Nationals Leader, David Littleproud, and Nationals’ candidate for Calare, Sam Farraway, are touring through Lithgow and other parts of the Central West, outlining the benefits nuclear energy will bring to the region. Mr Littleproud said it is clear local businesses are struggling with Labor’s soaring energy prices because Labor’s ideology and all-renewables approach isn’t working.…
Today, September 3, is Australian National Flag Day. Proclaimed as a national day in 1996, it’s a celebration of the first time our flag was flown on September 3, 1901, at the Royal Exhibition Building in Melbourne, which was the site of Australia’s first Parliament. It was on that day that Prime Minister Edmund Barton…
New figures showing a sharp drop in mineral and petroleum exploration have prompted urgent calls for the Albanese Labor Government to reverse its attacks on the resources sector, with warnings investor confidence continues to fall. Shadow Minister for Resources, Senator Susan McDonald said the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data showing a 5.5% drop…
Upper Orara Public Hall is now more energy and cost efficient thanks to the arrival of a new solar battery. Nationals Member for Coffs Harbour Gurmesh Singh said the 13.5kWh Tesla Powerwall Battery was funded by a $15,900 NSW Government grant through the Community Building Partnership Program. “The Upper Orara Hall Committee works hard to…
Nationals’ Leader David Littleproud said energy bills across Australian households could have been lowered already, if Labor hadn’t been driven by an anti-gas ideology throughout its first term in government. Mr Littleproud has welcomed Senex’s $1 billion Atlas and Roma North gas project, announced in late June, but said it could have been up and…
Police shortages across NSW are worsening under the Minns Labor Government with more than a thousand extra officers leaving the job in the past year. In a Budget Estimates hearing today it was revealed the police force is 2279 officers below its authorised strength, which is almost double the gap of 1000 officers recorded in…
The Federal Government is underwriting tickets on Regional Express Airlines. That means you fly … or you get a refund. Your fare is guaranteed. Rex is working through turbulent financial times. But blue skies are ahead. Hopefully the airline will get its books balanced, find a buyer and continue to be the great carrier it…
Joint statement from Gurmesh Singh, Richie Williamson, and Michael Kemp Yesterday we saw Bega Cheese Limited record a 4 per cent increase in revenue to over $3.5 billion, yet our local dairy farmers have had a major contract ripped away from them by the Minns Labor Government. Norco was dumped from supplying health facilities on…
The NSW Nationals are calling on the Minns Labor Government to guarantee it won’t make cuts across regional NSW as part of its review into research stations and emergency response sites. An announcement last week revealed a panel of independent experts will be tasked with ‘developing a renewed strategy’ with an initial report due back…
The NSW Nationals have called for a moratorium and stocktake of renewables projects across the state after concerns the only active renewable energy zone is already completely overblown. According to council data, the total generation from the Central-West Orana REZ comes in at just over 12.5 gigawatts (GW), which is at least four times the…
Nationals Member for Clarence, Richie Williamson, expressed his delight at the commencement of the rebuild of Broadwater Public School. The official sod-turning ceremony marks a significant milestone in the recovery and redevelopment efforts for the Broadwater community. “Today was an exciting day for the students, teachers and the entire Broadwater community,” Mr Williamson said. “It’s…
Nationals Leader, David Littleproud, is warning Labor still has no plan for biosecurity in this National Biosecurity Week. Mr Littleproud said National Biosecurity Week is a timely reminder that Labor needs to explain how it will fund, support, and safeguard Australia from dangerous pests and diseases. “Labor seems to have ditched plans for a fresh…
Nationals Member for Tamworth, Kevin Anderson, said EnergyCo has ignored the voice of communities in the Tamworth electorate by ruling out a common-sense proposal to shift its transmission project onto public land. Mr Anderson said the EnergyCo decision to rule out the Aberbaldie stock route for its transmission project has been met with strong community…
North Coast Nationals MPs have joined forces to launch a community petition calling on the Minns Labor Government to restore Norco Milk to health facilities across the Northern NSW and Mid North Coast Local Health Districts. The petition was launched by Member for Clarence, Richie Williamson, Member for Coffs Harbour and Deputy Leader, Gurmesh Singh,…
Federal Nationals Member for Page, Kevin Hogan, has slammed the NSW Labor Government’s decision to dump local milk supplier Norco from local hospitals. Mr Hogan said Norco has been the long-standing milk supplier for health facilities from Tweed Heads to Port Macquarie. “This is a shameful decision. Norco has been quietly dumped by city bureaucrats…
