Friday, September 11, 2026

New strategy to drive growth and innovation for Aboriginal businesses in NSW

The Minns Labor Government is launching its first NSW Aboriginal Business Strategy today, a five-year plan which will see Aboriginal businesses and government work in partnership to drive further growth and innovation across the sector.

The Strategy, released in Tamworth at today’s NSW Aboriginal Business Roundtable,

Major upgrade underway at Orange Grove Public School

A much-needed school upgrade is underway for families in Sydney’s Inner West, as the Minns Labor Government delivers new classrooms at Orange Grove Public School.

The project will deliver eight new, permanent classrooms, a new school hall, canteen, covered outdoor learning area, and out-of-school-hours care facilities, alongside four refurbished classrooms and a refurbished library.

The Minns Labor Government has worked closely with the school community on the final

226 new social homes for Western Sydney families

The Minns Labor Government’s record investment in housing is delivering results for Western Sydney, with more than 200 new social homes built in Blacktown and Penrith.

The milestone is the latest sign of growing momentum under the historic $6.6 billion Building Homes for NSW program which is delivering 8,400 new public housing units,

Western NSW on the cutting edge with latest radiation therapy technology

Residents in Western NSW now have access to cutting-edge cancer care, with the latest technology in radiation therapy now available to patients at Dubbo Health Service.

Western NSW Local Health District has become the first public health provider in Australia to deliver Rapid Arc Dynamic.

Rapid Arc Dynamic (RAD) delivers highly precise, personalised radiotherapy treatment.

Next Stage of Hume Highway Upgrade at Table Top to start

The Minns Labor Government is continuing work to improve one of Australia’s busiest freight and transport corridors, with the next stage of a major upgrade to the Hume Highway at Table Top to begin later this month.

Transport for NSW is upgrading a 3.3 kilometre section of the northbound lanes and a 3.15

Summit capitalises on NSW investment strength

The NSW Government will put the state’s economic strengths and investment opportunities front and centre tomorrow at the second Sydney Investment Summit.

Hosted in partnership with Macquarie Group, the Summit brings together more than 150 leading global institutional capital allocators and investors, Australian superannuation funds, senior political and business figures and leaders from the university sector.

The Summit follows the second annual Australian Superannuation Investment Summit held

Major milestone reached for Lismore Build to Rent homes

Residents are one step closer to moving into affordable, long-term housing, with Landcom reaching a major milestone by completing the topping out of its Build-to-Rent project in East Lismore.

Work to complete the project has progressed rapidly, bringing 50 new Build-to-Rent

Lasting legacy: a new era for the Hunter as M1 extension opens

After more than four million hours of construction, the Hunter’s largest road infrastructure project will open to traffic in the early hours of 11 September, delivering a new 15-kilometre motorway connection between Black Hill and Raymond Terrace.

  
The opening of the M1 Pacific Motorway extension marks a major milestone for the Hunter,

Stranded aged care and NDIS patients predicted to reach 1,700 in 2027

NSW emergency departments are treating more patients on time and ambulances are getting back on the road faster, despite growing pressure from patients who are medically ready to leave hospital but are waiting for aged care or NDIS support.

The latest Bureau of Health Information quarterly data shows 68.7 per cent of patients were

Avoca Drive upgrade powering ahead with shovels to hit the ground 18 months ahead of schedule

Shovels will hit the ground 18 months ahead of schedule on Stage One of the Avoca Drive Upgrade, with the project given the green light to start works before the end of the year.

The project is backed by a $100 million investment from the Albanese Labor Government and $30 million from the Minns Labor Government.

The major upgrade will tackle one of the Central Coast’s biggest congestion bottlenecks,