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Community anger over proposed transmission line route

A proposed high voltage transmission line that will run through prime agricultural land in the Dungowan, Woolomin, and Loomberah areas has outraged farming families. EnergyCo has plans to build transmission towers on farming land with the lines sitting over the top of several private properties in the Tamworth Electorate. Nationals Member for Tamworth Kevin Anderson…

Labor let supermarkets off the hook over 12 months ago

Federal Nationals Leader David Littleproud has revealed he offered the Albanese Labor Government support to bring forward its Grocery Code of Conduct Review by 12 months, but was rejected because Labor could not see the urgency in taking action. Mr Littleproud wrote to Assistant Minister for Competition Andrew Leigh in December 2022, encouraging and offering…

McCormack backs ACCC price inquiry

Federal Nationals Member for Riverina Michael McCormack is backing calls for the Federal Government to establish an Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) inquiry into fruit and vegetable pricing at supermarkets. “I unequivocally support the calls for an ACCC inquiry into fruit and vegetable prices, which we have seen skyrocket amid Labor’s cost-of-living crisis,” Mr…

Supermarket price stitch-up

Federal Nationals Leader David Littleproud says the Labor Government has been shamed into considering an Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) supermarket price inquiry to stamp out price gouging. Mr Littleproud said The Nationals had been calling for the independent watchdog, armed with tough powers, to be directed to investigate the supermarkets since November 2023,…