordered by the Federal Court to pay substantial amount to penalty for misleading their customers with airfare prices. Following the initial accusations in 15 November 2015, Jetstar and Virgin have been confirm