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Find useful information, guides and support services for seniors living and travelling in NSW.

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Find Aboriginal services, support and programs in NSW. Including business, health, transport, families, legal, languages, culture and more. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, First Nations, Indigenous Australian focused information.

Latest community services updates

Ministerial media release 16 September 2024

$840,000 investment to keep seniors socially connected

Seniors will soon be able to enjoy a new array of exciting activities thanks to the NSW Government’s $840,000 investment in the 2025 Connecting Seniors Grant Program.

Ministerial media release 14 September 2024

Opening of Central Coast Veteran and Family Hub

A new wellbeing services and support centre for Central Coast-based veterans and their families opened its doors in Wyong yesterday.

Ministerial media release 11 September 2024

2024 Anzac Community Grants applications open

Applications are now open for the 2024 Anzac Community Grants Program. Ministerial media release 8 September 2024

Thanking the people who make a difference for children this Foster and Kinship Care Week

During Foster and Kinship Care Week, the NSW Government is celebrating the remarkable difference foster carers make in the lives of vulnerable children.

Ministerial media release 6 September 2024

Easy Read Hub to improve access to key government services

The Minns Labor Government is making essential information more accessible for communities across the state with a new ‘Easy Read’ format for a wide range of topics from how to prepare for an emergency to applying for a Photo Card.

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Recent community services publications

Report The Cabinet Office | 6 March 2024

Special Commission of Inquiry into offending by former Corrections Officer Wayne Astill at Dillwynia Correctional Centre

On 13 September 2023, her Excellency the Honourable Margaret Beazley AC KC, Governor of the State of New South Wales in the Commonwealth of Australia, authorised the Hon Peter McClellan AM KC, as Commissioner, to conduct the inquiry as a Special Commission of Inquiry.

Policy Aboriginal Affairs | 12 February 2024

NSW Closing the Gap Partnership Agreement

This is a new Closing the Gap Partnership Agreement to strengthen relationships between government and Aboriginal organisations. It was signed on 12 February 2024. It was signed by the NSW Government, NSW Coalition of Aboriginal Peak Organisations (NSW CAPO) and Local Government NSW (LGNSW).

Indicator Premier's Department | 1 January 2024

Perception of community harmony

The extent to which individuals feel they fit in within their local neighbourhood, and whether there is order and respect for diversity among its citizens.

Report Premier's Department | 19 December 2023

Special Commission of Inquiry into LGBTIQ hate crimes

The Special Commission of Inquiry into LGBTIQ hate crimes (the Inquiry) was established by Letters Patent signed on 13 April 2022 and tasked with investigating unsolved suspected hate crime deaths of LGBTIQ people (or people who were presumed to be LGBTIQ) in NSW between 1970 and 2010.