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$400 MILLION TO EMPOWER ABORIGINAL COMMUNITIES & DELIVER OUTCOMES

$400 MILLION TO EMPOWER ABORIGINAL COMMUNITIES & DELIVER OUTCOMES

The NSW Government has announced $401 million in additional funding over four years in the 2022-23 Budget, to prioritise Closing the Gap and other projects that improve outcomes for Aboriginal people across the state. Premier Dominic Perrottet said the significant...

JURASSIC WORLD BY BRICKMAN® A BLOCKBUSTER HIT AT THE AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM

JURASSIC WORLD BY BRICKMAN® A BLOCKBUSTER HIT AT THE AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM

The Australian Museum has seen an incredible influx of visitors to its Jurassic World by Brickman® exhibition, made possible through funding from the NSW Government’s Blockbuster initiative. In 2021, the NSW Government announced a $40 million four-year commitment to...

BLOCKBUSTER ART GALLERY EXPERIENCE GOES REGIONAL

BLOCKBUSTER ART GALLERY EXPERIENCE GOES REGIONAL

Regional communities will be able to experience two major Art Gallery of NSW exhibitions thanks to funding provided through the NSW Government’s $40 million Blockbuster initiative. The three-year touring program will fund two major exhibitions - the inaugural Wynne...

CONTINUING THE TRUTH TELLING JOURNEY FOR NSW STOLEN GENERATIONS

CONTINUING THE TRUTH TELLING JOURNEY FOR NSW STOLEN GENERATIONS

Stolen Generation Survivors today joined the Premier and Ministers in the NSW Parliament to mark the 25th anniversary of the state’s apology to the Stolen Generations by former Premier Bob Carr in 1997. Premier Dominic Perrottet said the public acknowledgement and...

WELLBEING THE FOCUS OF SECOND REGIONAL YOUTH TASKFORCE MEETING

WELLBEING THE FOCUS OF SECOND REGIONAL YOUTH TASKFORCE MEETING

Members of this year’s Regional Youth Taskforce have met in Wagga Wagga for their second official meeting to discuss and participate in activities supporting mental and physical health and education.  The taskforce was established to provide policy and operational...

BOYS TO THE BUSH COMING TO SOUTH EAST AND RIVERINA MURRAY

BOYS TO THE BUSH COMING TO SOUTH EAST AND RIVERINA MURRAY

A not-for-profit charity providing prevention and early intervention strategies for young men at risk of disengagement is expanding to the South East and Riverina Murray regions. Almost $500,000 from the NSW Office for Regional Youth will enable Boys to the Bush to...

LOCAL COUNCIL ARTS AND CULTURAL PROGRAMS RECEIVE FUNDING BOOST

LOCAL COUNCIL ARTS AND CULTURAL PROGRAMS RECEIVE FUNDING BOOST

Communities in 21 local councils across NSW are set to be inspired with exciting, ambitious, and innovative creative programs made possible through 2022/2023 Local Government Authorities (LGA) Arts and Cultural Projects Funding. Minister for the Arts Ben Franklin...

NATIONAL RECONCILIATION WEEK 2022: BE BRAVE. MAKE CHANGE.

NATIONAL RECONCILIATION WEEK 2022: BE BRAVE. MAKE CHANGE.

New South Wales residents are encouraged to embrace the challenge of this year’s National Reconciliation Week: Be Brave. Make Change. National Reconciliation Week, which runs annually from 27 May to 3 June, commemorates two significant milestones in the reconciliation...

NATIONAL SORRY DAY 2022

NATIONAL SORRY DAY 2022

Today is National Sorry Day. I would like to acknowledge all of the Stolen Generation Survivors, those who made it home, those who are still on their journey and those who never made it. Today we acknowledge the trauma and harm caused by the forced removal of...

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