local business

30 Sep 2021

Ward Welcomes Assistance To Help Businesses To Re-Open

Member for Kiama Gareth Ward MP has today welcomed the NSW Government’s announcement that it will go it alone to fund an extension of the JobSaver program to help our local businesses across the Illawarra, Kiama and Shoalhaven to re-open their doors and get people back into jobs.

27 May 2020

Premium Relief Delivered For NSW Businesses

Member for Kiama Gareth Ward MP has today announced that the NSW Government is providing more than $420 million in financial relief this year to help keep businesses in business and people in jobs by reducing insurance premiums for businesses hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic and maintaining current premium levels.

14 Mar 2019

Big Cost Savings For Local Small Businesses

Parliamentary Secretary for the Illawarra and South Coast Gareth Ward MP has today announced that local small businesses across our region will save thousands of dollars under a NSW Liberals & Nationals Government, with the introduction of a raft of cost saving measures including cheaper insurance premiums, payroll tax cuts and access to the Energy Switch program.

08 Feb 2019

Skills For Business Bus Drives Into Illawarra

Parliamentary Secretary for the Illawarra Gareth Ward MP has today announced that Business Connect is teaming up with TAFE NSW as the Business Bus visits small businesses in the Illawarra on 14th-15th February, with Skills for Business advisors providing specialist advice on the TAFE NSW initiative.

06 Aug 2018

Safety First: New Cattle Underpass Scheme

Parliamentary Secretary for the Illawarra and South Coast Gareth Ward MP has today announced that local farmers can now access grants for the construction of cattle underpasses beneath public roads and the installation of warning signs and flashing lights, to reduce the risk to producers and motorists.

03 Aug 2018

Bright Future for Illawarra and Shoalcoast Community Legal Centres

Parliamentary Secretary for the Illawarra and South Coast Gareth Ward MP has today welcomed a NSW Liberals and Nationals Government plan to strengthen the Illawarra Legal Centre and Shoalcoast Community Legal Centre so that they can continue delivering free legal support to local people in need.

26 Jul 2018

Unemployment Falls to the Lowest on Record

Parliamentary Secretary for the Illawarra and South Coast Gareth Ward MP has today welcomed the best jobs figures in the regions history with unemployment in the Greater Illawarra falling to the lowest on record.