Nationals secure stronger protections for injured workers and stabilised premiums for business and charities

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The NSW Nationals have secured important improvements to Labor’s Workers Compensation proposals. The outcome balances three imperatives: affordability for employers, protection for injured workers, and long-term sustainability of the scheme. Significantly the agreement will see: • iCare premiums frozen at the current rate for 18 months • Improved protections for the most injured workers with…

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Virtual fencing finally legal in NSW

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Nationals Member for Northern Tablelands Brendan Moylan has welcomed news virtual fencing has been legalised in NSW. Virtual fencing systems allow farmers to confine and move animals without physical fences using GPS, wireless, and sensor technology. A parliamentary inquiry into the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Amendment (Virtual Stock Fencing) Bill 2024 recommended, in October…

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“This is a lazy, heartless, and completely incompetent response” – devastating news for Clarence prawn industry

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Nationals Member for Clarence, Richie Williamson, has blasted the Minns Labor Government for abandoning the Clarence prawn industry as the current biosecurity control order expires and a new, expanded order immediately takes effect. Mr Williamson said the existing control order expired yesterday – Tuesday, December 9 – with a new control order replacing it without…

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New Cowra hospital takes first patients as project moves to final stages

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Cowra’s new $110.2 million hospital has commenced operations, marking another major milestone for the project and an exciting new chapter for the region’s healthcare. Following months of preparation, a coordinated transfer of departments from the existing hospital is now underway, with emergency, inpatient, and outpatient care operating within the new facility as of today. Nationals…

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“We are calling for the delivery of clean water to more than five thousand people. This is not an issue that should have to be debated”

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Design for a permanent Water Treatment Plant in Narrandera will commence, with the Commonwealth Government stepping up to support the delivery of clean drinking water to the community in place of their state counterparts. $908,000 has been awarded from the National Water Grid Fund, which will pay for the plans needed to support the construction…

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NSW Nationals call for turbine audit

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The NSW Nationals are calling on the Minns Labor Government to order an immediate audit of all operational and planned wind turbines after asbestos was found at multiple sites across Australia. NSW Nationals Leader Gurmesh Singh said this commonsense approach is about protecting our regional communities and workers who operate and maintain these assets. “No…

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Williamson backing community-led petition calling for stronger sentencing laws

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Clarence Nationals MP, Richie Williamson, is backing a community-led petition calling on the NSW Labor Government to urgently reform youth sentencing laws, following growing concern across Casino and the wider community about repeat juvenile offenders. The ePetition, organised by Casino resident Judith Karam, urges the NSW Government to review and strengthen current legislation to prevent…

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