Local Member for Central Wheatbelt Mia Davies MLA has welcomed the acknowledgement by the Australian Government in observing the significance of the 75th anniversary of the end of the Second World War – 1945-2020. The Department of Veterans’ Affairs have produced a Commemorative Medallion and Certificate of Commemoration as a small but meaningful way to…
The Nationals WA will reinstate a leading Departmental agriculture education position and remove a 20 per cent tax on the Agricultural Education Farm Provisions Trust if returned to Government next year. Leader Mia Davies said the move signalled her party’s commitment to making agricultural education more prominent throughout school curricula and ensuring WA remains at…
The Nationals WA will put the management of coastal erosion back on the agenda if they form government in 2021. Leader Mia Davies said $50 million of Royalties for Region funding would be made available for regional local governments, coast care and other community groups to fund programs and initiatives to help manage Western Australia’s…
Key parts of the State’s public agricultural education system will be overhauled to ensure the sector’s future is in safe hands if The Nationals WA are returned to Government next March. Leader Mia Davies said the policy reflected her party’s long-standing position to make ag-ed more prominent and ensure WA remains at the forefront of…
Five towns in the Agricultural Region will not have a refund point by 1 October 2020 when the Container Deposit Scheme (Containers for Change) commences. Nationals Member for the Agricultural Region has called on the Minister for Environment to intervene to ensure that regional people are not short-changed in having their 10-cent container deposit returned…