Author: Tony Crook
Members of Parliament on both sides made a stand against a fairer deal for Western Australia as The Nationals WA Federal member for O’Connor Tony Crook MP pushed the Federal Government to reverse the GST rip-off.
In Canberra today Mr Crook moved his motion to secure a 75 per cent floor on GST relat... (12-Sep)
Author: Tony Crook
Six young athletes from across O’Connor have shared in grants totalling $3000 as part of the Local Sporting Champions program.
The program is a Federal Government initiative providing financial assistance for junior sportspeople towards the cost of travel and equipment for national and state events... (09-Sep)
Author: Tony Crook
Nationals WA Federal Member for O’Connor Tony Crook has welcomed the first round of funding announcements from the Regional Development Australia Fund.
More than $32 million will be invested in four projects across Western Australia from the first round of the Federal Government’s RDA Fund.
Succes... (07-Sep)
Author: Tony Crook
Nationals WA Federal Member for O’Connor, Tony Crook MP, has hit out at the WA Liberals for campaigning against a better deal for Western Australia.
Mr Crook said WA Liberal MPs should be embarrassed by their failure to support the motion to deliver a 75 per cent floor on GST relativities and their... (07-Sep)
Author: Tony Crook
The Nationals WA will attend the Newdegate Machinery Field Days this week from September 7-8.
The Nationals WA Federal Member for O’Connor, Mr Tony Crook MP will join his State colleagues, Minister for Sport and Recreation; Racing and Gaming and Member for Wagin Hon Tuck Waldron MLA and Member... (06-Sep)
Author: Tony Crook
Nationals WA Federal Member for O’Connor has pointed to comments made by the Liberal Candidate for O’Connor in relation to Mr Crook’s GST motion as “cheap political point scoring” and “generally inaccurate.”
The Liberal Candidate for O’Connor has been circulating a letter to the editor this week re... (31-Aug)
Author: Tony Crook
Nationals WA Federal Member for O’Connor Tony Crook MP will bring key crossbench MP, Andrew Wilkie to Western Australia during the Parliamentary recess.
Mr Crook said the itinerary would include tours of mine-sites in the Goldfields and the Pilbara.
“These regional areas are vital to the economic ... (26-Aug)
Author: Tony Crook
Nationals WA Federal Member for O’Connor Tony Crook MP will lobby on behalf of the Bridgetown community to deliver ABC Radio National to the town.
While ABC Local Radio is available in Bridgetown, residents are unable to tune in to Radio National.
Mr Crook said Bridgetown residents had raised the ... (23-Aug)
Author: Tony Crook
Nationals WA Federal Member for O’Connor Tony Crook MP has today addressed the Parliamentary Committee on Health and Ageing as part of an inquiry into overseas-trained doctors.
Mr Crook said bureaucratic red tape was preventing overseas-trained doctors from practising in Australia.
“This has left ... (23-Aug)
Author: Tony Crook
WA Liberal MPs have indicated they will not support a motion that would deliver billions of dollars in additional GST revenue back into Western Australia (The West Australian, Crook leads push to end GST ‘rip-off’, 18 August 2011).
Nationals WA Member for O’Connor Tony Crook MP has tabled a motion ... (18-Aug)
Author: Tony Crook
Nationals WA Federal Member for O’Connor, Tony Crook MP, has tabled a motion in Parliament this week to reverse Western Australia’s GST rip-off.
The motion - calling on the Federal Government to establish a 75 per cent floor on GST relativities – was supported by Queensland’s Member for Kennedy Bob... (17-Aug)
Author: Tony Crook
Nationals WA Federal Member for O’Connor Tony Crook MP has confirmed that Prime Minister Julia Gillard will visit the regional centres of Esperance and Albany this Thursday, August 11.
Mr Crook has lobbied the Prime Minister to visit the electorate of O’Connor, where she will be briefed on a number... (08-Aug)
Author: Tony Crook
Nationals WA Federal Member for O’Connor Tony Crook MP has confirmed that Prime Minister Julia Gillard will visit Albany this Thursday, August 11.
Mr Crook has lobbied the Prime Minister to visit the electorate of O’Connor, where she will be briefed on a number of significant local infrastructure p... (08-Aug)
Author: Tony Crook
Nationals WA Federal Member for O’Connor Tony Crook MP has confirmed that Prime Minister Julia Gillard will visit Esperance this Thursday, August 11.
Mr Crook has lobbied the Prime Minister to visit the electorate of O’Connor, where she will be briefed on a number of significant local infrastructur... (08-Aug)
Author: Tony Crook
Nationals WA Federal Member for O’Connor Tony Crook MP has hit out at the Federal Government’s lack of support for regional childcare centres.
Mr Crook has campaigned over several months to ensure regional communities did not lose out after the Minister for Childcare, Kate Ellis, announced the Fede... (04-Aug)