NSW Nationals candidate for Northern Tablelands, Brendan Moylan, has welcomed news the Port of Newcastle is pushing ahead with its plans to construct a new deep water container terminal, after paying $13 million in compensation to the State Government. The payment follows a decision by the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART) last month which…
The new Tweed Valley hospital is open for business. Nationals Member for Tweed, Geoff Provest, secured record funding of $723 million for the hospital, which is the largest health infrastructure project ever built outside Sydney. The new Tweed Valley Hospital provides: more beds expanded emergency department enhanced medical, surgical, and mental health services expanded outpatient…
A prestigious scholarship is helping three Coffs Coast apprentices boost their budgets to ensure they complete their training and add to our skilled workforce. Nationals Member for Coffs Harbour Gurmesh Singh said the Bert Evans Apprentice Scholarships – which provide $15,000 over three years – aim to provide vital support to individuals who have demonstrated…
David Littleproud says a future Nationals Government will maintain the live sheep trade, after Labor announced its live sheep export shutdown timeframe. Agriculture Minister Murray Watt announced a $107 million plan to ‘transition’ the industry by May 1, 2028. Mr Littleproud says Labor has never explained what it’s shutting the industry down. “Compensation of just…
A Senate committee whose members include The Nationals’ Ross Cadel has called for laws banning price gouging in supermarkets, and for the creation of divestiture laws. In December last year the Senate resolved that the Select Committee on Supermarket Prices be established to inquire into and report on the price setting practices and market power…
Clarence Nationals MP, Richie Williamson, has tabled a petition calling on the NSW Labor Government to rebuild flood-impacted Broadwater Public School as a matter of urgency. The petition, spearheaded by Broadwater Public School Parents and Citizens Association, demands the NSW Government withdraw the current unnecessary development application before Richmond Valley Council. It calls for the…
Local clubs and organisations in the Cootamundra electorate have been awarded $21,919 in NSW Government funding to assist with the purchase of eight life-saving defibrillators. Nationals Member for Cootamundra Steph Cooke said the Local Sport Defibrillator Grant Program was introduced by the previous government and is aimed at providing Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) and associated…
Nationals Member for Myall Lakes, Tanya Thompson, has been presented with a 12,000-signature petition that calls for increased funding for Manning Base Hospital. The petition, from the Manning Great Lakes Community Health Action Group, calls upon the Labor state government for increased funding to have stages two and three of the hospital’s redevelopment to be…
Clarence Nationals MP Richie Williamson says the positive detection of large traces of the white spot virus in wild-caught school prawns south of Ballina is a further blow to the commercial fishing industry. Mr Williamson says he understands the discovery of the white spot virus came from routine batch testing of wild-caught school prawns from…
Nationals Member for Parkes, Mark Coulton, has congratulated six organisations in his electorate that have received funding under the Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal’s (FRRR) Strengthening Rural Communities program. Mr Coulton said RiverSmart Australia Limited, Coonamble Golf Club Limited, and Moree Plains Shire Council have each been awarded grants under the Commonwealth-funded Rebuilding Regional…