OUR electorate is home to many farms, orchards and vineyards whose produce is enjoyed locally and far abroad.
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The harvesting of their fruit or grain can often rely on external harvesting contractors, which is why the NSW Government has created a dedicated online resource, Help Harvest NSW.
This new platform will help them contact and arrange workers ahead of what is expected to be the best harvest in many years.
Much of our primary industries labour comes from other areas, but the COVID-19 restrictions mean there isn't the number of farm workers the agriculture industry needs.
The Help Harvest NSW website will help overcome this challenge by connecting jobseeking Australians with agricultural work opportunities in NSW.
My message to anyone looking for a job is this: consider agriculture. The work is tough but rewarding. Take a look at Help Harvest NSW and see what job opportunities are around the corner.
To explore the Help Harvest NSW site, visit www.nsw.gov.au/covid-19/helpharvest-nsw.
SUPPORT COURSES
THE NSW Government's fee-free COVID-19 support short courses passed 115,000 enrolments before closing last month, with medical administration the most popular area.
The suite of online courses provided an opportunity for NSW residents to gain new skills at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, and were fully funded by the NSW Government.
People who enrolled in a TAFE NSW short course during the pandemic were putting the skills to good use.
We know how important skills training is for driving the state's economy and it will play a crucial role coming out of the COVID pandemic.
The NSW Government's COVID-19 fee-free short courses have delivered an opportunity to upskill during COVID-19 as well as deliver a meaningful boost to workplaces across the state.
FIX THE BRIDGES
APPLICATIONS are now open for a new $500 million program that will replace hundreds of ageing timber bridges and better connect countless regional communities across NSW.
The NSW Government's Fixing Country Bridges program recognised that the maintenance for ageing timber bridges across regional NSW was a major burden for local councils and ratepayers.
Regional councils maintain more than 1800 timber bridges across the state.
We promised to help councils replace hundreds of those bridges with structures that are safer and more resilient to natural disasters like bushfire - and we're delivering on that commitment.
