I was thrilled to see so many tradies take advantage of a free breakfast put on for them at Brennan’s Mitre 10 last Thursday.
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Along with Bruno Efoti of Tradies Insight and the Dubbo Mens Shed, I was proud to make the event happen and it was terrific to be able to make a significant announcement on the day.
Bruno is the man behind Tradies Insight and is doing a great job, while we couldn’t have done it without the terrific support of the Men’s Shed, who had their volunteers there bright and early providing the awesome sausage sandwiches and bacon and egg rolls.
The breakfast was the perfect place to announce that through our Better Business Reforms, the NSW government will save tradespeople from having to renew their licences every three years, which it is estimated will save the industry $52 million over ten years.
This reform will reduce renewal fees from up to $605 every three years to just a $51 processing fee for tradies to update their details every five years.
To be able to make that announcement at an event put on for our local tradespeople was tremendous, as that industry have been pivotal in helping this government deliver what has been a golden era for investment and infrastructure development in the Dubbo electorate
These reforms will provide significant savings to our tradespeople, and that filters into the work that Tradies Insight is doing because financial strains are one of the main contributing factors to mental health issues within this industry.
Minister for Better Regulation Matt Kean will introduce the Better Business Reforms, which also includes reforms to increase transparency for consumers, into parliament later this month.
During the week I also had the pleasure of heading out to Narromine to announce $1.5 million worth of funding to the town’s council from the NSW Government.
The money comes from the Stronger Country Communities Fund, and Narromine Shire Council was successful in receiving grants for four significant projects within the local government area.
Almost $200,000 will be spent on enhancing Burns Oval at Trangie, a similar amount will be used for compliance upgrades for swimming pools in both Narromine and Trangie, and more than $265,000 will be dedicated to streetscapes in those two towns and also Tomingley.
But the big item was $900,000 for the council to spend on the Narromine Aquatic Park refurbishment and a splash park for the facility.
Congratulations to Narromine Shire Council for sourcing this funding, which will be of enormous benefit to the communities within its LGA
Until next week
Troy