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RESULTS OF REFORM: AVERAGE WORKCOVER PREMIUM CUT OF 7.5 PER CENT
NSW Premier Barry O’Farrell and Finance and Services Minister Greg Pearce today announced 167,000 employers will benefit from an average reduction to WorkCover premiums of 7.5 per cent, saving them more than $200 million a year.
1 May, 2013
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PREMIER CONGRATULATES NEW LEBANESE MARONITE BISHOP
NSW Premier Barry O’Farrell has extended his very warm congratulations to the Australian Lebanese Maronite community on the appointment of Father Superior Antoine Tarabay as new Bishop of the Diocese of St Maroun in Australia.
26 April, 2013
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BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE: NSW SCHOOLS BECOME CONSTRUCTION SITES OVER THE HOLIDAY PERIOD
While students and staff are on school holidays, the State’s schools have been turned into construction sites with upgrades and minor works occurring at 129 public schools, NSW Premier Barry O’Farrell and Education Minister Adrian Piccoli said today.
24 April, 2013
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NSW FIRST TO SIGN UP TO NATIONAL EDUCATION REFORMS
The Australian and New South Wales Governments have today reached an historic agreement which will benefit over 1.1 million students across the state.
23 April, 2013
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NSW TO IMPLEMENT GONSKI SCHOOL FUNDING REFORMS
NSW will implement the Gonski national education reforms, securing $5 billion in additional funding for the State’s schools, NSW Premier Barry O’Farrell and Minister for Education Adrian Piccoli announced today.
23 April, 2013
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GOVERNOR TO RETIRE IN SEPTEMBER 2014
NSW Premier Barry O’Farrell announced today that Professor Marie Bashir AC CVO would retire as Governor of NSW on 26 September 2014.
19 April, 2013
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KEMPS CREEK: LABOR MPs FAIL TO NAME ALTERNATIVE FEDERAL SITE FOR WASTE
NSW Premier and Minister for Western Sydney Barry O’Farrell today expressed his disappointment at the failure of Labor’s Western Sydney MPs to name a Federal facility which could take the waste.
19 April, 2013
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DETECTIVE CHIEF INSPECTOR PETER FOX
I have received an absolute assurance from the NSW Police Commissioner that no disciplinary proceedings or other detrimental action will be taken against Detective Chief Inspector Peter Fox in relation to disclosures made last year regarding the handling of certain sexual abuse allegations.
17 April, 2013
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PLANNING WHITE PAPER RELEASED: COMMUNITIES AND CONSULTATION AT THE HEART OF PLANNING
Communities across NSW will shape the future of their streets, suburbs and regions and benefit from faster development application decisions under the biggest overhaul of the State’s planning system in over 30 years.
16 April, 2013
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PREMIER INSPECTS CONSTRUCTION OF SHOALHAVEN REGIONAL CANCER CARE CENTRE
NSW Premier Barry O’Farrell, South Coast MP Shelley Hancock and Kiama MP Gareth Ward today inspected construction work at the new $34.8 million Shoalhaven Regional Cancer Care Centre which is nearing completion.
11 April, 2013
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