{"id":10858,"date":"2021-03-28T23:39:46","date_gmt":"2021-03-28T23:39:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=10858"},"modified":"2021-03-28T23:39:46","modified_gmt":"2021-03-28T23:39:46","slug":"nsw-open-for-business-with-new-agency-investment-nsw-leading-the-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2021\/03\/28\/nsw-open-for-business-with-new-agency-investment-nsw-leading-the-way\/","title":{"rendered":"NSW OPEN FOR BUSINESS WITH NEW AGENCY- INVESTMENT NSW LEADING THE WAY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Investment NSW, a new NSW Government agency, is open for business from today, reinforcing the State\u2019s position as the economic engine room of the country.<br \/>\nPremier Berejiklian says the new agency\u00a0will drive local and global investment and create the jobs of the future for NSW, showing the world that the State is open for business.<br \/>\n\u201cInvestment NSW is\u00a0a one-stop-shop for the private sector \u2013 attracting and growing Australian and global companies, overseas capital, talent, tourists and students,\u201d Ms Berejiklian said.<br \/>\n\u201cFrom today, Investment NSW is up and running, with a mission to\u00a0enhance NSW\u2019s global position as a safe place to do business, attracting investment capital and creating jobs for our State.<br \/>\n\u201cIt will act as a concierge for businesses and investors to help them navigate the many options available for partnering with the NSW Government, whether that\u2019s payroll exemptions, co-funding great ideas, providing connections to global export markets and more.\u201d<br \/>\nMinister for Jobs, Investment and Tourism Stuart Ayres said the Government\u2019s COVID-19 Recovery Plan is the blueprint that will reinforce NSW\u2019s position as the economic engine room of the country.<br \/>\n\u201cThe NSW community has shown extraordinary resilience in the face of many challenges \u2013 bushfires, drought, flood and the COVID-19 pandemic,\u201d Mr Ayres said.<br \/>\n\u201cNow is the time to be confident and on the front foot in attracting investment, talent and visitors who will drive us to new heights as we look beyond economic recovery to growth.\u201d<br \/>\nInvestment NSW will be led by Chief Executive Amy Brown, who was previously Deputy Secretary at the Department of Premier and Cabinet, heading the economic and commercial leadership team.<br \/>\n\u201cAs a central agency, Investment NSW will drive all trade and investment attraction activities as a one-stop-shop to maximise economic benefits and jobs growth across NSW,\u201d Ms Brown said.<br \/>\n\u201cFrom day one we will be reaching out to key industry partners and investors \u2013 both domestic and international \u2013 to start work on their top priorities for government to partner through the COVID recovery.\u201d<br \/>\nThe establishment of Investment NSW\u00a0brings together a number of groups from across government into the Premier and Cabinet cluster including\u00a0the Jobs, Investment and Tourism group from NSW Treasury (includes Jobs Plus and the 24 Economy Commissioner), Destination NSW, Study NSW, R&amp;D NSW and Global NSW.<br \/>\nInvestment NSW will be jointly responsible to the Premier, the Deputy Premier, Minister for Regional NSW, Industry and Trade and the Minister for Jobs, Investment, Tourism and Western Sydney.<br \/>\nFor more information about Investment NSW visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.investment.nsw.gov.au\/\">https:\/\/www.investment.nsw.gov.au\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Investment NSW, a new NSW Government agency, is open for business from today, reinforcing the State\u2019s position as the economic engine room of the country. Premier Berejiklian says the new agency\u00a0will drive local and global investment and create the jobs of the future for NSW, showing the world that the State is open for business. &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2021\/03\/28\/nsw-open-for-business-with-new-agency-investment-nsw-leading-the-way\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;NSW OPEN FOR BUSINESS WITH NEW AGENCY- INVESTMENT NSW LEADING THE WAY&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10858","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10858"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10858\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}