LATEST NEWS
FUNDING TO HELP LOCAL SPORT GET BACK IN THE GAME
Sports clubs across Tweed have received funding for new equipment, programs and facilities to get more people involved in sport following the awarding of grants under the NSW Government’s Local Sport Grant Program. Seven sports clubs were among 836 sporting...
END-OF-LIFE CARE ENHANCED IN NSW
Member for Tweed, Geoff Provest, welcomes the NSW Government’s injection an additional $743 million into palliative care and other specialist health services, saying it will bring greater comfort and dignity to NSW residents with life-limiting illnesses. Mr Provest...
SAFE ROOM AND REMOTE WITNESS ROOM UPGRADES UNVEILED AT TWEED HEADS COURTHOUSE
Upgraded facilities to help empower domestic violence complainants and other vulnerable witnesses to give their best evidence in court have been installed at the Tweed Heads Courthouse. Member for Tweed, Geoff Provest said the projects were delivered as part of a $9...
MORE THAN 2,000 EXTRA STAFF FOR NSW AMBULANCE
The NSW Government has announced a $1.76 billion boost to frontline emergency care to deliver 2,128 new recruits and 30 more ambulance stations as part of the NSW Government’s 2022-23 Budget. Member for Tweed, Geoff Provest, said the record investment will ensure the...
NSW GOVERNMENT LIFTS WAGES AND RECOGNISES HEALTH WORKERS
The NSW Government has today announced a new public sector wages policy to provide increased pay for public sector employees including nurses, teachers and paramedics. Geoff Provest, Member for Tweed, said the new two-year policy will provide among the highest public...
RATES RELIEF FOR NORTHERN RIVERS FLOOD VICTIMS
Tweed ratepayers whose properties were damaged in this year’s devastating floods will receive rates relief under a $40 million program designed to help affected communities rebuild and recover. Member for Tweed Geoff Provest said the NSW Government scheme would...
SUPPORT BOOST FOR FLOOD-AFFECTED COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTEER ORGANISATIONS
Community and volunteer groups will be eligible for new grants to help re-establish services impacted by the recent floods in the Northern Rivers under a $13.3 million assistance package announced by the NSW Government. The boost will help large, medium, small and...
UNDERWATER MAPPING REVEALS ‘SEACRETS’
The pristine Tweed coast features in new highly detailed digital maps covering 6,800km of the NSW coastline with the Nationals in NSW Government have just made available for all to see with a Seabed NSW 3D map viewer, Tweed Nationals MP Geoff Provest has announced....
MPs SECURE FLOOD GRANTS FOR PARK RESIDENTS
Thousands of mainly older residents of Tweed relocatable home estates have become eligible for the Nationals in Government's Back Home flood grant, following a successful cross-party campaign to change the rules, Tweed Nationals MP Geoff Provest has announced. "One of...
FREE FLU SHOTS FOR THE TWEED COMMUNITY IN JUNE
Tweed residents are encouraged to roll up their sleeves from June 1 and get a free flu shot in an effort to combat this year’s expected severe influenza season. With a sharp increase in flu cases already, the NSW Government will fund flu vaccinations at GPs and...
GET IN TOUCH
I’m 100% for the communities of the Tweed and always looking to hear from you about what you believe should be top of my agenda.
Drop me a line via my office tweed@parliament.nsw.gov.au or phone 07 5523 4816 and I’ll be in touch.
Talk soon,
Geoff Provest MP
Member for Tweed