Nationals Member for Myall Lakes, Tanya Thompson, is calling on the community to show up in force at the Community Flood Rally in Taree this Monday, June 23, to demand urgent disaster funding from the NSW Government. The rally is a call for Category D disaster support; funding that flood-affected families, farmers and small businesses…
I read with interest an article the other day comparing China’s ability to build dams to the latest industrial action grinding the trouble plagued Snowy 2.0 to another halt. It made me think about other projects that seem to be continuously delayed in bureaucratic processes. The last dam built in Australia was the Rookwood Weir…
Nationals Member for Myall Lakes, Tanya Thompson, is urging the community to stand with flood-affected families, farmers, primary producers, and small business by signing a petition calling for urgent State Government support. The NSW Parliamentary ePetition calls for the immediate delivery of Category C and D disaster funding to the Mid North Coast and Hunter…
Nationals Member for Oxley, Michael Kemp, is calling on the Minister for Roads to immediately address the dangerous conditions at the intersection of Ginagay Way and Valla Beach Road, following yet another serious crash. Despite repeated representations from the community, police, emergency services and Mr Kemp himself, the concerns have not been taken seriously by…
Nationals Leader, David Littleproud, said he feared the Albanese Government was prepared to trade away Australia’s biosecurity advantage to appease the Trump Administration, after reports the government had put beef imports on the negotiating table. Mr Littleproud said Australia’s strong biosecurity must remain a priority, instead of being used as a bargaining tool by Labor.…
Nationals Member for Northern Tablelands, Brendan Moylan, Member for Oxley, Michael Kemp, and Member for Port Macquarie, Robert Dwyer, are pressing the NSW Government for answers on when the Oxley Highway will be reopened with ongoing delays continuing to cripple small communities. The major road has been shut following May’s wet weather event which saw…
Clarence Nationals MP Richie Williamson has written to the NSW Minister for Agriculture, Tara Moriarty, urging immediate financial assistance for commercial fishing families impacted by an extension of the white spot biosecurity control order in the Clarence River. The order – extended to December 9 while the NSW Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development…
The NSW Nationals are calling on the State and Federal Labor Governments to increase the minimal support announced for residents, small businesses, and primary producers impacted by devastated flooding in the Hunter, Mid-North, and North Coast regions. NSW Nationals Leader Dugald Saunders joined Member for Oxley, Michael Kemp, to meet impacted farmers and business owners…
The NSW Nationals are calling on the State and Federal Labor Governments to increase the minimal support announced for residents, small businesses and primary producers impacted by devastated flooding in the Hunter, Mid-North and North Coast regions, as well as communities hit by ex-tropical cyclone Alfred. NSW Nationals Leader Dugald Saunders said the $25,000 flood…
I am speechless. Today’s announcement by the Prime Minister and Premier of Category C & D disaster funding for people and communities across the Hastings, MidCoast and Hunter area fails any measure of a fair and decent response. Both say that the funding is in recognition of the “recent severe flooding” yet the funding falls…