COMMUNITY URGED TO REGISTER FOR RECORD REGIONAL ARTS AND CULTURE INVESTMENT
17 August 2017
Member for Murray Adrian Piccoli is reminding the region’s artists, performers and organisations to register their ideas both big and small for infrastructure and arts projects in the region to deliver long-term cultural benefits to the community.
The record $100 million Regional Cultural Fund investment over four years is part of the Deputy Premier’s $1.3 billion Regional Growth Fund to improve economic outcomes as well as local amenities and the standard of living across regional NSW communities.
‘WORLD FIRST’ PROJECT TO REDUCE IMPACT OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN ABORIGINAL COMMUNITIES
Wednesday, 16 August 2017
The NSW Government is greatly expanding the pilot of an innovative service to help Aboriginal defendants comply with an Apprehended Domestic Violence Order (ADVO), Attorney General Mark Speakman, Minister for Prevention of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Pru Goward and Member for Murray Adrian Piccoli announced today.
Minister for Lands and Forestry Paul Toole and Minister for Sport Stuart Ayres today announced a $240,000 investment to upgrade facilities and infrastructure at the Griffith Showground.
Mr Toole said the NSW Government’s Public Reserves Management Fund program would make a $191,869 contribution to the Griffith Showground Trust.
"A well-maintained, vibrant and sustainable showground is the pride of many communities across regional NSW," Mr Toole said
