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The NSW Nationals are calling on the Minns Labor Government to urgently expand police wanding powers in the light of recent violent attacks. Shadow Police Minister Paul Toole said The Nationals have been championing a broader Jack’s Law to help deliver a reduction in knife crimes and improve community safety. Jack’s Law, passed in Queensland…
Grassroots sport on the Coffs Coast is benefiting from the NSW Local Sport Defibrillator Grant Program. Nationals Member for Coffs Harbour Gurmesh Singh said Woolgoolga Tennis Club and Coffs Harbour Kart Racing Club are among almost 200 organisations across the state to share in $500,000 in funding from the program. The grants of up to…
Nationals Member for Myall Lakes, Tanya Thompson, has announced a $5,000 NSW Government grant that will deliver studio soundproofing and signage mounting for Myall Coast Radio Inc. Mrs Thompson said the funding was allocated under the Community Building Partnership Program. “This funding is fantastic news for the community radio volunteers who need their studio soundproofed…
Nationals Leader David Littleproud said Labor is once again making it harder to get food from paddock to plate, by axing a crucial backpacker and worker program for farms. Mr Littleproud said Labor’s scrapping of the harvest trail program meant farmers would find it even harder to get the workers they need. “The essential program…
Clarence Nationals MP Richie Williamson has announced the Evans Head-Casino and Yamba Surf Life Saving Clubs are the big winners from the NSW Government’s latest round of funding under the Surf Club Facility Program. Evans Head-Casino has been awarded over $84,000 to reduce their electricity costs by installing solar panels and to upgrade the security…
The NSW Nationals are calling on the Minns Labor Government to reverse a decision to replace hardwood power poles with composite poles. NSW Nationals Leader Dugald Saunders visited Coffs Harbour Hardwoods in Glenreagh, along with Deputy Leader and Shadow Minister for the North Coast Gurmesh Singh, Member for Clarence Richie Williamson, Member for Oxley Michael…
Nationals Member for Myall Lakes, Tanya Thompson, has congratulated the Taree Junior Rugby League Football Club for its success in securing a $11,403.51 grant under the NSW Local Sport Grant Program for an Essential Field Equipment Update. Mrs Thompson visited the Taree Recreation Grounds during training to personally deliver the news to the club members.…
Nationals Member for Cootamundra Steph Cooke says planning for the new $95 million Temora Hospital continues apace, with the latest designs now available for community feedback. “The release of the new concepts marks an exciting step forward for the project, which has been in the planning phase since I – together with then Deputy Premier…
The Cootamundra Hospital crisis has been raised by Federal Nationals Member for Riverina Michael McCormack, who told Parliament the community “deserves better.” “It’s simply not good enough, and these bureaucrats should pull their bloody heads in and realise that this community needs maternity services,” Mr McCormack said in a hard-hitting speech. “They need them now…
Nationals’ Leader David Littleproud said Labor is playing catch-up on supermarket price gouging, after Treasurer Jim Chalmers agreed to a mandatory Food and Grocery Code of Conduct, more than 18 months after The Nationals began calling for it. Mr Littleproud said although the move is welcome, The Nationals have been calling for a mandatory Code…