{"id":20273,"date":"2023-02-21T23:49:11","date_gmt":"2023-02-21T23:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=20273"},"modified":"2023-02-21T23:49:11","modified_gmt":"2023-02-21T23:49:11","slug":"funding-boost-for-eastern-beaches-lifesavers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2023\/02\/21\/funding-boost-for-eastern-beaches-lifesavers\/","title":{"rendered":"Funding boost for Eastern Beaches lifesavers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Eastern Beaches Liberal candidates have welcomed the commitment by the NSW Liberal and Nationals Government to inject $23 million in to Surf Life Saving NSW (SLSNSW), the biggest investment in the organisation in its 116-year history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Candidate for Coogee Dr Kylie von Muenster and Vaucluse Kellie Sloane said the funding will significantly enhance SLSNSW\u2019s capability with new rescue vehicles, jet skis and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe volunteer lifesavers across the Eastern Beaches do an incredible job keeping our community safe and that\u2019s why investments like this are so important,\u201d Dr von Muenster said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ms Sloane said, \u201cIt\u2019s only from the Perrottet Liberal Team\u2019s strong economic record and plan for the future that such vital funding can be delivered to our lifesavers. They play a vital role in the community and we support them completely.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister for Emergency Services and Resilience Steph Cooke said the funding commitment for SLSNSW comes at a critical time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis summer is not over yet but we\u2019ve already experienced record numbers of rescues and sadly drownings. This extra funding will go a long way towards ensuring our volunteers are better supported to keep our communities safer and stronger,\u201d Ms Cooke said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SLSNSW President George Shales said an investment in lifesavers is an investment in community safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI welcome today\u2019s announcement, which is a significant increase on previous NSW Government support for our thousands of volunteers and staff. Every single dollar will make a difference to the equipment and resources our volunteers rely on, helping us to save more lives,\u201d Mr Shales said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The NSW Liberal and Nationals Government\u2019s $23 million funding commitment consists of:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>22 new rescue vehicles and 68 new jet skis, which can also be deployed during other natural disasters like floods;<\/li><li>40 additional Emergency Response Beacons, enabling lifesavers to remotely monitor unpatrolled sections of the NSW coastline;<\/li><li>Additional emergency management staff permanently based in Regional NSW;<\/li><li>Radio communications upgrades on the Far South Coast, South Coast, North Coast and Mid North Coast; and<\/li><li>An additional $5 million for the Surf Club Facility Program (taking it to $15 million in total), which is administered by the Office of Sport to develop facilities that increase participation in surf life saving for all people, increase usage and improve safety.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eastern Beaches Liberal candidates have welcomed the commitment by the NSW Liberal and Nationals Government to inject $23 million in to Surf Life Saving NSW (SLSNSW), the biggest investment in the organisation in its 116-year history. Candidate for Coogee Dr Kylie von Muenster and Vaucluse Kellie Sloane said the funding will significantly enhance SLSNSW\u2019s capability &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2023\/02\/21\/funding-boost-for-eastern-beaches-lifesavers\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Funding boost for Eastern Beaches lifesavers&#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-20273","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\/20273","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=20273"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20273\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20274,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20273\/revisions\/20274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}