Get ready for a new year of rebates and savings
THE arrival of the new year means new rebates and initiatives are available or will soon be available to help ease cost-of-living pressures for people across the state, thanks to years of strong financial management.
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January 1, 2019 saw the arrival of the NSW Government’s Baby Bundle and the roll-out of the $100 Creative Kids voucher, to name just a couple.
On the top of everyone’s new year’s resolution list is the goal to save more money. As ever, our top goal is to reduce the financial burden even further for the people of NSW and these measures are doing just that:
- - Extending universal education access to pre-school for three-year-olds, making NSW the first state in Australia to do so, providing an average saving for families of $825 a year from January 1, 2019.
- - From January 31, 2019, motorists will be given a 10-minute grace period when they pay for a minimum of one hour of parking (applies to ticketed and coupon parking). To avoid impacts on safety and congestion, the grace period will not apply to areas such as bus lanes, clearways, transit lanes, etc.
- - From March 1, 2019, councils and universities across NSW will have the flexibility to lower their most common parking fines from $112 to $80.
- - The NSW Government’s introduction of 10 days of paid domestic and family violence leave per year for NSW public sector employees, including teachers, nurses and police from January 1, 2019.
- - From January 1, 2019, parents and caregivers in NSW receive a bag of essentials containing important health information, valued at $300, to help take care of their precious babies.
- - As of January 1, 2019, parents of school-aged children are able to access the $100 Creative Kids Rebate in addition to the hugely popular $100 Active Kids Rebate.
- - Expansion of the Toll Relief package with more than 300,000 drivers eligible for either half-priced or free rego from July 1, 2019, if they spend $15 or more a week on tolls.
Vaccine change
TRAINED pharmacist vaccinators can now give diphtheria, tetanus and whooping cough combination vaccine and the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine, in addition to the flu vaccine.
Vaccinations are administered in a private room on the pharmacy premises, with trained pharmacists conducting pre-jab assessments to check current health status.
People eligible for free government-funded vaccines, including children under five, Aboriginal people, those with chronic illnesses, pregnant women and people over 65, will still need to access these vaccines via their GP, so that they can get a health assessment at the same time.
Now, with this additional range of vaccinations available from pharmacists, we want to encourage new grandparents, carers of infants, and partners of pregnant women to get vaccinated to ensure they don’t catch whooping cough and pass it on to their babies.
Member for Bathurst Paul Toole
Temporary road closures
THE Mount Panorama Circuit will be closed from 8am on Tuesday, January 29 until 6pm on Thursday, February 7 for the Liqui-Moly Bathurst 12 Hour.
Closures include:
Mountain Straight - just above the entrance to the Paddock Camping Area.
Conrod Straight - just above Murray's Corner.
Those with the correct ticketing/accreditation wishing to gain access to the track should enter via Panorama Avenue and Pit Straight. Admission gates will operate from 6am on Wednesday, January 30 to Sunday, February 3. For residents, barriers will be set up at Murray's Corner and Mountain Straight with security arrangements for residents to proceed to their homes.
