When it comes to regional crime, we need to look beyond the nine to five. Last month I set out on a week-long listening tour through some of the most impacted areas from the Northern Rivers to the Great Lakes region, bringing together locals, businesses, police and both government and non-government agencies. It wasn’t only…
Clarence Nationals MP Richie Williamson has welcomed the approval of a $6.9 million grant to enable Rous County Council to undertake repairs and improve the stability and future resilience of the Bungawalbin Levee in the lower Richmond Valley. Mr Williamson has been advocating very strongly for funding support to enable remediation works to be carried…
The Senate Standing Committees on Environment and Communications are inviting submissions to an inquiry into the offshore wind industry consultation process. The closing date for submissions is August 30, and Nationals Senator Ross Cadell is encouraging people to make sure their voices are heard. The full Terms of Reference are listed below: The consultation process…
Congratulations to Brendan Moylan. The NSW Electoral Commission has made the following post on its website. Brendan Moylan was declared elected at 10:39am on Wednesday, 10 July 2024. Brendan received 31,203 first preference votes in the Northern Tablelands by-election. That’s 67.93 per cent of the total. The second-placed candidate, on first preference votes, received 11.38…
The Marlee community is looking forward to a more comfortable sitting experience when attending functions at the Marlee Hall, following a successful $13,000 Community Building Partnership grant application. Tanya Thompson, Nationals Member for Myall Lakes, has visited Marlee Hall, to the north-west of Taree, to share the exciting news with the Marlee Hall and Progress…
Federal Nationals Member for Lyne, Dr David Gillespie, last night hosted a Nuclear Energy Forum in Taree and will host another in Lorn at Maitland this evening. Guest speaker at both events is Robert Parker, Founder of Nuclear For Climate Australia, and former president of Australian Nuclear Association. Last night’s session at Club Taree was…
Federal Nationals Member for Lyne, Dr David Gillespie, and NSW Nationals Member for Myall Lakes, Tanya Thompson, have taken part in the official opening of the recently completed upgrade of the Taree Old Bar Surf Life Saving Club. In 2021, Dr Gillespie and the late NSW Nationals Member for Myall Lakes, Stephen Bromhead, announced $425,000…
Nationals Member for Cootamundra Steph Cooke with Cowra businesswoman Kate Alberry, who was instrumental in developing the mural project. Visitors to the Central West are being encouraged to plan a journey to Cowra this NAIDOC Week to see first-hand the spectacular and larger-than-life mural artwork reflecting the culture of the Wiradjuri community. Nationals Member for…
Local not-for-profits, community groups and organisations are being encouraged to apply for the NSW Government’s Infrastructure Grants program (Clubgrants Category 3). NSW Nationals Member for Tamworth, Kevin Anderson, said while the program had already invested significant funds into local community projects, he wants to see more. “The NSW Government’s Infrastructure Grants Program has delivered great…
Clarence Nationals MP Richie Williamson says Transgrid and the Australian Energy Market Operator (AMEO) need to come clean on why Essential Energy was ordered to shed load last night, leaving over 20,000 Northern Rivers residents in the dark on one of the coldest nights of the year. Mr Williamson said early reports suggest issues with…