Tax Relief To Help Regional Families

Low and middle income earners across regional communities will start to receive immediate tax relief from next week says Federal Nationals Member for Page Kevin Hogan. “We have delivered on our promise to build a better tax system and provide more tax relief,” Mr Hogan said. “This will ensure low and middle income earners in…

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Nationals In Government Delivering For Farmers

The Nationals in Government have delivered on an election commitment to protect the privacy of Australian farmers and primary producers by introducing legislation to protect them from the unlawful actions of animal activists. The Criminal Code Amendment (Agricultural Protection) Bill 2019 introduces new offences for the incitement of trespass, property damage, or theft on agricultural…

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Annual General Conference 2019 Motions

The NSW Nationals’ Annual General Conference is always a great example of grassroots democracy in action, which is very healthy within the Party. Here are the successful motions put to the Conference in Inverell. Overview The Agenda Committee received 197 motions from branches, electorate councils, regional conferences, policy committees and other party units. However, with…

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Bara’s Fiery Address Met With Cheers

Find our why everyone’s talking about that speech with some excerpts from NSW Nationals Leader and Deputy Premier John Barilaro’s address: Recently, I looked up the definition for the term ‘Coalition’ which states, and I quote: “A temporary alliance for combined action, especially of political parties forming a government”. Now our ‘temporary alliance’ with the…

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Bede Bids Fond Farewell As Chair

NSW Nationals Chairman Bede Burke has reflected on his time as Chair and thanked his Vice Chairs for their support and service. Read excerpts from his speech below: I love what our conference represents, as well as what it achieves. We are still the only grassroots political party in Australia that is truly democratic, and…

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NSW Nationals Elect New Chairman

The NSW Nationals Central Council has elected Andrew Fraser as the Party’s new Chairman. A long-serving Member for Coffs Harbour until he retired at the March State Election, Mr Fraser has a long history with the NSW Nationals. The Party’s new executive was elected at a Central Council meeting in Inverell ahead of the Party’s…

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Regional Highlights From NSW Budget

Weighing in at more than 700 pages, the latest NSW Budget isn’t exactly light reading. But it contains a lot of great news for rural and regional NSW. Here’s some of the highlights from what many are calling “the Budget for the bush”. Northern NSW Northern NSW will receive funding boosts for hospitals and schools,…

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