{"id":1689,"date":"2019-02-26T16:32:10","date_gmt":"2019-02-26T16:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=1689"},"modified":"2019-02-26T16:32:10","modified_gmt":"2019-02-26T16:32:10","slug":"four-more-employment-precincts-to-drive-jobs-boost-education-and-create-innovation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2019\/02\/26\/four-more-employment-precincts-to-drive-jobs-boost-education-and-create-innovation\/","title":{"rendered":"FOUR MORE EMPLOYMENT PRECINCTS TO DRIVE JOBS, BOOST EDUCATION AND CREATE INNOVATION"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Home-grown IT giant Atlassian is set to become an anchor tenant at Sydney\u2019s\u00a0<strong>Sydney Innovation and Technology Precinct<\/strong>\u00a0located at Central-Eveleigh with NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian today announcing initiatives across four employment precincts.<br \/>\nMs Berejiklian and Treasurer Dominic Perrottet joined Atlassian Co-CEO Scott Farquhar to announce Atlassian and the NSW Government have reached an agreement in principle for the tech leader to create a new home for their Sydney headquarters near Central Station.<br \/>\n\u201cThe Sydney Innovation and Technology Precinct will become the digital destination for all of Australia with thousands of people working and learning, and I am delighted Atlassian will be part of this future,\u201d Ms Berejiklian said.<br \/>\n\u201cWe have a record low unemployment rate of 3.9 percent in NSW but we will not rest on our laurels. We will create 250,000 new jobs across the next four years, and these employment precincts will play an important role contributing to that total.\u201d<br \/>\nMs Berejiklian revealed key initiatives in three other precincts:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A statement of intent has been signed with three universities to create the\u00a0<strong>Liverpool Health and Innovation Precinct<\/strong>\u00a0based around the $740 million redeveloped Liverpool Hospital. This precinct will be a partnership between the South Western Sydney Local Health District, University of New South Wales, University of Wollongong and Western Sydney University and the Ingham Institute for Applied Medical Science.<\/li>\n<li>$12.5 million in funding to develop a\u00a0<strong>Nuclear Medicine and Technology Hub<\/strong>\u00a0in partnership with the Australian Nuclear Science Technology Organisation in Lucas Heights in Sydney\u2019s south which will create up to 5000 jobs.<\/li>\n<li>The creation of an integrated\u00a0<strong>Central Coast Education and Employment Precinct<\/strong>\u00a0around a revitalised Gosford CBD with increased education and job opportunities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cThese precincts will bring together universities, major hospitals, industry leaders and startups to deliver more job opportunities across Sydney and the Central Coast,\u201d Ms Berejiklian said.<br \/>\n\u201cWe want Western and South Western Sydney and the Central Coast to have the best jobs and the best education opportunities, and these new precincts will deliver that.\u201d<br \/>\nTreasurer Dominic Perrottet said creating the environment for innovation and entrepreneurship would provide opportunity for the next generation.<br \/>\n\u201cIt\u2019s vital we take advantage of the strong economic position NSW is in to create opportunity for the future and keep growing NSW,\u201d Mr Perrottet said.<br \/>\n\u201cWe have Australia\u2019s most diverse economy, and one of the great strengths of NSW is our ability to innovate and develop new businesses both for today but also for the next generation.\u201d<br \/>\n<strong>These four precincts are in addition to six other major precincts that the Government is delivering across NSW:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Western Sydney Airport Aerospace and Defence Industries Precinct.<\/li>\n<li>Westmead Health and Education Precinct.<\/li>\n<li>Randwick Health and Education Precinct.<\/li>\n<li>Williamtown Defence Aerospace and Aviation Precinct.<\/li>\n<li>Parkes Special Activation Precinct.<\/li>\n<li>Wagga Wagga Special Activation Precinct.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home-grown IT giant Atlassian is set to become an anchor tenant at Sydney\u2019s\u00a0Sydney Innovation and Technology Precinct\u00a0located at Central-Eveleigh with NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian today announcing initiatives across four employment precincts. Ms Berejiklian and Treasurer Dominic Perrottet joined Atlassian Co-CEO Scott Farquhar to announce Atlassian and the NSW Government have reached an agreement in principle &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2019\/02\/26\/four-more-employment-precincts-to-drive-jobs-boost-education-and-create-innovation\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;FOUR MORE EMPLOYMENT PRECINCTS TO DRIVE JOBS, BOOST EDUCATION AND CREATE INNOVATION&#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-1689","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\/1689","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=1689"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1689\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}