Nationals Member for Tweed, Geoff Provest, has taken part in the official opening of the upgrades of the Captain Cook Memorial and Lighthouse. Point Danger, home of the Captain Cook Memorial and Lighthouse, was named by Captain Cook on his 1770 journey up the east coast of Australia to warn mariners of dangerous coral reefs.…
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The final fit out is underway on Cundletown’s new soccer club amenities, with the bulk of the building work now complete. Federal Nationals Member for Lyne, Dr David Gillespie, congratulated the Cundletown Soccer Club and MidCoast Council on the project, which was allocated $300,000 in funding under the former Nationals Government’s Local Roads and Community…
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PCYC Coffs Harbour is welcoming a much-needed funding boost thanks to the NSW Community Building Partnership Program. Nationals Member for Coffs Harbour, Gurmesh Singh, has congratulated the hardworking PCYC team on its successful funding application which will allow them to proceed with a priority project. “The PCYC has been allocated $24,338 so it can purchase…
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NSW Shadow Water Minister Steph Cooke said it is only a matter of time before Federal Government water buybacks start to impact household budgets across the country, as the flow-on effect from purchasing water from irrigators drives up the cost of production in the Murray Darling Basin. Ms Cooke said the Federal Government has this…
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The NSW Nationals are calling on the Minns Labor Government to come clean on the true extent of its cuts to Service NSW and to rethink the sacking of more than 200 frontline staff. Labor has lost control of the state’s Budget and is now slashing one of the most successful government agencies in the…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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