Janelle Saffin MP

LISMORE MP Janelle Saffin is lending her support to a push to replace the unsafe Disputed Plains Bridge on Bungabee Road, Bentley, so local farming families can get back to business as soon as possible.

STATE Member for Lismore Janelle Saffin wants a rock-solid assurance from the Berejiklian-Barilaro Government that it will deliver on its major election promise to take back responsibility for 15,000 kilometres of regional roads from local councils.

LISMORE MP Janelle Saffin has congratulated show committees and secretaries of five local showgrounds on sharing in $301,100 worth of funding under the NSW Government’s Showground Stimulus Funding program.

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.