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Kurri Kurri Public Library (Cessnock City Council) Awarded Country Art Support Program Funding

Kurri Kurri Public Library has been awarded $4,460.00 in NSW Government funding for their local project The Library Roadshow! The funding is to go toward the Library’s project The Library…
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Successful 2015 Community Building Partnership Recipients Announced

Clayton Barr, MP, State Member for the Electorate of Cessnock advises the following applicants were successful in receiving funding from the Cessnock Electorate’s $400,000 Community Building Partnership funding allocation for…
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Grant program to improve biodiversity conservation

Building the region’s resilience to the potential impacts of climate change on significant biodiversity habitat areas is the focus of a grant program now available through Hunter Local Land Services.…
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M1 Pacific Motorway extension to Raymond Terrace revised concept design

The revised concept design for the M1 Pacific Motorway extension to Raymond Terrace is on display for community feedback with comments closing on 6 November 2015. The proposal includes changes…
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Completion of Broke Road Stages

Congratulations to Cessnock Council and Roads and Maritime Services for the completion of $20 million worth of works promised in 2011 of Broke and McDonald Roads, which includes 2 roundabouts…
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Grant Funding – Regional Visitor Economy Fund

Tourism operators in the Cessnock Electorate are encouraged to apply for a share in $7.2 million in grant funding from the State Government’s Regional Visitor Economy Fund. The Regional Visitor…
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Search for Year 6 students in the Cessnock Electorate who follow Fred Hollows’ philosophy

Nominations have opened for the first Fred Hollows Humanity Award in New South Wales and the State Member for the Electorate of Cessnock, Clayton Barr, MP is encouraging locals to…
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Baird Government Must Reinstate Compo Board For Dust Victims

The Baird Government must immediately reinstate the Dust Diseases Board and reassure victims they are not being abandoned. The NSW Government secretly moved to abolish the independent body that has…
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Funding Available Through Youth Opportunities Program

Up to $1 million is being made available to incorporated non-government organisations and local councils for youth-led and youth-driven community projects that have a positive youth development focus. State Member…
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2016 NSW Seniors Week Grant Applications are now open

Grant applications are now open for the 2016 NSW Seniors Week, which will run from Friday 1 April to Sunday 10 April, with one of the main focuses being ‘healthy…
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