Hume’s jobless rate has dropped to 2.9%*, the sixth lowest rate in Australia. Neighbouring Macarthur has seen the second highest drop in unemployment across Australia, falling by 2.3% to 4.7%* during the March 2018 quarter.
South Eastern NSW PHN today joined with Federal Member for Hume Angus Taylor and five other PHNs to announce that ProCare Mental Health Services, a not-for-profit service provider, has been funded to operate a new psychiatry support line for GPs.
A ground-breaking program giving people with severe mental illness access to peer workers to support their treatment is being unveiled by South Western Sydney PHN today.
New ‘smart’ lighting will be installed in Picton’s Walton Street carpark as part of a half-million-dollar funding windfall to improve public safety in Hume.
