Author: Brendon Grylls
A successful service to improve men’s wellbeing and personal resilience in the Wheatbelt will be expanded State-wide using funding from the Liberal-National Government’s Royalties for Regions program.
Regional Development Minister Brendon Grylls and Agriculture and Food Minister Terry Redman to... (16-Jun)
Author: Brendon Grylls
Former Western Australian Senator Andrew Murray has been appointed chair of the Western Australian Regional Development Trust.
Regional Development and Lands Minister Brendon Grylls welcomed the appointment saying the trust had been established to advise the State Government on issues relating ... (16-Jun)
Author: admin
The Department of Water has announced Queensland company SunWater as the preferred irrigation water service provider for the initial stage of the Ord Irrigation Expansion Project (OIEP).
SunWater’s role includes the operation and maintenance of irrigation and supporting infrastructure to service... (15-Jun)
Author: Tony Crook
The Nationals WA Candidate for O‟Connor, Tony Crook, has thrown his support behind a proposal by the Young Nationals that would see the Federal Government locate a Headspace Centre in regional WA.Mr Crook said he would welcome the establishment of a Headspace Centre in the Wheatbelt. “Any organisati... (14-Jun)
Author: Tony Crook
The Nationals WA candidate for O’Connor, Tony Crook said the Federal Government’s continual neglect of medical services in regional WA has been highlighted by the recent arrival of asylum seekers in Leonora.
Mr Crook said it was disheartening to see how quickly the Federal Government was able to... (14-Jun)
Author: Colin Holt
Nationals’ member for the South West Region Hon. Colin Holt has offered a prize of $500 to any South West teacher who is successful in receiving a WA Education Award for 2010.
The 2010 WA Education Awards aim to reward schools who have a focus on numeracy, literacy and science. There are also four ... (08-Jun)
Author: Tony Crook
The Nationals WA candidate for O’Connor, Tony Crook has spoken out against the rural health rip-off, after news this week that the qualified doctor shortage in Southern Cross will force the local clinic to close.The only medical clinic in the Shire of Yilgarn is set to close its doors in August, aft... (04-Jun)
Author: Terry Redman
A project to construct a museum and multipurpose workshop for the restoration of machinery in Denmark received a funding boost today.
Local MLA, Terry Redman presented a $49,747 Lotterywest cheque to the Denmark Machinery Restoration Group in Denmark today and spoke about the importance of the gr... (04-Jun)
Author: Terry Waldron
Local Member Terry Waldron said that local sporting clubs and their communities would benefit from the Community Sport & Recreation Facilities Fund (CSRFF) Small Grants Funding announced last week.
“These smaller grants up to a maximum of $75,000 awarded across the state will deliver the real n... (04-Jun)
Author: Terry Waldron
Local Member for Wagin, Terry Waldron is delighted at the scrapping of the previous Labor Governments unfair Electricity Distribution Headworks Charge.
Mr Waldron said he and his Nationals Colleagues had been fighting for three years to have this charge ended.
“The Energy Minister, Peter Colli... (04-Jun)
Author: Brendon Grylls
Regional Development and Lands Minister Brendon Grylls has applauded the efforts of the Busselton community in planning for the future of the town’s foreshore.
Mr Grylls has met with the Busselton Foreshore Working Group and was briefed on the community process to develop a foreshore pl... (03-Jun)
Author: Terry Redman
The State Opposition has revealed it does not support Royalties for Regions funds being used to tackle the wild dog problem in Western Australia’s pastoral regions.
During Budget estimates hearings last night, Pilbara MLA Tom Stephens attacked the State Government for allocating $4.8million in Ro... (03-Jun)
Author: Brendon Grylls
The State Government‘s Royalties for Regions Country Local Government Fund has given Dunsborough’s sporting community a boost, providing $1.4million towards the town’s new oval.
Regional Development Minister Brendon Grylls today opened the oval - a centrepiece of the Dunsborough Playing Fie... (03-Jun)
Author: Brendon Grylls
Royalties for Regions funding is making a difference to the Collie community, with a program that teaches ‘at risk’ teenagers skills for the future having a positive effect on participants.
Regional Development Minister Brendon Grylls today visited the Collie PCYC Auto Workshop to see first-han... (03-Jun)
Author: Brendon Grylls
Transforming the South-West’s biggest potential surface water resource from a salty problem into a viable resource supporting industrial and agricultural growth, moves a step closer today.
The State Government’s $5.2million Collie River Salinity Recovery Project was jointly announced in Collie by R... (03-Jun)