The Entrance\u2019s Liberal candidate has 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
Candidate for The Entrance, Nathan Bracken, said the funding will significantly enhance SLSNSW\u2019s capability with new rescue vehicles, jet skis and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThere are 21,000 volunteer lifesavers in NSW and hundreds of these are in our own region. Support frontline services is a key initiative from the Perrottet Liberal Team and it is only possible because of the strong economic record in NSW,\u201d Mr Bracken said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI am proud to be part of a team that is delivering record funding to secure a brighter future for our volunteer lifesavers who are so integral to our community. They do an incredible job keeping our beaches safe.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Minister for Emergency Services and Resilience Steph Cooke said the funding commitment for SLSNSW comes at a critical time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\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
SLSNSW President George Shales said an investment in lifesavers is an investment in community safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\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
The NSW Liberal and Nationals Government\u2019s $23 million funding commitment consists of:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Entrance\u2019s Liberal candidate has 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 The Entrance, Nathan Bracken, said the funding will significantly enhance SLSNSW\u2019s capability with new rescue vehicles, jet … Continue reading “Funding boost for the entrance lifesavers”<\/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-20277","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\/20277","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=20277"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20277\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20278,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20277\/revisions\/20278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}