I encourage residents across the Dubbo electorate to look into the Empowering Homes program, which is yet another measure introduced to help with the cost of living.

It’s estimated that a family with a $500 quarterly electricity bill could save up to $285 a year on their bills while repaying the no-interest loans. These savings could increase to more than $2,000 a year when the loan is fully repaid.

Households with quarterly energy bills of $625 could save up to $457 a year while repaying the no-interest loans, and up to $2,200 a year when the loan is fully repaid.

Households with quarterly energy bills of $875 could save up to $640 a year while repaying the loans, and up to $2,390 when the loan is repaid.

To be eligible for the scheme, applicants will need to be owner-occupiers of a house with an annual household income of up to $180,000.

Domestic violence offenders will soon have even more police cracking down on them with extra specialist officers set to join the ranks.

Last week I announced that 22 extra police will form additional Domestic Violence High Risk Offender Teams to proactively target offenders and support survivors across NSW.

This significant investment will help protect some of the most vulnerable people in our community from the scourge of domestic and family violence, and is only possible thanks to the NSW Liberals & Nationals ongoing support for the NSW Police Force.

We’ve committed a record $583 million for police to deliver 1,500 extra police over the next four years – and that means more officers on the front foot tackling key issues like domestic violence, before they escalate.”

The additional resources will complement and strengthen the work of the existing teams, and be allocated according to operational assessments to where they’ll be most effective.

Until next week, Troy