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Service NSW has become the one-stop-shop for all NSW State Government services from applying for a licence to being a contact point for a number of government agencies. However, with the extra pressures placed on people during COVID-19 Service NSW is also helping households save money.

An average of almost 300kg of food per person is wasted every year in Australia.
OzHarvest, Australia’s leading food rescue organisation, is helping to reduce food waste and rescues more than 500kg from Hornsby supermarkets each week. T

he local OzHarvest van collects food and drops off hampers to local charities. Last week, OzHarvest was joined by Matt Kean MP.

Member for Hornsby Matt Kean MP today congratulated Hornsby JPs Tony Bray, Patricia Newth, Margaret Lewis and Ray Galbraith for 50 years of service to the community as a Justice of the Peace.

“Tony, Patricia, Margaret and Ray are some of the longest-serving JPs in the state, and have donated countless hours to helping local people,” Mr Kean said.

“Just about everyone needs a JP at some point in their life - such as when they buy a house or access their superannuation – and I know these three have always been happy to lend a hand.”

Ride a Day in My Wheels is a fundraising challenge held in Hornsby Shopping Mall every year.

On 9th December this year, Ride a Day saw non-wheelchair riders test their skills, navigating a wheelchair through a circuit of ‘obstacles’, similar to tasks faced by wheelchair users every day. This helps members of the non-wheelchair using general public to understand and experience what people with all types of disability have to do on a daily basis.

NSW Fair Trading’s My Place roadshow will help educate local consumers, traders, licensees, landlords, and residents when the program visits Hornsby next week. 

Launched in 2003 as the Regional Access Program, My Place helps consumers understand their rights while simultaneously ensuring businesses are aware of their responsibilities as traders. 

Minister for Innovation and Better Regulation and Member for Hornsby, Matt Kean, said the program would include an information session for Woniora Retirement Village residents to help raise awareness of costly scams.

Hornsby MP Matt Kean MP has announced the 19th and last roadheader to enter the $3 billion NorthConnex project will be named Dahlia after the tunnel manager's daughter.

To read the full Bush Telegraph Article see below. 

Matt has taken a tour of the upgraded Men's Shed at Hornsby. Thanks to an $18,000 grant from the NSW Community Building Partnerships scheme they have installed a ducted dust extraction system which provides a cleaner work environment.

To read the Bush Telegraph Article, see the attached PDF.

Hornsby Spiders senior basketball teams have been given a much needed $3000 sports grant. To see how the club has spent the grant open the PDF below to read the full Bush Telegraph Article.

Mr MATT KEAN ( Hornsby ) ( 13:11 ): I am not alone when I say that many of our community organisations would not be the same without volunteers. In 2016 Meals on Wheels in Hornsby and Ku-ring-gai celebrated its fifty-fifth birthday. Meals on Wheels cooks and delivers hot meals to housebound residents across the North Shore. However, its work does not stop there. It reaches out and makes a difference to the days of hundreds of Australians by providing bright and friendly smiles and conversations with every nutritious meal.

Matt Kean has unveiled plans for a much needed increase in the number of commuter parking spots at Hornsby Station. To read more about the commuter parking upgrade, please follow this link to the Hornsby Advocate article http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/the-hills/hundreds-of-new-par...