The Coffs Harbour Regional Conservatorium is celebrating the completion of a significant upgrade thanks to $190,000 in funding from the former Nationals Government. Nationals Member for Coffs Harbour Gurmesh Singh joined Conservatorium Chair Lesley Schoer, Acting Artistic Director Dr Glen Hodges, and other members of the Con team to officially mark the completion of the…
Photograph caption: Steph Cooke was on hand to help officially open this year’s National Cherry Festival alongside (from left), Hilltops Deputy Mayor Alison Foreman, Federal Member for Riverina Michael McCormack, Hilltops Mayor Marg Roles, Young High School student Bella Charles, and reigning Cherry Queen Brianna Long. Nationals Member for Cootamundra Steph Cooke has applauded all…
The children of the Dubbo electorate have unleashed their creativity in the annual Christmas card design competition. Each year Nationals Member for Dubbo, Dugald Saunders, calls for primary-school children across the electorate to help design his Christmas card, and this year Zeon Burger from St Mary’s in Dubbo took out first place. Zeon, who’s 12,…
Nationals Leader David Littleproud said the announcement of a Senate Inquiry into whether supermarket giants are price gouging won’t go far enough and will take too long. Mr Littleproud said The Nationals had long been calling for an Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) price inquiry into the issue instead, which would have greater power…
Nationals Member for Cootamundra Steph Cooke addressed the parliament on the importance of including Tresillian inpatient services as part of the Cowra Hospital redevelopment. Exactly one week ago today I was delivered news that as a local MP, you never want to hear. I was told that a much-needed and long-promised investment in the health…
At a time when Australians are suffering from cost-of-living pressures, they are now being forced to fund a massive job-destroying policy which will decrease the nation’s productivity, drive up the cost of living, and see more imported food on our supermarket shelves whilst diverting billions of dollars of taxpayers’ funding from health, education, roads, and…