On this day, August 18, in 1966, Australian singer Little Pattie was entertaining the Australian troops at Nui Dat in Vietnam. Between 1967 and 1971, some 50 of troupes of entertainers left Australia for Vietnam. The performers included Lorrae Desmond, who travelled to Vietnam five times, Col Joye, and The Delltones. There was also Normie…
Almost 60,000 Australians served during the Vietnam War. Today, on the 50th anniversary of the end of Australia’s involvement in Vietnam, we honour those brave Australians who either lost their lives or returned home and still carry the scars of this conflict. The Vietnam War was Australia’s longest conflict of the 20th Century. Our first…
Federal Nationals Member for Page Kevin Hogan has called on the Albanese Government to immediately reverse its decision allowing overseas-trained doctors and Commonwealth Scholarship Students to work in major cities, rather than spend time in rural and regional communities. Mr Hogan said outer urban areas of Sydney including parts of Penrith and the Northern Beaches…
Nationals Member for Dubbo Dugald Saunders with Australian professional golfer Grace Kim Dubbo will host some of the best women golfers from Australia and the European Tour from March 10-12 next year, as part of the inaugural Women’s NSW Open Regional Qualifying Series. Nationals Member for Dubbo, Dugald Saunders, said it’s great to see Dubbo…
Mike Ahern and Bill Gunn after the resignation of Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen Tributes are being paid following the passing of former Queensland National Party leader and Premier, Mike Ahern, who’s died at the age of 81. Mr Ahern was born into a dairying family at Maleny on the Sunshine Coast in 1942. He entered parliament…
Nationals’ Member for Upper Hunter, Dave Layzell, is asking if the Muswellbrook Hospital redevelopment has fallen victim to the region’s strong economy. My Layzell has been told by Health Infrastructure that stage three of the project will be scaled back – reportedly due to inflationary increases to the construction price. “Production from the Muswellbrook coalfields…
Coastal & Golf Resorts Group General Manager Brad Daymond, City of Coffs Harbour General Manager Natalia Cowley and Nationals Member for Coffs Harbour Gurmesh Singh. The Coffs Coast will experience a significant economic and sporting boost with the return of the prestigious Australian Women’s Classic-Bonville for a further three years. Nationals Member for Coffs Harbour…
Clarence Nationals MP Richie Williamson has warned Richmond and Clarence Valley residents will be worse off if the NSW Labor Government fails to continue funding a key Nationals initiative that has delivered around $12 million for 50 key projects across the two local government areas. “The Stronger Country Communities Fund was an initiative of the…
The Nabiac Showground will receive further upgrades thanks to the Federal Government’s Local Roads and Community Infrastructure program. Federal Nationals Member for Lyne, Dr David Gillespie, said $50,000 in funding would be allocated towards the installation of a new, suspended ceiling to enhance the internal appearance of the hall. “It was great to catch up…
Richie Williamson and Dugald Saunders caught up with local farmer Robbie Sutherland, his grandson George Robert Sutherland, and Emma Rogers at the Grafton Regional Livestock Selling Centre The NSW Nationals are calling on the Labor Government to unveil its drought preparedness plan, after small pockets of the state were declared to be back in drought.…