Member for Roe Peter Rundle MLA has condemned the McGowan Government for breaking a pre-election commitment to increase the pay of WA Police officers by 1.5 per cent. With State debt headed toward $42 billion, Mr Rundle said Labor’s decision to cap public sector wage increases at $1,000 would only improve the State Budget bottom-line…
Member for the Agricultural Region Hon Colin de Grussa MLC has expressed his disappointment that the Geraldton Airport expansion project has been put on hold, with the Federal Government not committing to funding the project. The expansion is expected to cost $23 million, with the City of Greater Geraldton planning to contribute $6.5 million, and…
The Nationals WA spokesperson for Agriculture Hon Colin de Grussa MLC welcomed today’s announcement that Murdoch University has received a $3 million grant to establish a new Crop Research Hub. Federal Minister for Agriculture Barnaby Joyce MP announced the funding today through the Grains Industry Infrastructure Grant for Murdoch University, who will establish the…
Hon Colin de Grussa MLC and Peter Rundle MLA welcomed a fresh face to the office in recent weeks, by hosting Campbell McKenzie, a student from the Esperance Anglican Community School as part of their Big Picture Education programme. The Esperance Anglican Community School recently introduced the Big Picture education programme, an innovative method of…
The Nationals WA spokesperson for Agriculture Hon Colin de Grussa MLC welcomed last week’s announcement that the National Biosecurity Committee has endorsed new national biosecurity Research, Development and Extension priorities, giving a more unified, strategic and nationally-consistent focus to biosecurity research. The NBC endorsed the following national Research, Development and Extension priorities: Prevention – data…
It has been 21 years since former Minister for Agriculture Monty House launched the Rural Leadership Program as part of the $10 million Progress Rural Project. Monty’s vision was to equip emerging leaders living in regional WA with the skills required to have their voices heard where it mattered. He argued that the future of…
Hon Colin de Grussa MLC and Peter Rundle MLA welcomed a fresh face to the office in recent weeks, by hosting Campbell McKenzie, a student from the Esperance Anglican Community School as part of their Big Picture Education programme. The Esperance Anglican Community School recently introduced the Big Picture education programme, an innovative method of…
WA agricultural grower groups are the latest victim in Labor’s war on Royalties for Regions, after it was confirmed $6 million would be cut from the Grower Group Research and Development Grant (GGRDG) program. The Royalties for Regions-funded GGRDG program was initiated by the previous Government, and championed by The Nationals WA as part of…
Member for the Agricultural Region Hon Martin Aldridge MLC has welcomed the news of increased local agribusiness development in the Northern Valleys region which includes the Shires of Chittering, Gingin, Dandaragan and Moora. Hon Martin Aldridge MLC and Member for Moore Shane Love MLA took the opportunity to show newly elected Agricultural Region MP and…
Western Australian households will be forced to fix the State Budget because PremierMark McGowan lacks the courage to enter negotiations with the State’s biggest miningcompanies to update an outdated 1960s charge in their State Agreements. The McGowan Government this week announced staggering increases to everyday fees and charges, including electricity (up 10.9 per cent per annum)…