Labor delays as knife crime escalates

The NSW Nationals have raised concerns around the delayed rollout of Jack’s Law, which would give police powers to use metal detection wands, as knife crime plagues NSW. In the three months since Jack’s Law passed the NSW Parliament, the Minns Labor Government has made little progress. A Budget Estimates hearing has been told the…

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Scholarship success for Coffs language teacher

A teacher at Coffs Harbour’s Gumbaynggirr Giingana Freedom School has been awarded a prestigious Aboriginal Languages Education Scholarship. Nationals Member for Coffs Harbour, Gurmesh Singh, has congratulated language teacher Blake Cusack on her outstanding achievement. “This important scholarship program aims to contribute to the growth of Aboriginal languages by supporting recipients just like Blake to…

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Aussie talent must shine on streaming services

The NSW Nationals are calling on the Federal Government to back the NSW screen industry by implementing Australian content quotas. The call follows the success of the Australian Children’s Content Summit in Coffs Harbour, where concerns were raised over major platforms not supporting local industry. The Nationals are calling for quotas of up to 20…

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Fly our flag and fly it with pride!

Today, September 3, is Australian National Flag Day. Proclaimed as a national day in 1996, it’s a celebration of the first time our flag was flown on September 3, 1901, at the Royal Exhibition Building in Melbourne, which was the site of Australia’s first Parliament. It was on that day that Prime Minister Edmund Barton…

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New addition for community hall

Upper Orara Public Hall is now more energy and cost efficient thanks to the arrival of a new solar battery. Nationals Member for Coffs Harbour Gurmesh Singh said the 13.5kWh Tesla Powerwall Battery was funded by a $15,900 NSW Government grant through the Community Building Partnership Program. “The Upper Orara Hall Committee works hard to…

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Police numbers plunge under Labor

Police shortages across NSW are worsening under the Minns Labor Government with more than a thousand extra officers leaving the job in the past year. In a Budget Estimates hearing today it was revealed the police force is 2279 officers below its authorised strength, which is almost double the gap of 1000 officers recorded in…

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