Housing approvals across the state continue to soar with over 70,000 home approvals granted in 2017, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).

The number of children in NSW undertaking 600 hours of preschool each year has increased by more than 40 per cent in the last year as a result of the NSW Government’s Start Strong program.

The $38 million transformation of one of NSW’s oldest children’s courts is complete, with the official opening today of the state-of-the-art Surry Hills Children’s Court by Attorney General Mark Speakman.

Premier Gladys Berejiklian and Education Minister Rob Stokes have opened a brand new school in Sydney’s inner west, as the NSW Government continues to ramp up work on its record school infrastructure program.

Students and staff of Ultimo Public School will go back to school tomorrow to a unique, pop-up campus – built temporarily on Wentworth Park – as their former school site is redeveloped into a cutting-edge school of the future.

NSW has held its place as the number one economy in the nation after the latest CommSec State of the States report ranked NSW in first place for a 14th straight quarter.

Premier Gladys Berejiklian has joined thousands of fans at this year’s Tamworth Country Music Festival and awarded a prestigious Golden Guitar for the Country Music Album of the Year.

NSW candidates have taken out top honours in the 2018 Australian of the Year Awards, with world-renowned physicist Michelle Simmons named Australian of the Year and mathematics teacher Eddie Woo as Australia’s Local Hero.