Rough ride ahead for regional roads

Shadow Minister for Regional Roads Sam Farraway has demanded NSW Minister for Regional Roads Jenny Aitchison come clean and admit she’s only delivering $30 million – not $670 million – to councils this financial year to fix potholes on the state’s regional roads. Mr Farraway said while he’s pleased that after six months in government…

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Devastating setback for TV and film industry

Nationals Member for Coffs Harbour, Gurmesh Singh, has slammed a decision by the Minns Labor Government to axe the Made in NSW program. Mr Singh, the Shadow Minister for Tourism and Shadow Minister for the North Coast, said Made in NSW was a five year $175 million program designed to attract high-end television and feature…

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Labor’s devastating and clueless dam decision

State and federal National Party MPs have slammed the decision by the Minns Labor Government to ditch plans to raise the Wyangala Dam wall. Nationals Member for Cootamundra and Shadow Water Minister Steph Cooke said the decision is a short-sighted move that demonstrates how clueless the Premier is when it comes to the needs of…

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Qatar Airways decision hits farmers and tourism

Nationals Shadow Minister for Trade and Tourism, Kevin Hogan, said Albanese Government’s decision to stop Qatar Airways increasing its flights to Australia will hit the nation’s critical tourism industry as well as our farmers. Mr Hogan said Labor’s rejection of Qatar Airways’ request to double capacity with an extra 28 weekly flights will hurt the…

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Coolamon open for business

Nationals Member for Cootamundra, Steph Cooke, has officially opened the new Coolamon Business Park. “The Business Park has been built to help turbocharge opportunities for business and employment in Coolamon, which is obviously great news for the town and its surrounding areas,” Ms Cooke said. “Already, we’ve seen great outcomes for local businesses, with 50…

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Layzell asks “What about Bayswater?”

Nationals Member for Upper Hunter, Dave Layzell, has called on the NSW Government to ensure the Bayswater Power Station near Muswellbrook is part of the state’s Plan ‘B’ for future energy security. “I urge the Premier and his Minister for Energy to have a diversified approach rather than putting all of NSW’s eggs in the…

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Labour crisis remains – one year on from jobs and skills summit

The skills shortage crisis in regional Australia and agriculture remains, 12 months on from the Jobs and Skills Summit, pushing cost-of-living pressures higher. Nationals Leader David Littleproud said despite The Nationals taking a constructive role to represent regional Australia at Labor’s Jobs and Skills Summit one year ago, workforce shortages in the agriculture sector continued…

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All aboard the new TAMS bus

The Tamworth Aboriginal Medical Service – Aboriginal Corporation (TAMS) – now has a new bus with wheelchair access, thanks to $166,699 from the former NSW Nationals’ Government’s Community and Place Grants Program. Nationals Member for Tamworth Kevin Anderson said the new bus will allow the organisation to deliver culturally appropriate transport for the local Aboriginal…

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