Shadow Minister for Water and Federal Member for Riverina Michael McCormack says Riverina workers are paying the price for the Albanese Labor Government’s failed water policies. SunRice has announced revised shift structures at its Deniliquin and Leeton milling sites, with employees now facing potential redundancies. With SunRice forecasting a drop in Australia’s rice production due…
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NSW Nationals Member for Clarence Richie Williamson has joined local honey producers and commercial beekeepers in calling for urgent action to combat the growing Varroa mite outbreak, warning it is becoming a national food security issue. Mr Williamson said Varroa mite is one of the most serious biosecurity threats facing Australian agriculture. “If we fail…
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Shadow Minister for Financial Services Kevin Hogan has welcomed the appointment of Therese McCarthy Hockey as Deputy Chair of the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority, while raising serious concerns over Labor’s appointment of the former Labor Assistant Treasurer David Bradbury. “Therese McCarthy Hockey brings serious regulatory experience and a strong record in financial services. Her appointment…
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Labor’s proposed national gun buyback scheme has failed its own deadline, with states and territories rejecting to sign up to Labor’s unworkable proposal before laws were meant to be passed by July 1. The Prime Minister promised agreement by March and legislation by July 1. In a win for common sense and the country’s one…
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NSW Nationals Leader and Member for Coffs Harbour Gurmesh Singh, Member for Clarence Richie Williamson and Member for Oxley Michael Kemp have slammed the Minns Labor Government’s decision to cut jobs at Forestry Corporation on the North Coast. The MPs said staff have been informed via email that dozens of jobs, including more than 30…
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The Nationals will lodge a Notice of Motion in the Senate and House of Representatives to stop Labor’s new carbon credit approval, which will lock up land and destroy regional jobs. The Nationals have moved to disallow the Carbon Credits Methodology Determination 2026, to stop Labor from paying state governments to permanently cease commercial timber…
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With construction on the Temora Hospital Redevelopment progressing, Nationals Member for Cootamundra, Steph Cooke, has welcomed the opportunity to see how the project is taking shape. Murrumbidgee Local Health District, hospital staff, project stakeholders and Temora Local Health Advisory Committee have gathered for a Construction Progress Celebration Afternoon Tea. The event celebrated the completion of…
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Female firefighters are $25 million worse off under the Minns Labor Government with dedicated funding to upgrade women’s amenities cut from this year’s budget. The Nationals in Government committed $50 million over ten years to support female firefighters, including new female change rooms and bathrooms, and encourage women to join Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW)…
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Four years after we suffered Australia’s biggest natural disaster, the CSIRO report has been released. It details how flood mitigation could make our communities safer. It models solutions such as dry holding ponds and opening up Boundary Creek to the ocean. The CSIRO report says the 2022 flood would have been over 2m lower with…
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A healthcare leader whose vision, determination and innovation are transforming the way healthcare is delivered across the Clarence Valley has been recognised with a NSW Government Community Service Award. Haley Hodgson, the driving force behind Maclean’s new health centre, was presented with the prestigious honour by State Nationals MP for Clarence Richie Williamson during the…
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