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Aerial helicopter patrols will be conducted by Ausgrid this week as planned maintenance across the local electricity network from Tuesday 3 September to Friday, 6 September. Patrols will be during daylight hours (weather permitting) at low altitude which may startle pets and livestock. Residents may want to secure cattle and livestock during these patrols. Ausgrid Helicopter Surveys - 2nd September 2024
Aerial helicopter patrols will be conducted by Ausgrid this week as planned maintenance across the local electricity network from Tuesday 3 September to Friday, 6 September. Patrols will be during daylight hours (weather permitting) at low altitude which may startle pets and livestock. Residents may want to secure cattle and livestock during these patrols.
Centennial Myuna will undertake a low impact, non-intrusive geophysical exploration survey over approximately 2 weeks starting in early September 2024. Work will take place 7am to 6pm on weekdays and 8am to 1pm on Saturdays. The survey will be completed in two areas of Lake Macquarie as shown below. This will determine the rockhead cover between the mine workings and the lakebed and identify geological features in the coal seam. Centennial Myuna Surveys - 31st August 2024
Centennial Myuna will undertake a low impact, non-intrusive geophysical exploration survey over approximately 2 weeks starting in early September 2024. Work will take place 7am to 6pm on weekdays and 8am to 1pm on Saturdays. The survey will be completed in two areas of Lake Macquarie as shown below. This will determine the rockhead cover between the mine workings and the lakebed and identify geological features in the coal seam.
EnergyCo are compiling a list of local suppliers interested in being part of the design and construction of the Hunter Transmission Project. The types of services identified include: • labourers, security guards, cleaners, mining escorts • plant operators, stringing crews, tower assembly crews, foundation crews, traffic control, geotechnical investigations • engineers, planners, scientists, commercial, quality, legal, accounting, safety, community, surveyors, apprentices and trainee Hunter Transmission Project - Local Suppliers - 23rd August 2024
EnergyCo are compiling a list of local suppliers interested in being part of the design and construction of the Hunter Transmission Project. The types of services identified include: • labourers, security guards, cleaners, mining escorts • plant operators, stringing crews, tower assembly crews, foundation crews, traffic control, geotechnical investigations • engineers, planners, scientists, commercial, quality, legal, accounting, safety, community, surveyors, apprentices and trainee
NourishEd Australia opens today in Toronto! I was invited to the grand opening of NourishEd Australia in Toronto this morning and saw the youthful enthusiasm of Nic and Jeremy, who have both worked so hard to give life to this incredible frontline service built to support the community’s most vulnerable, disadvantaged and at risk. The NourishEd Pantry Project aims to provide food & nourishment to as many people as possible, with no pre-requisites or barriers to access. NourishEd - 22nd August 2024
NourishEd Australia opens today in Toronto! I was invited to the grand opening of NourishEd Australia in Toronto this morning and saw the youthful enthusiasm of Nic and Jeremy, who have both worked so hard to give life to this incredible frontline service built to support the community’s most vulnerable, disadvantaged and at risk. The NourishEd Pantry Project aims to provide food & nourishment to as many people as possible, with no pre-requisites or barriers to access.
Cyber Bullying - 16th August 2024
Mr GREG PIPER (Lake Macquarie) (17:40): As members, including Temporary Speaker Kemp, would know, adolescence can be a difficult time, to say the least. Teenagers are fragile. It is a time of great change, a time when they leave behind the magical realm of childhood and dip their feet into the harsh realities of the adult world. It is a time when they face the physical and emotional challenges of puberty, with the addition of raging hormones in full swing. Adolescence can also be when schoolyar
It's been another busy Parliamentary sitting fortnight. Today I greeted New Zealand's Prime Minister, Christopher Luxon, upon his arrival at Parliament of NSW. I received a petition from the 36 Months campaign, signed by 113,000 people calling on the need to increase the social media access age from 13 to 16 amidst a cyber bulling crisis among our young people - and I will be delivering a Private Members Statement about this issue later on tonight. Parliament Wrap Up - 15th August 2024
It's been another busy Parliamentary sitting fortnight. Today I greeted New Zealand's Prime Minister, Christopher Luxon, upon his arrival at Parliament of NSW. I received a petition from the 36 Months campaign, signed by 113,000 people calling on the need to increase the social media access age from 13 to 16 amidst a cyber bulling crisis among our young people - and I will be delivering a Private Members Statement about this issue later on tonight.
Survivor's R US - 9th August 2024
Mr GREG PIPER (Lake Macquarie) (14:14): Imagine living off the disability support pension. Now imagine using that meagre income not to pay for your own basic needs but to help pay the astronomical rent on a commercial building that houses a life-saving charity. That is the situation that Maria Martin, founder of Survivor's R Us, has found herself in. A domestic violence survivor herself, Maria has dedicated her life to helping people in the most desperate of situations. Her self-funded charity
Everybody has a story. One of the things I most enjoy about attending Lake Macquarie's Citizenship Ceremonies is getting to meet our newest Australians and hearing all about where they have come from and what made them decide to make our little slice of paradise their new home. Welcoming Our New Australians - 5th August 2024
Everybody has a story. One of the things I most enjoy about attending Lake Macquarie's Citizenship Ceremonies is getting to meet our newest Australians and hearing all about where they have come from and what made them decide to make our little slice of paradise their new home.
Honouring Labor's election promise, Premier Chris Minns has finally announced dates for the 2024 NSW Drug Summit. It will be held on December 4-5 in Sydney with regional dates in October still to be announced. It's been 25 years since the 1999 Drug Summit, held by then Premier Bob Carr, in response to the rising Heroin crisis in NSW. This is a key opportunity for the Government to gain insight into the critical issues facing NSW due to rising drug statistics and the current 2024 NSW Drug Summit - 12th July 2024
Honouring Labor's election promise, Premier Chris Minns has finally announced dates for the 2024 NSW Drug Summit. It will be held on December 4-5 in Sydney with regional dates in October still to be announced. It's been 25 years since the 1999 Drug Summit, held by then Premier Bob Carr, in response to the rising Heroin crisis in NSW. This is a key opportunity for the Government to gain insight into the critical issues facing NSW due to rising drug statistics and the current
Transport for NSW has undertaken a speed zone review on Wyee Road Morisset in response to the Winarch development. Weather permitting, these changes will come into effect at the end of this week. Please be aware of changed conditions, and obey any new signage. The key changes include: IMPORTANT CHANGES TO SPEED ZONES - WYEE ROAD - 10th July 2024
Transport for NSW has undertaken a speed zone review on Wyee Road Morisset in response to the Winarch development. Weather permitting, these changes will come into effect at the end of this week. Please be aware of changed conditions, and obey any new signage. The key changes include:


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