The NSW Labor Government has laid down plans to cut the $250 Regional Apprentice and University Student Travel Card. Nationals Leader Dugald Saunders said under Labor, this transport lifeline will be cancelled. “The regional travel cards are there to train our future workforce and help them deal with the rising cost of living,” Mr Saunders…
The NSW Labor Government has failed to protect regional water assets after passing legislation to enshrine Sydney Water Corporation in the NSW Constitution. The government rejected amendments by the opposition to include regional water utilities alongside Sydney Water Corporation and Hunter Water Corporation as assets that cannot be privatised. NSW Nationals leader Dugald Saunders said…
The ongoing closure of the flood-damaged Casino Courthouse is hurting locals, and NSW Nationals MP for Clarence Richie Williamson, with the backing of Richmond Valley Council Mayor Robert Mustow, has called on Labor Government to re-open it ASAP. Mr Williamson said the first priority of flood recovery was helping flood victims, but it was time…
The NSW Labor Government has refused to rule out scrapping the Regional Apprentice and University Student Travel Card in its September Budget. The former Nationals Government travel card has been instrumental in assisting over 5,000 regional apprentices to manage the cost of travel associated with their studies or apprenticeships since its introduction this year. NSW…
Federal Nationals’ leader David Littleproud says today’s decision by the Australian Energy Regulator to lift the final default market offer by close to 25 per cent is the result of failed Labor policy. Households in NSW will face electricity price rises of between 19.6 and 24.9 per cent from July 1, while small business customers…
Newly-elected Nationals MP for Myall Lakes Tanya Thompson has delivered her inaugural speech. This is what she had to say: I would like to firstly acknowledge the Gadigal people, the traditional owners of the land on which we meet, and the First Nations people of the Myall Lakes electorate, the Worimi and Biripi people, and…
Michael Kemp, the newly-elected Nationals MP for Oxley, has delivered his inaugural speech. This is what he had to say: According to the 2021 Census, over 80,000 people live in the Oxley electorate on the mid North Coast. It is a wonderfully varied population, with 9.1 per cent identifying as being of Aboriginal or Torres…
Nationals’ Member for Coffs Harbour and Shadow Minister for Emergency Services, Gurmesh Singh, said tomorrow’s WOW Day (May 17) is the opportunity to celebrate SES volunteers across NSW. “Our SES volunteers are local legends who generously devote their time and energies to support our community in times of need such as floods, storm events and…
Federal Nationals’ Member for Page, Kevin Hogan, has slammed the decision by federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek to prioritise Queensland in the rollout of a national flood warning network involving the purchase and upgrade of flood gauges. Funding for the national flood warning network was announced in last week’s federal budget. “The Northern Rivers area…
New Nationals’ MP for Clarence, Richie Williamson, says the NSW and Federal Labor Governments should step up and provide financial support to the struggling Clarence River prawn industry. In an impassioned Private Member’s Statement in the NSW Parliament, Mr Williamson said the local prawn industry was suffering great stress through no fault of its own…
A future Coalition Government will abolish Labor’s new fresh food tax on farmers. Federal Nationals’ leader David Littleproud said the new tax will force farmers to pay for the biosecurity risk of their international competitors. “Labor’s Budget measure is a new tax on farmers and food, meaning farmers will have to pass it onto consumers,…
Richie Williamson, our newly-elected Member for Clarence, has delivered his inaugural speech. This is what he had to say. I nervously stand here today, full of hope and optimism. I will firstly admit the nerves are mine, but the hope and optimism are for the great people of the mighty Richmond and Clarence valleys which…
The Labor government’s Budget will introduce a new food tax on Australian families, right in the middle of a cost-of-living crisis. Federal Nationals leader David Littleproud said the new tax on farmers to pay for the biosecurity risk of international importers was senseless and would be passed onto consumers, which meant even higher grocery bills…
Federal Nationals Member for Page Kevin Hogan and Shadow Minister for Emergency Management, Senator Perin Davey, have called for a greater focus on engineering solutions to lower the height of future floods across the Northern Rivers. Mr Hogan said after the 2022 flooding event he announced $150 million in funding that was intended to be…
Federal Nationals’ Leader David Littleproud has warned today’s closure of Liddell Power Station will hurt household hip pockets without a reliable alternative. Mr Littleproud said Labor’s policies were hurting job security for the Hunter and energy security for Australia and from today, NSW would lose 10 per cent of its existing baseload energy. “In two…
