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THE GREATER SYDNEY COMMISSION

Friday, 11 September 2015

The NSW Government has announced the structure of the Greater Sydney Commission. The GSC will work in partnership with local and state government and will be responsible for metropolitan planning.

Member of the Legislative Council Natasha Maclaren-Jones welcomed the announcement of the Greater Sydney Commission, which will include of 13 commissioners, including:

INVESTING IN THE SKILLS TO DELIVER NDIS JOBS

Thursday, 10 September 2015

Member of the Legislative Council Natasha Maclaren-Jones today welcomed a $10 million investment for students to learn new skills that will support the delivery of the National Disability Insurance Scheme.

Mrs Maclaren-Jones said over the past four years students studying to be carers and welfare workers in NSW have increased by 38 per cent and 33 per cent respectively.

MORE TIME FOR SUBMISSIONS TO INQUIRY INTO SERIOUS INVASIONS OF PRIVACY IN NEW SOUTH WALES

Monday, 07 September 2015

Chair of the Law and Justice committee, the Hon Natasha Maclaren-Jones MLC, has today announced the extension of the closing date for submissions to the Upper House inquiry into serious invasions of privacy in New South Wales.

Submissions will now close on 20 September 2015 for the inquiry, which will examine whether the existing remedies for serious invasions of privacy in New South Wales are adequate.

MORE ICE DEALERS FACE LIFE UNDER TOUGH NEW LAWS

Friday, 04 September 2015

Natasha Maclaren-Jones, Member of the Legislative Council, has today welcomed the announcement by the NSW Liberals & Nationals Government that ice manufacturers and dealers will now face the increased prospect of life behind bars.

From Tuesday 1 September 2015, the threshold required to charge people with manufacturing or dealing large commercial quantities of Methylamphetamine or ice, halved in New South Wales from 1 kilogram to 500 grams.