Supporting local breastfeeding support groups
NSW Nationals Member for Page Kevin Hogan has secured funding to help Lismore’s branch of the Australian Breastfeeding Association run classes for new mums.
Read more
New plan to tackle student behaviour
Flexibility for principals, fairer suspension rules and more support for students and teachers are the major focus of a draft NSW schools behaviour strategy released by the NSW Nationals in the state government.
Applications now open to fix country bridges
Regional communities across the state are set to benefit from the first round of the NSW Nationals in the state government’s $500 million Fixing Country Bridges program.
Putting Australia’s interests first
It is vital for Australia’s prosperity, security and sovereignty that our foreign policy is driven by our national interest and your Nationals team in Canberra is ensuring that happens.
Labor has abandoned workers, says Senator
In a speech to the Senate this week, NSW Nationals Senator Perin Davey said Labor had turned its back on both its history and on workers.
Support for Taree bushfire recovery
NSW Nationals Member for Myall Lakes Stephen Bromhead has announced $684,307 funding for Ironwood Pty Ltd in Taree to assist with a $1.368 million project to increase the storage capacity of burnt timber. The storage facility will include 30 log stacks and two new storage sheds for milled timber. Benefits of the funding include: clearing…
Bushfire Inquiry Report accepted by government
The independent NSW Bushfire Inquiry report shows strategic hazard reduction and better land management are essential to keeping our communities safe.
Suicide prevention counsellors to safeguard rural lives
The NSW Nationals in the state government are deploying 15 full-time equivalent specialist counsellors across rural NSW to help prevent suicide, with the first two counsellors starting in the Eurobodalla and Snowy Mountains regions.
Pop-up testing clinics for freight workers
The NSW Nationals in the state government are keeping freight moving and freight workers COVIDSafe with dedicated pop-up testing sites on key regional roads.
Nats launch website to help secure harvest workers
NSW Nationals Agriculture Minister Adam Marshall has announced a new website to get unemployed Australians to work on farms across the state.
Shooters MP folds and backs Nats after community outcry
A Shooters MP has flip-flopped on publishing water user’s private information online following an outcry from her community…
Breathing new life into regional businesses
NSW Nationals Member for Cowper Pat Conaghan welcomes Nambucca Macnuts’ expansion into the niche organic macadamia nut market.
Locals heard by government on Big River Way upgrade
An upgrade to the former section of the Pacific Highway between Glenugie and Tyndale, renamed Big River Way, is one step closer with the release of the Community Consultation Summary Report.
Nats MP walks the walk in her regional seat
NSW Nationals Member for Oxley Melinda Pavey will be walking the Oxley electorate coastline to promote her beautiful region and encourage a focus on positive mental health.
Young leaders appointed to advisory council
The voices of young people across the state will be front and centre thanks to 12 new representatives recently appointed to the NSW Youth Advisory Council.