Safer cycling in Grafton

Zac Masters from Changing Lanes Changing Lives joins Grafton Midday Rotary Club president Lee Taylor, Rotary member Brian Lane, and Clarence Nationals MP Chris Gulaptis Grafton Midday Rotary Club has been granted more than $4,900 following a successful application under the NSW Nationals in the state government’s Community Road Safety Fund to help deliver its…

Tourism boost for Canola Trail

Junee Shire Council has been successful in receiving a $1,075,000 boost for its Canola Trail Activation Program thanks to Round Two of the NSW Government’s Regional Tourism Activation Fund. Nationals Member for Cootamundra Steph Cooke said the Canola Trail Activation Program is a collective initiative of Junee, Coolamon, and Temora shires. “Visitors come from far…

Maximum shark protections in place this beach season

The NSW Government is ramping up its shark management measures, launching four Rapid Response Vessels that will be ready for action over the coming months. Nationals Minister for Agriculture Dugald Saunders said the new Rapid Response Vessels form part of the government’s world-leading Shark Mitigation Program. “These Rapid Response Vessels will be strategically located along…

$400,000 for Coffs Coast community building

The Coffs Coast has secured $400,000 in funding for a total of 16 projects through the NSW Government’s 2022 Community Building Partnership Program. Nationals Member for Coffs Harbour Gurmesh Singh said these State Government funds will help many of our local organisations to deliver much-needed improvements to facilities which are much-loved by our community, or…

Why Labor is pushing your grocery bills higher

New Department of Employment and Workplace Relations figures prove Labor is failing the agriculture industry and forcing prices up at the checkout. Federal Nationals Leader David Littleproud says just 2,000 workers have arrived in the past six weeks. Under the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility (PALM) Scheme, only 34,000 workers have arrived, while 40,000 have been…