The Nationals WA Leader Mia Davies has paid tribute to Party stalwart Hon Murray Criddle who was awarded a Medal in the General Division of the Order of Australia this week. Mr Criddle served four consecutive terms in Parliament from 1993 to 2008 as Member for the Agricultural Region in the Legislative Council. Ms Davies…
The Nationals WA health spokesman Martin Aldridge has used Men’s Health Week 2019 to call on the McGowan Government to invest more in programs helping arrest mental and physical health problems encountered by regional blokes. His call comes as the Regional Men’s Health Initiative (RMHI) faces an uncertain future after the McGowan Government’s recent Budget…
Central Wheatbelt MP Mia Davies has thrown her support behind a new police union campaign advocating for more recognition for West Australian officers. The campaign has been designed to show the community that police officers not only care for themselves and their colleagues but they care for the community and everyone in it. According to…
Central Wheatbelt MP Mia Davies has called on the McGowan Government to fast-track approval for a Westonia mine expansion or risk losing more local jobs. Ms Davies said more than 100 jobs across Merredin, Westonia, Mukinbudin, Nungarin, Bodallin, Burracoppin and Kellerberrin had already been lost due to delays in the granting of a clearing application…
The Nationals WA have expressed disappointment at Joel Fitzgibbon’s reappointment to the Opposition front bench today amid fears he wants to tear down WA’s crucial live export industry. With new Labor leader Anthony Albanese expected to reappoint Mr Fitzgibbon as Shadow Agriculture Minister as early as this weekend, the industry’s relief at a Coalition election…
The Nationals WA have welcomed the appointment of a new Coalition Ministry with four Nationals selected to senior Cabinet positions. The announcement comes after Michael McCormack was last week backed to continue as Federal leader of The Nationals and, consequentially, Deputy Prime Minister. State Deputy Leader Jacqui Boydell said Mr McCormack – who continues as…
Labor’s Regional Development Minister is refusing to release critical funds needed to finish the long-awaited upgrade of the Busselton-Margaret River Airport terminal. During an estimates hearing at State Parliament today, the Transport Minister confirmed there was $9.5 million in the Budget for the project yet it required the tick of approval from Alannah MacTiernan. Transport…
WA’s Attorney General has backed down on his threat to slap animal activists who trespass on farming properties with restraining orders. Under questioning from The Nationals WA during a Budget estimates hearing this week, Attorney General John Quigley revealed he was now considering community supervision orders for vegan activists convicted of trespass, rather than a…
The Minister for Emergency Services has failed to answer simple questions over how funding within his portfolio is being used to protect regional towns from bushfire. During Budget estimates at State Parliament this week, the Minister could not explain how $5.8 million of Royalties for Regions was being spent despite the cash being specifically linked…
The Nationals WA have accused the McGowan Government of deliberately deceiving the agricultural sector amid doubts over Labor’s claim that it is delivering $131 million of new money into the sector. Member for Moore Shane Love questioned the Government about the funding allocation during estimates hearings in Parliament this week. “When broken down, the $131…