The brand new Mount Druitt Fire Station was officially opened today by the Minister for Emergency Services Troy Grant and Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) Commissioner Paul Baxter, ushering in a new era of firefighting in Sydney’s west.

The next generation of NSW firefighters will be trained in new state-of-the-art facilities in Sydney’s west with purpose-built props to simulate fire, rescue, hazardous material handling and other emergency situations.

A glimpse of one of the state’s biggest health projects – the more than $900 million Westmead redevelopment – reveals a major transformation for Western Sydney health services.

Drivers in North Western and Western Sydney will benefit the most from free vehicle registration under the NSW Government’s Toll Relief program, which starts today.

One of Sydney’s oldest animal shelters will soon have a new home of its own at Kurnell, thanks to support from the NSW Government. 

Up to 255 people at risk of or experiencing homelessness will be rapidly housed for up to three years and provided with vital access to health, education and employment services under an innovative new Government program. 

Nearly a third of the NSW Government’s record paramedic workforce boost will go to Western Sydney in 2018-19, including the new Penrith superstation.

Retirement village residents will be the big winners under a series of proposed NSW Government reforms to the sector, Minister for Better Regulation Matt Kean said.