LATEST NEWS

Our amazing Nurses and Midwives honoured

Sally Smith from the Tweed Hospital was honoured with the Excellence in Nursing/Midwifery Graduate Award at the seventh annual Excellence in Nursing and Midwifery Awards in Sydney last week. She was one of 13 nurses and midwives acknowledged for their outstanding...

Next stage of Tweed Valley Hospital under way

Nationals Member for Tweed, Geoff Provest, has welcomed advice that the next stage of the $582 million investment in health for Tweed and the Far North Coast has now commenced. “NSW Health Infrastructure lodged Stage 2 of its State Significant Development (SSD)...

Flags raised to kick off beach patrol season

More than 21,000 volunteer surf lifesavers will be out in force to protect swimmers and beachgoers across the State with the patrol season starting this weekend. Minister for Police and Emergency Services David Elliott raised an iconic red and yellow Surf Life Saving...

Quad bike safety improvements easier than ever

Upfront costs and out-of-pocket expenses for important quad bike safety equipment and replacement vehicles will soon be reduced or eliminated under a new streamlined process for the Quad Bike Safety Improvement program, announced by the NSW Liberals and Nationals...

Tweed Shire Council wins NSW Disaster Resilience award

Tweed Shire Council and industry partners have been recognised as part of the NSW Disaster Resilience Awards, taking out the Local Government category at an awards ceremony at Parliament House today. The Tweed Shire Council has been recognised for their development of...

A helping hand for young people in Tweed

Students living in social housing or who are in out-of-home care in Tweed are being encouraged to apply for a new round of scholarships worth $1,000 each, to help them achieve their education and training goals. Member for Tweed Geoff Provest said 800 scholarships are...

Eyes in the sky keeping beachgoers safe

Beach safety in Tweed will reach new heights this summer, with the NSW Government’s collaborative drone trial with Surf Life Saving NSW (SLS) running at 18 beaches, including South Kingscliff beach. “Our beaches are synonymous with summer, so we want to ensure we are...

Tweed Agricultural Natural Disaster declared

Tweed farmers have been doing it tough since Cyclone Oma tore through the region earlier this year, causing more than $1.8 million worth of damage. However, financial relief is on the way for landholders affected in parts of the Tweed Local Government Area (LGA)....

Tweed chooses My Community Project

Member for Tweed Geoff Provest today announced the winners of the My Community Project with applicants now able to bring their ideas to life. The Tweed will benefit from 2 projects put forward and voted on by the local community, which will now be funded by the NSW...

2019 Community Building Partnerships program now open

Member for Tweed Geoff Provest today announced applications are now open for the 2019 Community Building Partnership Program, unlocking $27.9 million for community infrastructure projects across NSW. Mr Provest said $300,000 is available for projects in each NSW...

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