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Mental health services and support
Should you, or someone you know need support, there are crisis care services available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
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Rural Health Workforce Incentives
Incentive packages up to $20,000 available for health workers taking up some roles in particular locations.
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Bushfire health and recovery advice
Find health information and support for during and after a bushfire.
Latest news
Ministerial media release
6 March 2025
The Minns Labor Government is trialling Fishheart ; a state-of-the-art temporary fish passage technology in the Lower Darling-Baaka River near Menindee, western NSW.
Ministerial media release
5 August 2024
Callaghans Lane Level Crossing near Quirindi has been chosen as the site for a $1.2 million trial of digital technology designed to improve level crossing safety in rural and regional areas.
Ministerial media release
22 January 2025
An exciting new prefabrication building company based in Central West NSW is helping to address the state’s current housing crisis, while also sourcing local timber and creating local jobs.
Ministerial media release
4 March 2025
A rare but highly disruptive problem for heavy vehicle operators on the Pacific Motorway is now a thing of the past following the installation of new technology and truck turning areas at the Tugun bypass tunnel.
Ministerial media release
18 September 2024
The Minns Government is helping farmers across NSW boost productivity, improve on-farm technology and connectivity by expanding its innovative $33 million Farms of the Future Agtech program to 2028.
Ministerial media release
16 September 2024
The Minns Government is continuing to support the state’s agriculture industries by investing in advanced research and diagnostic technology to protect NSW grain production and our food security from the threat of exotic pathogens and pests.
Media release
30 November 2022
New technology will offer the d/Deaf, Hard of Hearing and DeafBlind greater ability to experience the excitement of 2023 Toyota Tamworth Country Music Festival, thanks to two SUBPAC vests made available through the Department of Regional NSW.
Ministerial media release
18 March 2025
As part of the NSW State and Federal Government’s plan to improve regional and rural connectivity farmers and families across the state’s central west will benefit from major upgrades with 17 new telecommunication towers set to be built across the region by the end of 2025.
Ministerial media release
13 March 2025
The Minns Labor Government is continuing to support regional NSW with $15 million now available for communities in the Southern Basin affected by the Federal Government’s water buybacks to develop new job and investment projects.
Ministerial media release
22 January 2025
The Minns Government is continuing its efforts to safeguard primary industries from bushfire threats, with a raft of projects announced today to help protect critical plantation timber in southern NSW under the Government’s $13 million Plantation Fire Protection funding package.
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