LATEST NEWS
Work begins on upgrading Pacific Highway to save lives on country roads
Member for Tweed Geoff Provest today announced that Tweed will benefit from the Saving Lives on Country Roads Program with works at Stotts Creek to begin this financial year. “Country people make up a third of the NSW population, but last year fatalities on country...
2019 NSW Youth Advisory Council Applications Open
Member for Tweed Geoff Provest is encouraging local youth to apply for a position on the 2019 NSW Youth Advisory Council (YAC). The YAC is responsible for advising the NSW Government on issues of importance to young people, as well as evaluating youth-related...
Bill passes targeting Tweed’s Public Housing wreckers and rorters
Tenants who damage public housing and those convicted of rental fraud will face new sanctions and eviction under a Bill passed today by the NSW Government. Member for Tweed Geoff Provest and Minister for Social Housing Pru Goward said the Bill, which amends the...
Angel Rings on site soon
Member for Tweed, Geoff Provest has today confirmed that Lifesaving Angel Rings will be installed at Fingal Head by the Australian National Sportsfishing Association (ANSA) in coming weeks. This follows a successful outcome following negotiations with NSW Crown Lands,...
New initiative boosting teen employment prospects
Member for Tweed Geoff Provest is encouraging local businesses to register their interest in mentoring and building vocational skills in young people to help divert them away from crime and into education and employment opportunities. The new RISEUP program was...
Pottsville Ambulance Station marks another milestone
Member for Tweed Geoff Provest today announced tenders have been called for the construction of the first NSW Ambulance station for the community of Pottsville at 1128 Pottsville Road. “This is a significant milestone in the NSW Government’s election commitment to...
Dangerous lifejackets being traded in for new designs
Boaties have traded-in potentially dangerous lifejackets in exchange for new, modern versions, with the NSW Government’s pioneering Old4New program notching up around 26,000 new, safer jackets. The Centre for Maritime Safety initiative encouraged people to trade in...
Surf’s up for new $6 million surfing centre
A new generation of surfers will be riding high into Olympic contention with the opening today of the $6 million expansion of the Surfing Australia Hurley High Performance Centre in Casuarina. Sports Minister Stuart Ayres and Member for Tweed Geoff Provest today...
Making Tweed a safer place to live
Local businesses and community groups in Tweed are being encouraged to share their crime prevention ideas and apply for up to $250,000 in NSW Government funding. Member Tweed, Geoff Provest, said more than $2.6 million is available as part of the $10 million Community...
Life-saving Defibrillator program opens for Round Two
Member for Tweed, Geoff Provest, has advised sporting clubs are now eligible to apply for the Local Sport Defibrillator Grant Program, with the NSW Government providing life-saving technology for people experiencing cardiac emergencies. The program commenced in 2017...
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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
