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Free Rail Travel to National Apology
Submitted by Penny on Wed, 11/11/2009 - 11:39am.
The NSW Government has announced it will be offering free return rail travel to Canberra or Sydney to people attending the National Apology to the Forgotten Australians and Former Child Migrants.
The official invitation issued by the Prime Minister and the Federal Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs will need to be shown on booking CountryLink tickets or used in lieu of a ticket on the CityRail network.
This invitation entitles those attending to up to 2 rail tickets.
NSW Budget
Submitted by Penny Sharpe on Tue, 06/06/2006 - 4:00pm.
The NSW budget for 06/07 has been announced. I have highlighted some of the things that won’t necessarily get media attention but are excellent initiatives.
New preschool funding means that every child in NSW will have access to preschool.
The government has agreed to fund the wage increase for workers in over 7000 community organisations.
Education funding to reduce class sizes to 24 in year 2. In NSW public schools class sizes in kindergarten are now 20 and year 1 are 22.
Upgrades to train stations to make them accessible, new busways, new buses and new carriages for our train system.