Daily Archives: 21 Nov, 2023

Water Minister must come clean on Basin deal

Shadow Water Minister Steph Cooke has slammed the ongoing secrecy surrounding the rewritten Murray-Darling Basin Plan between the NSW Labor Government and the Commonwealth, labelling it as “politics at its worst”. Ms Cooke, the NSW Nationals Member for Cootamundra, said buybacks are a blunt instrument that literally wipe communities off the map. “The Premier has…

Call for review of Australian Conservation Foundation’s charitable status

Nationals Leader David Littleproud is calling for a review of the charitable status of the Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF). Mr Littleproud has asked Charities Commissioner Sue Woodward to investigate the ACF, following an intimidatory letter that was sent to a NSW farmer. Nationals Member for Parkes Mark Coulton raised the plight of the farmer –…