NATIONALS Member for the South West, Colin Holt MLC, has slammed comments made at the Wesfarmers AGM in Perth yesterday. Mr Holt said that comments by Wesfarmers Chairman Mr Chaney disparaging the Nationals WA plan to modernise iron ore State agreements and CEO Richard Goyder’s refusal to acknowledge that $1-a-litre milk is hurting the dairy…
Member for the Mining and Pastoral Region Dave Grills MLC has welcomed yesterday’s official opening of the brand new $2.4 million Yalgoo Police Station. Mr Grills said he was delighted Yalgoo was the latest regional community to benefit from the State Government’s multi-million dollar program, which is designed to replace and refurbish police stations across…
Thirty-one community pools in the Mining and Pastoral Region will benefit from $3 million in pool and water playground funding. Member for the Mining and Pastoral Region Dave Grills MLC welcomed the recent funding, as part of the Community Pool Revitalisation Program. “Thirty-one community pools and water playgrounds in the Mining and Pastoral Region will…
Member for Wagin Terry Waldron MLA was in Gnowangerup yesterday for the anticipated official opening of the redeveloped Gnowangerup swimming pool. Mr Waldron said it was a “glorious sunny day”, for the opening of the redeveloped local pool. “The Gnowangerup pool replacement project received funding from several State Government sources, including the Department of Sport…
The recognition of the Earbus Foundation in the 2016 Regional Achievement and Community Awards is well deserved because of the important role it has played in parts of regional Western Australia in delivering healthy ear solutions for young aboriginal children, according to the Member for Kalgoorlie, Wendy Duncan. The Earbus Foundation took out the category…
Three Goldfields Public Swimming Pools will be sparkling over summer thanks to the Royalties for Regions Community Pool Revitalisation Program. As part of the Program, 95 pools and water playgrounds across regional Western Australia will share in $2,923,728 of funding. Member for Kalgoorlie, Wendy Duncan MLA, said that the funding allows for public swimming pools…
The Nationals WA have unanimously supported landowners’ rights to veto onshore oil and gas exploration and production on private land at the Party’s 2016 State Conference at the weekend. A motion supporting amendments to the Western Australian Petroleum and Geothermal Energy Resources Act 1967 to include a right to veto to protect landholders’ interests from…
The time is right for the State and Federal government to commit to the funding of wild dog exclusion fences in the Southern Rangelands according to The Nationals WA Candidate for Kalgoorlie Tony Crook. Mr Crook said a recent visit to Western Australia by Queensland Cell Fence Commissioner Mark O’Brien presented the opportunity to spread…
The Nationals WA Candidate for Kalgoorlie Tony Crook has put his support behind a proposal which would see the evidence-based Respectful Relationship Education Toolkit (RRE Toolkit), established by Our Watch, rolled out into every school throughout the Goldfields. Mr Crook said the program would provide a framework and support for the students and teachers in…
The Nationals WA have endorsed the provision of a step-up step-down mental health facility in Kalgoorlie at the party’s annual State Conference on Saturday, October 29. Candidate for Kalgoorlie Tony Crook and Member for Kalgoorlie Wendy Duncan MLA championed the cause and welcomed the support of The Nationals WA to deliver a better outcome for…