A last minute message from the NSW Liberals
A NSW Liberals and Nationals spokesperson has pushed their case in a bid to be reelected in Saturday’s NSW State election.
The NSW Liberal and Nationals Government has worked incredibly hard to ensure New South Wales is the strongest and most harmonious multicultural and multi-faith society in Australia and anywhere else in the world.
NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet
The Jewish community plays an incredibly vital role in our pursuit of achieving this. And we understand the importance of a government that recognises and protects religion. Our communities are stronger when government and community leaders, particularly religious leaders, work closely together.
That’s why we worked collaboratively with the Jewish community to ban the public display of the Nazi symbol. This is a historic law that enhances protections for the NSW Jewish community. This is a prime example of how we can work together to strengthen our state.
We also believe that religious and faith leaders are best placed to advocate and champion the needs of their community. In recognising the important role community leaders play, the NSW Liberals introduced a state-first Religious Communities Advisory Council. This council was formed to help formalise and strengthen our government’s relationships with multicultural and multi-faith communities.
In working closely with communities, we know that safety and security is an incredibly important issue. A rise in faith-based hatred, including anti-Semitism, has caused a lot of concern for communities, especially the Jewish community. Everyone in NSW, and everywhere should be able to follow and practice their faith freely without fear or concern for their safety and wellbeing.
That is why we have committed to investing $10 million over the next term of government to boost safety and security for faith communities. The program will provide capital and operational funding for a range of safety measures to strengthen preparedness and response to safety risks. This includes security and detection software and systems, communal security services, lighting, fencing, CCTV, training staff, and well-being programs for community members. Importantly, support for guards and management of security at high-risk venues and at-risk sites will also be eligible for funding, as assessed by NSW Police.
The NSW Liberal and Nationals Government believes strongly in the mission and vision of the Sydney Jewish Museum, which is why we invested $2.75 million into its Reverberations: A Future for Memory exhibition to help keep the memories and testimonies of Holocaust survivors alive for future generations. We believe this exhibition will play a vital role in not just helping the Jewish community keep the memories of Holocaust survivors alive for themselves but for the wider community to learn from as well.
The Museum, is an integral part of our multicultural and multi-faith society. In the next term of government, the Liberals will invest $6.5 million into the Museum. This is in addition to the $3.5 million to help it realise its plans to create two museums in its precinct—a Sydney Holocaust Museum and a Centre for Contemporary Jewish Life. We believe the Museum plays an incredibly important role in our community by helping educate people, especially young people, about the Holocaust. Importantly, we believe it plays a critical role in helping develop future leaders that can carry with them the memory of Holocaust survivors and the central teaching of not allowing hate, racism and intolerance to go unchallenged.
Importantly, we have a long-term plan to support families and businesses. Because we want NSW to be an even better place to work, raise a family and play in four years’ time.
We’re providing relief today to help reduce the cost of living, along with support for seniors and small businesses. And we’re also planning for the future, with visionary initiatives including free preschool and the Kids Future Fund.
This is all made possible by a strong economy, and while we know there are challenges ahead, our team has the plan and the experience to keep NSW moving forward.
The NSW Premier is impressive with the pokies controls he is proposing while the NSW Opposition Leader appears weak on pokies controls. Here in Victoria we did not have pokies until they were allowed by the then Labour Premier Joan Kirner in the early 1980’s when the state was nearly bankrupt being billions of dollars in debt, losing its AAA credit rating and racked with costly failed government initiatives like the Victoria Economic Development Corporation (VEDC). Needless to say the ALP in Victoria lose the election big time to new Liberal Premier Jeff Kennett.