LATEST NEWS
NSW Government awards big grant to Tweed Shire Council for Coastal Management Plan
Member for Tweed Geoff Provest and NSW Environment Minister, Gabrielle Upton, have announced that the State Government will provide $100,000 to Tweed Shire Council to fund the development of a coastal management plan. In announcing the grant Minister Upton said that...
Celebrating Carers this Foster Care week
Foster Care Week (September 9-15) is an opportunity to acknowledge the contribution of the wonderful people who provide loving homes for children in need. Member for Tweed Geoff Provest said children do best when they live in a nurturing family environment. “Carers do...
Community to help shape Tweed Valley Hospital
Member for Tweed Geoff Provest has welcomed the appointment of a community panel to help shape the vision for the new $582 million Tweed Valley Hospital. Rebecca Wark, Executive Director, Rural & Regional for Health Infrastructure, said the Consumer and Community...
Grants funding open to Tweed groups
Community organisations looking to build new or upgrade current facilities are encouraged to apply for funding from the NSW Government’s Infrastructure Grants program. Member for Tweed Geoff Provest said applications could be submitted for sport and recreation, arts...
Break the silence on White Balloon Day
Member for Tweed Geoff Provest is calling on the local community to get behind Braveheart’s National White Balloon Day – Australia’s only national awareness and fundraising campaign dedicated to preventing child sexual assault. White Balloon Day, held on Friday 7...
$4 Million Surf Club Fund opens
Member for Tweed Geoff Provest today announced surf life saving clubs across Tweed can now apply for funding for infrastructure improvements as part of the $4 million statewide boost to surf club facilities funding. Mr Provest said surf life saving clubs across NSW...
Tweed reminded to be prepared for bushfires as season officially kicks off
Tweed residents are being told to have a plan in place as the bushfire season officially begins, with more than a third of the state now entering the ‘Bushfire Danger Period’, Member for Tweed Geoff Provest said. Mr Provest said the NSW Government was well prepared...
Planning activity steps up on the Tweed Valley Hospital
Member for Tweed Geoff Provest today welcomed the increase of planning activity for the Tweed Valley Hospital, ahead of lodgement of the project’s first planning approval documents. “A new hospital for our region with an investment of more than half a billion dollars...
Have your say on Tweed Mental Health services
Invaluable insight into mental health care in Tweed will be gathered through a new carer survey as well as from consumers, who will now be able to submit feedback online, in an Australian-first set to transform the patient experience across NSW. Member for Tweed Geoff...
Public library funding hits record new high
Member for Tweed Geoff Provest today announced public libraries in NSW will be able to expand their collections, carry out major upgrade work and extend their services thanks to a record $60 million investment from the NSW Government. This funding will transform and...
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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