The Nationals’ candidate for Hunter, Sue Gilroy, has secured crucial funding to make a local intersection near Edgeworth Primary School safer. Ms Gilroy has committed $11.4 million for Minmi Road and Main Road in Edgeworth, if elected under a future Coalition Government, to improve traffic flow and pedestrian safety. “Parents would know accessing Edgeworth Primary…
Sue Gilroy and The Nationals back youth infrastructure in Hunter The Nationals candidate for Hunter, Sue Gilroy, has today announced a $600,000 commitment to upgrade the Greta Skate Park, delivering safer and more modern recreational space for young people and families in the region. Ms Gilroy said the funding would address urgent safety issues and…
A future Coalition Government will deliver a new Urgent Care Clinic for the Morisset community. This important commitment to deliver better access to much needed urgent primary healthcare has been secured, thanks to the advocacy of The Nationals’ candidate for Hunter Sue Gilroy. Morisset and the lower half of the Hunter electorate has been taken…
A Coalition Government will deliver $3 million in funding to upgrade a notorious Hunter Valley intersection making it safer for local families and visitors traveling on Wine Country Drive. The intersection of Wine Country Drive and Lomas Lane at Nulkaba will be upgraded to include traffic lights, and the construction of dedicated pedestrian crossings and…
We want families to get home safer and more quickly so they can spend more time together and less time on the road. That’s why The Nationals in government will provide $100 million for the Maitland overpass. I know the local community has been calling for this, and I’m proud to say we will deliver…
The NSW Nationals have called on the State and Federal Labor governments to ensure regional communities won’t be cut off after REX Airlines and went into voluntary administration. Leader of the NSW Nationals, Dugald Saunders said it’s the second regional carrier facing the possibility of collapse after Bonza suspended their operations in April. “The news…
Key members of the rural sector have today joined the NSW Government to send a message to travellers to do their bit to keep the highly contagious Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) out of NSW and wider Australia. Appearing at the Sydney International Airport, NSW Nationals member for Bathurst, Deputy Premier and Minister for Regional…
Commonwealth-State disaster assistance is now available for an additional six LGAs following the severe weather and flooding. A full list of all 29 LGAs now declared as natural disaster zones can be found below. Assistance is being provided through the jointly funded Commonwealth-State Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangement (DRFA). If the eligibility criteria is met, assistance…
A multi-agency task force made up of over 500 personnel, helicopters and equipment is being deployed across the flood affected areas in NSW. Premier Dominic Perrottet said the task force consists of personnel from the NSW State Emergency Service, the NSW Rural Fire Service, Fire and Rescue NSW, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Public Works…