NSW Shadow Minister for Water, Steph Cooke, has expressed shock and deep concern following an admission by the NSW Water Minister that when it comes to the Commonwealth’s controversial water buybacks, her only option is to plead, “please don’t do that.” Ms Cooke said the Minister admitted during Budget Estimates that despite the well-documented harm…
NSW Nationals Leader Dugald Saunders said Labor’s announcement of a trial of average speed cameras in regional NSW is a lose/lose approach to road safety that is clearly looking to sneakily raise revenue from regional residents. The trial will take place in two areas: • Pacific Highway between Kew and Lake Innes (Port Macquarie) –…
Nationals Member for Myall Lakes, Tanya Thompson, is joining the Pink Up Forster Tuncurry campaign by hosting a special “Pink Up & Paint” event on October 27 to raise funds and awareness for the McGrath Foundation’s Breast Care Nurses. Mrs Thompson said Forster Tuncurry will be turning pink this October for Breast Cancer Awareness Month.…
The NSW Nationals have raised concerns around the delayed rollout of Jack’s Law, which would give police powers to use metal detection wands, as knife crime plagues NSW. In the three months since Jack’s Law passed the NSW Parliament, the Minns Labor Government has made little progress. A Budget Estimates hearing has been told the…
A teacher at Coffs Harbour’s Gumbaynggirr Giingana Freedom School has been awarded a prestigious Aboriginal Languages Education Scholarship. Nationals Member for Coffs Harbour, Gurmesh Singh, has congratulated language teacher Blake Cusack on her outstanding achievement. “This important scholarship program aims to contribute to the growth of Aboriginal languages by supporting recipients just like Blake to…
The NSW Nationals are calling on the Federal Government to back the NSW screen industry by implementing Australian content quotas. The call follows the success of the Australian Children’s Content Summit in Coffs Harbour, where concerns were raised over major platforms not supporting local industry. The Nationals are calling for quotas of up to 20…
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…
