Politics coverage
Fuel Crisis
MEMBER for Northern Tablelands Brendan Moylan is calling on the NSW Government to increase support for rural and regional patients travelling for medical care as fuel prices continue to climb. Mr Moylan said the current 40 cents per kilometre subsidy under the Isolated Patients Travel and Accommodation Assistance Scheme is no longer keeping pace with [...]
Cost of Living
FEDERAL Member for Parkes, Jamie Chaffey, and Shadow Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction, Dan Tehan, said shocking new data has revealed the impact the Albanese Labor Government’s disastrous energy policies are having on families in the Parkes electorate. According to the Australian Energy Regulator, more than 70,000 families in New South Wales were unable [...]
Northern Tablelands
New equipment for Inverell Junior Rugby Club Funding was secured for Inverell Junior Rugby Club to purchase new line-marking equipment through the Local Sport Grant Program. The club has nearly 200 registered boys and girls playing rugby this season. The new equipment will take pressure off the hardworking volunteers who put their hand up to [...]
Northern Tablelands
2NZ turns 90 Radio station 1188 2NZ at Inverell blew out 90 candles on Tuesday with a barbecue celebration. Station 2NZ is part of the fabric of the Inverell community and it was excellent to celebrate the milestone. The Inverell Macintyre Lions put on a barbecue and there was a big cake on the day. [...]
Rabbit Plague
NSW Shadow Minister for Agriculture Brendan Moylan says the Easter Bunny might get a warm welcome at the weekend. However, he says, farmers and regional communities across the state aren’t so lucky, thanks to a State Government that appears to have taken an extended Easter break. New reports confirm what farmers already know – rabbit [...]
Northern Tablelands
The second week of the March Parliament sittings was another busy one. A 90,000-signature ePetition calling for proportionate, evidence-based and a consultative firearms policy was debated in Parliament this week. Unfortunately, Labor refused to let me speak. The ePetition was one of the most popular in Parliament history and addresses the rushed changes to gun [...]
Fuel Crisis
MINISTER for Climate Change and Energy Chris Bowen told parliament on Thursday there are more than 170 service stations in New South Wales without diesel fuel, and more than 330 across Australia with dry diesel pumps. “New South Wales today has 178 with no diesel, 48 with a total stock out,” Mr Bowen said. “Queensland [...]
Parkes Electorate
There is one thing everyone is talking about, not only in Broken Hill, Lightning Ridge, Narrabri and Forbes, not only across the electorate of Parkes, but across all of Australia, and that is the access and cost of fuel. Regional Australia is hurting over the rapid and massive hike in fuel prices and matters are [...]
Northern Tablelands
It has been a frustrating few months as we watch those big rain events continue to dodge large sections of our region, leaving dusty paddocks and many local farmers already feeling the pressure. Record cattle and sheep yarding throughout the New England in the past fortnight show many graziers are reading the current seasonal signs [...]
Federal Politics
FEDERAL member for Parkes Jamie Chaffey has been appointed the role of the Shadow Assistant Minister for Regional Development, Local Government and Territories, as part of the National Party’s new leadership team decided yesterday. Mr Chaffey also resumes his role as Shadow Assistant Minister for Resources. “I am honoured today to once again be part [...]
