The entire state was thrown into lockdown at 5pm on Saturday following the record breaking number of infections and four deaths that were announced in the community.
City of Newcastle has worked with the NSW Government and private operator Medtech Services to quickly establish a new testing clinic in Wickham to meet.
The spread of the virus across Australia’s most-populous state is the direct consequence of the pro-business policies pursued by the country’s governments, which have subordinated public health to private profit.
Jarrod Reedie
The NSW Government has reformed its former housing policy, removing roadblocks within the planning system that will make it easier to deliver much needed social and affordable housing to the state.
The changes to the Housing Safe Environmental Planning Policy (SEPP) will allow the government to increase the number of new homes for vulnerable people in New South Wales communities, with a target of 23,000 new and replacement homes to be erected by 2026.
Minister for planning and public spaces Rob Stokes says that the changes are logical, and will fast-track development in areas that require increased housing.
“The economic impacts of the pandemic highlighted how many people live under housing stress and these changes will remove roadblocks so we can supply much needed affordable and social housing.
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