Politics coverage
Northern Tablelands
The Bureau of Health Information’s Healthcare Quarterly report reveals the number of people leaving emergency departments before treatment is increasing across the state at an alarming rate. The numbers show demand at Armidale, Inverell and Moree Hospitals has increased and more people are leaving emergency departments without treatment due to large wait times. The numbers [...]
Politics
FEDERAL Member for Parkes Jamie Chaffey today welcomed Senator Matt Canavan as the new leader of The National Party and Darren Chester as the Deputy Leader. Mr Chaffey said Mr Canavan has already proven himself a fighter for regional Australia. “And that is exactly what the country needs,” Mr Chaffey said. “I welcome his election [...]
Politics
DAVID Littleproud today resigned as Leader of The Nationals and requested a party room meeting later this week to choose a new Leader. In a statement released late today, Mr Littleproud said leading the Nationals has been an enormous honour and privilege, but concedes he is no longer the best person to lead the party. [...]
Fuel Crisis
STATE member for Northern Tablelands Brendan Moylan, Federal Member for Parkes Jamie Chaffey and NSW Nationals Leader Gurmesh Singh are united in the urgent call for the Federal Government to address the growing fuel crisis across regional New South Wales. Incredibly, when questioned in Budget Estimates on Monday, Minister for Regional NSW and Agriculture, Tara [...]
Local Government
FEDERAL Member for Parkes Jamie Chaffey has called on Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers to listen to the urgent needs of the 20 Local Government Areas in the Parkes electorate as he considers the 2026-27 Federal Budget. Mr Chaffey asked each of the 20 councils for their top priorities for the upcoming Federal Budget to put [...]
Plague Proportions
I almost have to laugh. The Minns Labor Government has announced . . . wait for it . . . a “review” into feral pigs. Because, obviously, what millions of 100kg breeding machines tearing up regional New South Wales really fear is a discussion paper in Macquarie Street. Last week, I drove from Armidale to [...]
Northern Tablelands
Armidale’s Kay Endres has been named Northern Tablelands Woman of the Year as part of NSW Women’s Week. Kay makes an enormous contribution to a wide range of different areas. She serves as a councillor, contributes to charity and community organisations, and dedicates her time to various causes, organisations, schools and more. Kay is very [...]
Parkes Electorate
It has been good to get out and about in the great electorate of Parkes in the two weeks between the last Parliamentary sitting weeks. I have spent time in Broken Hill, Menindee, Wilcannia, Gunnedah, Walgett, Nyngan, Tottenham, Dubbo and Forbes before returning to Canberra this week for Parliament. There are a number of critical [...]
Parkes Electorate
AN announcement by the NSW Government that the Wilcannia Weir has been “put on hold” is yet another blow for the remote community of Wilcannia, said Federal Member for Parkes Jamie Chaffey. Mr Chaffey said the people of Wilcannia had been the definition of patience, fighting doggedly for new infrastructure to replace the weir built [...]
Northern Tablelands
THE state Government has added to the cost of living with families, farmers and small businesses in the Northern Tablelands and right across New South Wales now being forced to fork out millions of dollars to cover additional levies and increased bureaucrats’ salaries. The Australian Energy Regulator (AER) has approved a nearly $600 million additional [...]
