Milk levy must ensure support for WA dairy farmers
The Nationals WA will support a proposed milk levy to help drought-affected dairy farmers providing funds raised in WA are returned to local producers. The dairy industry is currently calling…
Minister shirks responsibility for volunteer retention
The Nationals have accused the Minister for Volunteering of abdicating his responsibilities after he failed to answer a question relating to volunteer retention in Parliament. The Nationals WA spokesperson for…
Greens and One Nation lock in Labor’s education cuts
The rank hypocrisy of Pauline Hanson’s One Nation and the Greens has been laid bare on the floor of State Parliament after MPs for both parties voted with the State…
Nationals secure additional payment for regional taxi operators
The Nationals WA have secured an additional payment for regional taxi operators – worth $500 per vehicle – to assist them with meeting the costs imposed by the State Government’s…
Call to nominate mobile black spots
The Nationals WA spokesperson for Regional Communications Hon Martin Aldridge MLC is calling on the community to identify and nominate mobile black spots for the next round of the $220…
Be a berry good citizen; Nats urge shoppers to go out and buy WA strawberries
The Nationals WA have thrown the party’s support behind West Australian strawberry farmers in their time of need, urging consumers to ‘cut strawberries up, not out’. Spokesperson for agriculture Colin…
Nationals secure win for regional WA on taxi legislation
Taxis and private charter operators in regional Western Australia will be spared from Labor’s new passenger transport tax after The Nationals WA successfully negotiated an exemption. Spokesperson for transport Vince…
Just four votes needed to reverse Labor’s cruel education cuts
The Nationals WA require just four more votes in order to pass an amendment in State Parliament which could see all of the McGowan Government’s remaining education cuts reversed. Speaking…
GST floor must be immediately enshrined in legislation
The Nationals WA Senate candidate Nick Fardell has called on the major parties to immediately legislate a GST floor to secure WA’s financial future. Mr Fardell said with the major…
WA motion for legislated GST floor passes Federal Nats conference
A WA motion calling for a 75c GST floor to be enshrined in legislation has today won the support of the Federal National Party at its annual conference in Canberra.…