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It’s been revealed Labor failed to undertake modelling on the impact of banning live sheep exports, before announcing the shutdown of the live sheep export trade. The revelations came during Question Time in Parliament, when Nationals Leader and Shadow Agriculture Minister David Littleproud asked Prime Minister Anthony Albanese if Labor had undertaken any economic modelling…
Federal Nationals Member for Lyne Dr David Gillespie has announced a $5-million funding boost for the Cedar Party Creek Bridge Replacement project at Wingham. The project, worth more than $20-million, is being undertaken by Transport for NSW in collaboration with MidCoast Council. Dr Gillespie said the Cedar Party Creek Bridge replacement project would see the…
Federal Nationals Member for Parkes Mark Coulton has welcomed the opening of applications for Round 1 of the On Farm Connectivity Program (OFCP) The program is a new one which is intended to boost productivity, growth, and sustainability through connected technology in the agriculture sector. “This new program is an opportunity for primary producers to…
NSW Nationals member for Northern Tablelands, Adam Marshall, has announced a road funding boost of close to $5 million for the Walcha and Uralla Council areas. He has announced a $2,341,210 boost for Walcha Council to continue repairing and upgrading its local road network. Mr Marshall made the announcement with Walcha Council Mayor Eric Noakes…
Nationals Leader and Shadow Agriculture Minister David Littleproud is calling on Treasurer Jim Chalmers and Agriculture Minister Murray Watt to investigate supermarket meat sale prices. Mr Littleproud said Treasurer Chalmers and Minister Watt must urgently direct the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) to hold a price inquiry. “According to Meat and Livestock Australia, some…
Nationals Leader David Littleproud is calling for mandated domestic mobile roaming in regional, rural and remote Australia in the wake of the Optus outage. Mr Littleproud said the outage, which impacted 10 million Australians, underlined the need to introduce mandated mobile roaming, initially through a pilot program in regional, rural and remote areas of Australia,…
Tomorrow, November 11, we commemorate the anniversary of the Armistice that ended the fighting in the First World War. Every year, on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, we mark the time and date in 1918 when the guns fell silent on the Western Front after more than four years…
Federal Nationals Member for Riverina Michael McCormack has welcomed further funding for flood recovery in the Central West under the Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA). Mr McCormack said the recovery efforts were far from over, particularly in the Forbes and Parkes Shires in his electorate, as well as neighbouring Cabonne and Lachlan Shires. “The Forbes…
Nationals Member for Cootamundra Steph Cooke has expressed her appreciation for the enduring legacy of the Cowra CWA Branch during recent celebrations marking its 100th birthday. The CWA is the largest women’s organisation in Australia and aims to improve conditions for country women and children. It has around 8000 thousand members in hundreds of branches,…
NSW Surf Life Saving Clubs are being encouraged to apply for their share of $5.25 million in funding for the upgrade, restoration, or construction of facilities. Nationals Member for Coffs Harbour, Gurmesh Singh, said applications are now open for the Surf Club Facility Program with grants of up to $1 million up for grabs. “We…