Nationals Member for Myall Lakes, Tanya Thompson, has announced the recipients of the 2025–26 Local Sport Defibrillator Grant Program, delivering life-saving Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) to local sporting and community organisations. Seven clubs and organisations across Myall Lakes have been successful in securing funding. “These grants are a game-changer for our local sporting and community…
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The NSW Nationals have called on the Minns Labor Government to quit stalling and get on with delivering the Manning Base Hospital redevelopment. Nationals Member for Myall Lakes Tanya Thompson met Minister Park’s office on Monday morning, but said the conversation was a complete waste of time. Mrs Thompson said the meeting confirmed what many…
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Shadow Minister for Regional Transport and Roads Paul Toole has called on the Minns Labor Government to follow the lead of Victoria and Tasmania and immediately deliver free public transport across NSW throughout April. Mr Toole said if other states can step up and provide real cost-of-living relief, there is no excuse for NSW Labor…
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Nationals MP for Cootamundra Steph Cooke says news of a significant upgrade to the railway crossing along Mary Gilmore Way at Bribbaree is a “massive win.” Transport for NSW has commenced design work to transform the crossing, between West Wyalong and Young, from a passive to an active level crossing, with boom gates, flashing LED…
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Regional NSW is doing it tough. Farmers and communities are battling skyrocketing fuel costs, critical fertiliser shortages, worsening dry conditions, and feral animals tearing through crops and livestock. And where is the Minns Labor Government? Sitting on its hands, hoping the problems will eventually go away. Rushed, unworkable firearm laws leave landholders exposed. Pigs, rabbits,…
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The NSW Nationals are calling on the Minns Labor Government to use its emergency powers to guarantee diesel and fuel supplies to regional NSW. Our communities grow the food, move the freight, and keep this state running, and when the fuel in regional NSW runs out, the entire state will suffer the consequences. NSW Nationals…
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Six new paramedics have been assigned to the Grafton Ambulance Station, strengthening frontline emergency care across the Clarence Valley. State Nationals MP for Clarence, Richie Williamson, said the new paramedics are in addition to seven extra paramedics allocated to the Lower Clarence region 12 months ago, further boosting the capacity of local ambulance services. “Healthcare…
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The Nationals have launched www.nofuelhere.com.au, a community reporting platform designed to map fuel shortages across regional Australia and give Australians a direct line to their local Members of Parliament. Nationals Leader, Senator Matt Canavan, said the platform was a direct response to the government’s failure to acknowledge the depth of the crisis in regional areas.…
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With fuel prices hitting record highs and household budgets being hit hard, the NSW Coalition has called on the Minns Labor Government to give families a break and provide free public transport this Easter long weekend. Petrol has now skyrocketed past $3 a litre in NSW, meaning families are paying more just to do the…
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Alarming data from the Bureau of Health Information’s Healthcare Quarterly report has revealed what we already knew; the NSW Health system is buckling under pressure. The October to December 2025 report revealed an alarming trend of the number of people leaving emergency departments before treatment increasing across the state and that is reflected in the…
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