NSW; Govt to move Workcover to central coast

AAP General News (Australia)
02-02-1999
NSW; Govt to move Workcover to central coast

GOSFORD, NSW, Feb 2 AAP - The New South Wales Government made a bid for central coast votes
today with a pledge to move WorkCover NSW's head office from Sydney to Gosford, bringing 350
jobs into the area.

Premier Bob Carr said in a statement the government would build a $12 million state office
building in Gosford to house WorkCover, creating a further 160 construction jobs.

Mr Carr's office released details of the plan today as state cabinet met in the Central
Coast Leagues club.

He said the building also would house a NSW government telecentre which allows government
employees living on the central coast to work in the region two to three days a week instead
of travelling to Sydney.

Mr Carr said the initiative and the plan to create 170 jobs at a police assistant's line
call centre, which will deal with minor calls to police, in Tuggerah showed the government
commitment to create jobs on the central coast.

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KEYWORD: POLLNSW WORKCOVER

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