Revealed: Sydney suburb that s the preferred site for major new prison
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A suburb near Parramatta has emerged as the preferred site for Sydney s next major jail as the NSW government races to house the state s burgeoning prison population.
The government has identified Camellia as the most likely site in Greater Sydney to build a prison for about 1000 inmates four years after abandoning plans for a large jail at Wollondilly on the city s south-western fringe following an outcry from locals.
A new jail is needed to house a forecast rise in the state s prison population over the next decade.
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A 325-metre bridge over Parramatta River that the state government has promised to build to connect fast-growing suburbs near Sydney Olympic Park will take almost six years to pass through the planning process and construct, engineering reports show.
The reports and other documents – obtained by the
Herald under freedom of information laws – also show that Transport for NSW was planning last year for the second stage of the Parramatta light rail line to run through industrial land south of the river at Camellia.
An artist s impression of a bridge over Parramatta River between Melrose Park and Wentworth Point.
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Food delivery levy proposed to pay for workers comp for the gig economy
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Food delivery riders would be protected under a compensation scheme funded by a customer levy on food orders under a landmark proposal to go before the NSW government.
The government is formulating plans to protect gig economy workers who are injured or killed while on the job. The system is intended to be in place by this time next year and would be the first of its kind in Australia.
Icare may have breached legislative requirements, schemes overcharged : Auditor-General
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State insurer icare may have breached legislation by funding 80 per cent of its indirect operating costs with money from its scheme that is designed to pay benefits to injured workers.
NSW Auditor-General Margaret Crawford made the finding in her final report on the government s central agencies, which revealed icare s three biggest insurance schemes were all collectively in the red by $740 million at June 30.
NSW Treasurer Dominic Perrottet said the government will move to adopt all recommendations from an ongoing statutory review into icare.
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