Janelle Saffin MP

LISMORE MP Janelle Saffin is urging small businesses across her electorate to apply for the NSW Government’s $10,000 COVID-19 support grants, but says that the 75 per cent downturn criteria is far too tough.

BUSHFIRE-HIT businesses in Tenterfield Shire Council and Kyogle Council Local Government Areas have been shut out of a new $10,000 support grant to cover loss of income, according to State Member for Lismore Janelle Saffin.

LISMORE MP Janelle Saffin has welcomed the announcement made by the NSW Minister for Energy and Environment, the Hon. Matt Kean MP, to provide a $30 million boost to the Energy Accounts Payment Assistance (EAPA) Scheme.

A SUITE of 21 fee-free TAFE NSW short courses are available online to assist anyone across the State who wants to upskill during the COVID-19 pandemic.

LOCAL businesses across the Lismore Electorate are being encouraged to join the fight against COVID-19 and start producing much-needed medical equipment for New South Wales.

LISMORE MP Janelle Saffin has welcomed news that gymnasiums, yoga, indoor pools and dance studios on the Northern Rivers and Northern Tablelands can reopen from 13 June as more COVID-19 restrictions are lifted.

LISMORE MP Janelle Saffin has marked International Nurses Day (Tuesday, May 12) by thanking nurses and midwives working on the frontline of the COVID-19 pandemic across the Northern Rivers and Northern Tablelands.

LISMORE Electorate residents are encouraged to come up with ideas to transform local streets into shared public spaces as part of a new program from the NSW Government to increase places for people to safely walk, cycle or exercise.

IT IS time for the Berejiklian-Barilaro Government to respond to mounting calls to deliver a decent statewide rescue package for the arts, culture and heritage, which the Northern Rivers and Northern Tablelands regions can take advantage of.

THERE’S only a week to go before applications open for the NSW Government’s 2020 Community Building Partnership Program, worth $300,000 for MP Janelle Saffin’s Lismore Electorate.