Nationals Member for Northern Tablelands, Brendan Moylan, Member for Oxley, Michael Kemp, and Member for Port Macquarie, Robert Dwyer, are pressing the NSW Government for answers on when the Oxley Highway will be reopened with ongoing delays continuing to cripple small communities. The major road has been shut following May’s wet weather event which saw…
Clarence Nationals MP Richie Williamson has written to the NSW Minister for Agriculture, Tara Moriarty, urging immediate financial assistance for commercial fishing families impacted by an extension of the white spot biosecurity control order in the Clarence River. The order – extended to December 9 while the NSW Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development…
The NSW Nationals are calling on the State and Federal Labor Governments to increase the minimal support announced for residents, small businesses, and primary producers impacted by devastated flooding in the Hunter, Mid-North, and North Coast regions. NSW Nationals Leader Dugald Saunders joined Member for Oxley, Michael Kemp, to meet impacted farmers and business owners…
The NSW Nationals are calling on the State and Federal Labor Governments to increase the minimal support announced for residents, small businesses and primary producers impacted by devastated flooding in the Hunter, Mid-North and North Coast regions, as well as communities hit by ex-tropical cyclone Alfred. NSW Nationals Leader Dugald Saunders said the $25,000 flood…
I am speechless. Today’s announcement by the Prime Minister and Premier of Category C & D disaster funding for people and communities across the Hastings, MidCoast and Hunter area fails any measure of a fair and decent response. Both say that the funding is in recognition of the “recent severe flooding” yet the funding falls…
A formal ePetition has been launched to oppose a Minns Labor Government proposal that will see a drastic increase in camping fees in National Parks across NSW. The NSW Nationals have teamed up with Michael Atkinson, also known as ‘Outback Mike’, to bring the petition to Parliament after concerns fees in some parks could go…
Nationals Leader David Littleproud is calling for Labor to bring back interest-free loans for farmers from the Regional Investment Corporation (RIC), impacted by Australia’s drought and floods. Mr Littleproud said farmers across Australia have been simultaneously devastated by recent floods as well as drought. “In 2020 the Coalition introduced a two-year interest free period for…
The NSW Nationals are calling for the urgent roll out of category C and D disaster grants to help businesses and primary producers wiped out by the devastating flooding event impacting the Hunter, Mid-North, and North Coast regions. It comes after several flood-hit communities were incorrectly left off the NSW Government’s eligibility list for personal…
The frustration, anger, and demands of regional NSW were heard as the Time for Change petition was debated in the NSW Parliament. Nationals Member for Tamworth Kevin Anderson said the government must now respond to the 22,015 people who signed the petition, calling for change. “Serious and violent incidents of crime have left many in…
Nationals Leader David Littleproud has welcomed a new Shadow Cabinet line-up, as part of the Coalition. Mr Littleproud said the talented team, announced today, has the skill, dedication and energy to improve the lives of regional Australians. “The new team that I lead will work every day to give regional Australians hope and a future,”…
Nationals Member for Myall Lakes, Tanya Thompson, has praised the more than 6,000 emergency personnel and volunteers supporting flood-affected communities across the Myall Lakes and Mid North Coast. Mrs Thompson said over 4,000 people from NSW Government agencies, including the SES, RFS, Fire and Rescue NSW, and Transport for NSW, are working across the Great…
The NSW Nationals are calling on the Minns Labor Government to do more to protect the state’s primary industries by boosting biosecurity funding in the upcoming budget. Nationals Leader Dugald Saunders has met farmers at the Murwillumbah saleyards on the North Coast, where the highly invasive cattle tick is causing concern. He said a lack…
After careful consideration, The Nationals have agreed that now is not the right time to enter a federal Coalition Agreement with the Liberal Party. During the last term of Parliament, The Nationals fought hard for a package of sensible and important policies that will benefit regional Australia and the future of our nation. These were…
A Minns Labor Government plan to increase the cost of camping in NSW National Parks could leave the great outdoors beyond the reach of families in the middle of a cost-of-living crisis. Shadow Minister for Tourism Kevin Anderson said visiting one of the state’s 365 National Parks campgrounds has always been an affordable way to…
Federal Nationals Deputy Leader and Member for Page, Kevin Hogan, and State Member for Clarence, Richie Williamson, have joined Richmond Valley Council and the local community to officially open the new Casino Netball Association Clubhouse at Colley Park. The $1.3 million rebuild replaces the old netball facility that was inundated during the 2022 floods and…
