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Nats call on Labor slush fund to be referred to special inquiry

News ArchiveBy The Nationals WA22 March 2018

The Nationals WA have called for a special inquiry into a McGowan Government program which splurged $39 million of taxpayer money on pet Labor projects, including a Perth-based Chihuahua rescue service. Deputy Leader Jacqui Boydell today moved a motion in the Legislative Council urging the State Government to appoint a Special Inquirer under section 24…

Reverse the cuts now, Parliament tells McGowan

News ArchiveBy The Nationals WA21 March 2018

The Upper House of the Western Australian Parliament is demanding the McGowan Government reverse its cruel cuts to regional education. A motion moved by The Nationals WA Deputy Leader Jacqui Boydell on Wednesday called for the Labor Government to honour its own election commitment to provide “a quality education to WA children and young people…

Racing must come first if TAB sale is to go ahead

News ArchiveBy The Nationals WA15 March 2018

The McGowan Government must shed the financial blinkers and ensure Western Australia’s racing industry emerges from the sale of the TAB entrenched in the winner’s circle. The Nationals racing spokesperson Colin Holt said he was increasingly concerned the privatisation of the TAB was being hijacked by Treasury, with the ongoing viability of the racing industry…

Communities back camp schools in face of Labor’s forced closures

News ArchiveBy The Nationals WA15 March 2018

Nationals WA Member for the South West Colin Holt tabled petitions in Parliament yesterday with more than 3,000 signatures calling for the State Government to reverse its decision to close Camp Schools at Bridgetown and Pemberton. “Over half the Shire of Bridgetown-Greenbushes total population have come forward to fight this attack on regional education” Mr…

Mia Davies statement on Barnaby Joyce

News ArchiveBy The Nationals WA20 February 2018

I have today contacted Barnaby Joyce to inform him he no longer has the support of the Parliamentary National Party of Western Australia as the Leader of the Federal National Party. Mr Joyce’s actions have caused pain for his family but it is the ongoing damage Mr Joyce is causing The Nationals organisation that is…

Labor must listen to community and reject new Karratha FIFO camp

News ArchiveBy The Nationals WA15 January 2018

The Nationals WA have again called on the McGowan Government to dump Woodside’s bid for a 700-bed fly-in, fly-out camp in Karratha after a new survey revealed the community was strongly opposed to the facility. The City of Karratha survey of 750 people found 78 per cent of respondents did not want the new donga…

Nats welcome McGowan backflip but the fight rages on

News ArchiveBy The Nationals WA11 January 2018

The McGowan Government’s partial reversal of its cruel suite of education cuts is a show of regional Western Australia’s “people power”, according to The Nationals WA Leader Mia Davies. Ms Davies said The Nationals remained disappointed that a number of Labor’s cuts would still go ahead, including the closure of five regional camp schools and…

West Australians cannot trust the major parties to fix GST mess

News ArchiveBy The Nationals WA10 January 2018

A vote for Labor at the next Federal election is a vote to retain the GST system which has robbed Western Australia of billions of dollars, according to The Nationals WA Deputy Leader Jacqui Boydell. Labor acting Opposition Leader Tanya Plibersek this week confirmed long-held suspicions that a Bill Shorten-led Government would do nothing to…

Participation rates to plummet from KidSport cuts

News ArchiveBy The Nationals WA3 January 2018

Member for Warren-Blackwood Terry Redman says a McGowan Government decision to reduce the value of KidSport vouchers and remove some club-based organisations from the program altogether will reduce participation rates of at-risk children and youth. The cuts have reduced the value of KidSport vouchers from $200 to $150 per child and from 1 July 2018…

Labor’s Lack of Organisation Lets Down Volunteer Groups

News ArchiveBy The Nationals WA21 December 2017

8 December 2017 The Labor Government has failed volunteer emergency services by dragging their heels on opening applications for the Emergency Service Volunteer Fuel Card Scheme. Nationals WA spokesperson for Emergency Services Hon Colin de Grussa MLC said with the fire season afoot and emergency service volunteers facing a busy holiday season, it was ludicrous…

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