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Politics
Nationals leader David Littleproud on Wednesday announced his party has re-joined the Liberal Party to create a Coalition Shadow Ministry. Member-elect for Parkes, Jamie Chaffey, has been appointed Shadow Assistant Minister for Agriculture and Shadow Assistant Minister for Resources. “I am proud to be included in the Shadow Ministry,” Mr Chaffey said. “The Parkes electorate [...]
Northern Tablelands
MEMBER for Northern Tablelands Brendan Moylan has urged the NSW Government for more targeted action to address on the escalating problem of feral pigs across the Northern Tablelands. Mr Moylan delivered a Private Members’ Statement in Parliament on Tuesday addressing concerns on the increasing number of feral pigs and the impact they are having on [...]
Politics
Member-elect for Parkes, Jamie Chaffey, has been appointed Shadow Assistant Minister for Agriculture and Shadow Assistant Minister for Resources, with Nationals Leader David Littleproud returned as the Shadow Minister for Agriculture. Opposition Leader Sussan Ley announced her Shadow Ministry today after officially reforming the Coalition by striking a formal agreement with Mr Littleproud to reconnect. [...]
Northern Tablelands
Last month, 16 new paramedics began work out of the Moree Ambulance Station. They were part of a cohort of 125 paramedics beginning work in rural and regional New South Wales as part of the Strategic Workforce and Infrastructure Team program, known as SWIFT. I caught up with some of these paramedics at the Moree [...]
Parties Split
Member-elect for Parkes, Jamie Chaffey said today is a huge day in National Party History, and the decision to spilt with the Liberals and to not enter into a Coalition Agreement is momentous. “As a new member of The Nationals’ Party Room, I couldn’t support a position to walk away from policies that we took [...]
Politics
NATIONALS Leader David Littleproud has announced his party will not enter a federal coalition agreement with the Liberal Party. A National Party statement says, after careful consideration, the Nationals have agreed now is not the right time to enter a federal Coalition Agreement with the Liberal Party. “During the last term of Parliament, The Nationals [...]
Northern Tablelands
I have been requesting the NSW Government provide clarity on the future of the LP Dutton Trout Hatchery at Ebor with the facility closed to the public. The trout hatchery has a long history of tourist and community visits for education and fish feeding but has been closed to the public since late 2024. This [...]
The Nationals
FEDERAL Nationals Member Elect for Parkes, Jamie Chaffey, has congratulated David Littleproud on his re-election as party leader. Mr Chaffey also congratulated newly-appointed deputy leader Kevin Hogan and Senator Bridget McKenzie on her re-election as Leader of The Nationals in the Senate. “Senator Matthew Canavan also put up his hand for the Leadership, and although [...]
Northern Tablelands
THE late Jan Sharman OAM was a much-revered member of the Glen Innes community and her legacy to the town was commemorated with a permanent bench in her honour outside of Glen Innes Hospital. Ms Sharman served her community in various ways for more than 50 years including as part of the Glen Innes Hospital [...]
Law Review
MEMBER for Northern Tablelands Brendan Moylan and NSW Nationals leader Dugald Saunders have welcomed news doli incapax in NSW is set for review. Doli incapax is a common law legal presumption that children between the ages of 10 and 14 do not sufficiently understand the difference between right and wrong and therefore cannot be held [...]
