During a visit to Albury, Nationals’ Leader Matt Canavan and Nationals’ Farrer candidate Brad Robertson heard the message from locals loud and clear: everyone is hurting. Facing skyrocketing energy prices, fuel prices, interest rates and recent health insurance changes, local small businesses, families, and residents are calling for help under the growing pressure. Mr Robertson…
Federal Nationals Member for Riverina, Michael McCormack, is calling on Australia Post to do all it can to ensure Grenfell and Weddin Shire residents do not lose their post office. The call comes as the current operator of the Grenfell Licensed Post Office indicated they would stop operating the Post Office from the close of…
The Minns Labor Government is failing NSW families by refusing to rule out a deeply unpopular camping fee hike. One year on from Labor’s outrageous attempts to hike camping fees in National Parks by up to 600%, the Minns Government still has not responded to the 23,000 NSW residents who told them to take a…
The Nationals’ candidate for Farrer Brad Robertson has toured a greenfield site option, following the Coalition’s commitment for a $200 million investment into Albury Wodonga Health. The funding pledge, if successful at the 2028 federal election, would open a pathway to a greenfield development, with possible locations including an equestrian facility. “The Coalition has announced…
Health Minister Ryan Park has been caught misleading NSW Parliament, with internal NSW Health briefings from 2024 revealing $80 million was approved in the budget for the Forster-Tuncurry public hospital. Under questioning at Budget Estimates last month, Mr Park stated “I don’t want people to think we are skirting around it … it wasn’t in…
Nationals Member for Lyne, Alison Penfold, has called on Coastline Bank CEO John Yardley to reconsider the decision to close Kendall’s banking outlet, effective Friday, June 26. “When Bendigo Bank withdrew from Kendall in 2023, Coastline stepped in to make sure that the community had access to essential frontline banking services,” Ms Penfold said. “Just…
One Nation’s candidate for Farrer has publicly peddled false figures about beef industry water consumption in an attempt to boost his personal political prospects. In a recent social media post David Farley claimed it took 15,000 litres of water to produce 1 kilogram of Australian beef. That figure is strongly refuted by respected and informed…
Shadow Minister for Emergency Services and Disaster Recovery, and Member for Myall Lakes, Tanya Thompson, has slammed her exclusion from key flood recovery meetings during the Premier’s brief visit to the Manning, labelling it “politics ahead of people.” Mrs Thompson said it is unacceptable that almost 12 months after devastating floods, the Premier chose to…
Clean water will return to Narrandera under a commitment by The Nationals’ candidate for Farrer, Brad Robertson. We will invest $16 million towards the construction of a new water treatment plant to provide a permanent solution to unacceptable water quality outcomes. Mr Robertson said this commitment delivers on the concerns raised by the local community…
The Albanese Government’s plan to impose a retrospective tax on foreign investment dating back nearly two decades is a reckless cash grab that threatens millions of Australian jobs and damages the nation’s global reputation as a safe place to invest. Nationals Leader and Shadow Trade and Investment Minister, Senator Matt Canavan, said a retrospective tax…
It has been a full week since the NSW Nationals called on the Minns Labor Government to act on the fertiliser crisis threatening the state’s food chain, and Minister Tara Moriarty has said nothing, done nothing, and offered nothing. A week of silence is a week of lost planning time for grain growers, orchardists and…
NSW Nationals Leader Gurmesh Singh and Shadow Minister for Health and Regional Health Sarah Mitchell have today called on the Minns Labor Government to urgently increase financial support for rural and regional patients forced to travel long distances for medical care. With fuel prices continuing to climb, the current 40 cents per kilometre subsidy under…
Rising concerns about the cost and reliability of fertiliser supply have sparked calls for urgent action, with State Nationals MP for Clarence, Richie Williamson, urging the NSW Government to guarantee access to critical supplies so that farmers across the Richmond and Clarence Valleys and regional NSW can keep producing food and fibre. Mr Williamson said…
Thank you very much, Andrew, and thank you to the National Press Club for this generous invitation. I also want to thank a couple of my colleagues, Jamie and Susan, for being here today, along with a lot of hardworking staff. Thank you to the journalists, for being here as well. I think Mark from…
Federal Nationals Member for Lyne, Alison Penfold, has welcomed the completion of roadworks on East Seaham Road at East Seaham, delivered with the support of the Australian Government Black Spot Program. The project improves safety on a known high-risk section of road, with targeted upgrades funded through the federal program, alongside contributions from the NSW…
