Iluka’s wait for its first ever Ambulance Station is almost over with the Government and the local community agreeing to build it on a site adjacent to the Iluka Bowls Club in Spenser Street, Clarence Nationals MP Chris Gulaptis announced. “When Iluka Ambulance Action Group founders John and Ann McLean first approached me with this…
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Bathurst Nationals MP Paul Toole has announced funding of $522,353 for the development of a ‘pump track’ in Lithgow. The grant to Lithgow City Council comes from the NSW Nationals in Government’s Stronger Country Communities Fund. “This project will further enhance the facilities at Endeavour Park where the pump track will be located,” Mr Toole…
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Picture: NSW Police Facebook. Photo was taken before COVID-19 restrictions. The safety and security of regional communities and our police force continues to be the NSW Nationals in Government’s highest priority with new police officers on the beat following a private attestation ceremony in Goulburn. “The community is in safer hands with these officers joining…
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Regional Australia is the best place to live, work, invest and raise a family says Deputy Prime Minister and Nationals Leader Michael McCormack. Last year 65,000 more people chose to move to regional Australia from capital cities than the other way around, according to a new Regional Australia Institute (RAI) report tracking population movements between…
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Photo taken before COVID-19 restrictions. The Nationals in Government are helping dairy farmers lower their power bills with grants that will help them become more energy-efficient. Federal Nationals Member for Page Kevin Hogan said up to $20,000 was available for a dairy farming business to upgrade equipment to reduce energy consumption. “Energy use in milk…
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Tens of thousands of people are choosing regional Australia over the capital cities according to a new Regional Australia Institute (RAI) report tracking population movements between 2011 and 2016. Deputy Prime Minister Nationals Leader Michael McCormack said The Big Movers: Understanding Population Mobility in Regional Australia report showed more and more Australians were attracted to…
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NSW Nationals Upper House MP Wes Fang has taken aim at the Shooters for their support of Labor. The Shooters have recycled an out-of-area candidate to contest the Eden-Monaro by-election, but Mr Fang says it’s simply a way to shore up their friends in Labor. “The Shooters showed no interest in running for Eden-Monaro last…
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The NSW Nationals in Government are embarking on a major consultation project to help understand the issues facing veterans and their families. NSW Nationals Member for Cootamundra Steph Cooke said this process will help shape the first NSW Veterans Strategy. “By completing this survey or attending one of the forums being held across the state,…
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Nationals Senator for NSW Perin Davey has called on all ‘true blue’ Aussies to buy Australian Made to help families and small businesses during the COVID-19 downturn. Australian small businesses have been hit very hard during the COVID-19 pandemic, Senator Davey said, but there was very strong support in the community to ‘buy local’. “When…
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NSW Nationals Member for Myall Lakes Stephen Bromhead has announced that communities across the Manning and Great Lakes are set for a boost with regional transport services able to carry greater numbers of passengers throughout regional NSW from July 1 as COVID-19 restrictions ease, just in time for the school holidays. Mr Bromhead said health…
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