Jumping for joy in Coffs

Photo: Nationals Member for Coffs Harbour Gurmesh Singh congratulates Coffs Coast Jump Club secretary Sally Hutchison (left) and board member Alita Childs Nationals MPs Gurmesh Singh and Pat Conaghan have welcomed the completion of a significant upgrade for the Coffs Coast Jump Club at its Coffs Harbour Showground headquarters. The Jump Club’s Christmas Showjumping Competition…

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Labor’s cost-of-living crisis a tough Christmas gift

People in the Riverina and Central West are facing a tough Christmas this year thanks to Labor’s cost-of-living crisis. Nationals Member for Riverina, Michael McCormack, said more than 2,000 people descended on Wagga Beach car park on Wednesday this week to collect food and other essentials from Foodbank’s pop-up site. In 90 minutes, eight tonnes…

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Minns Labor Government risking lives

The Minns Labor Government is risking lives, as regional paramedics refuse to renew their professional registration over a pay dispute that is threatening to leave the state’s health system with mass shortages from January 1. Nationals Leader Dugald Saunders has met members of the Ambulance Division Health Services Union to hear first-hand what this will…

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Celebrating seniors in the 2024 Festival

Seniors in the Myall Lakes can look forward to a range of exciting events and activities at the 2024 NSW Seniors Festival. Mrs Thompson said the theme of the 2024 Festival is ‘reach beyond’ and she is encouraging seniors to expand their horizons by trying a new activity or meeting new people. “We have so…

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Conservatorium upgrade hits the right note

The Coffs Harbour Regional Conservatorium is celebrating the completion of a significant upgrade thanks to $190,000 in funding from the former Nationals Government. Nationals Member for Coffs Harbour Gurmesh Singh joined Conservatorium Chair Lesley Schoer, Acting Artistic Director Dr Glen Hodges, and other members of the Con team to officially mark the completion of the…

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Cherry festival a blooming success

Photograph caption: Steph Cooke was on hand to help officially open this year’s National Cherry Festival alongside (from left), Hilltops Deputy Mayor Alison Foreman, Federal Member for Riverina Michael McCormack, Hilltops Mayor Marg Roles, Young High School student Bella Charles, and reigning Cherry Queen Brianna Long. Nationals Member for Cootamundra Steph Cooke has applauded all…

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Dream Dubbo Christmas brought to life by local students

The children of the Dubbo electorate have unleashed their creativity in the annual Christmas card design competition. Each year Nationals Member for Dubbo, Dugald Saunders, calls for primary-school children across the electorate to help design his Christmas card, and this year Zeon Burger from St Mary’s in Dubbo took out first place. Zeon, who’s 12,…

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Basin communities sold down the river for a pittance

At a time when Australians are suffering from cost-of-living pressures, they are now being forced to fund a massive job-destroying policy which will decrease the nation’s productivity, drive up the cost of living, and see more imported food on our supermarket shelves whilst diverting billions of dollars of taxpayers’ funding from health, education, roads, and…

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Labor abandons regional communities – again

Federal Nationals Member for Riverina Michael McCormack says river communities have been “shafted” by the Labor Government over its decision to sidle up to the Greens to strip water for irrigation in the Murray-Darling Basin. Mr McCormack said this was yet another blow to Riverina and Central West residents already hurting from the high cost-of-living…

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Cowper health and aged care forums

Federal Nationals Member for Cowper Pat Conaghan and Shadow Assistant Minister for Regional Health Dr Anne Webster have undertaken a three-day tour of the Mid North Coast that included site visits and round-table forums with local Health and Aged Care providers and educators. Three forums were held – in Port Macquarie, Kempsey, and Coffs Harbour.…

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“To say I am devastated is an understatement”

Photo – Steph Cooke with Tresillian CEO Rob Mills  Nationals Member for Cootamundra, Steph Cooke, is seeking an urgent meeting with the NSW Health Minister following a decision that the promised Tresillian residential unit at the new Cowra Hospital would not be proceeding. In September last year Ms Cooke announced there would be two beds…

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Oberon locals fear Labor’s wrecking wind towers

Nationals Leader David Littleproud and Senator Ross Cadell have met Oberon locals, concerned about plans for wind turbines in the areas as part of Labor’s reckless race to renewables. The Oberon Community Forum heard how prime agricultural and forestry land in the area could soon be ripped up for hundreds of wind turbines. Mr Littleproud…

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Gillespie says get cracking on infrastructure projects

Federal Nationals Member for Lyne Dr David Gillespie has called on State Governments and Local Councils to get on and build projects where funds have been allocated. Dr Gillespie said he had several meetings with Federal Minister for Infrastructure Catherine King requesting that funds previously allocated to local projects by the former Nationals Government continue…

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