Local MP Ian Blayney has slammed the Labor Government for overlooking local contractors to work on key parts of the Geraldton Hospital redevelopment. Questions from The Nationals WA in Parliament have revealed that out of 22 consultancy services and two other service providers, only two – a geotechnical consultancy and a project management service –…
The State Government is testing the patience of the Geraldton community by not lifting border restrictions in the Mid West in line with other parts of the State, according to The Nationals WA MP Ian Blayney. In Parliament Mr Blayney, the Member for Geraldton, asked the Premier why South West communities were allowed to travel…
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Member for Geraldton Ian Blayney has thanked the Federal Government for establishing a respiratory clinic in the city to help in the fight against the coronavirus. Mr Blayney said The Nationals WA wrote to Regional Health Minister Mark Coulton earlier this month requesting that Geraldton be one of the priority locations for the general practitioner-based…
The City of Greater Geraldton’s pledge for the state government to consider offering debt relief as well as a deferral of gross rental value revaluation is backed by Member for Geraldton Ian Blayney in an effort to support the City and frustrated local government staff during the pandemic. Despite the federal government’s request for individual…
WA Nationals Spokesman for Fisheries Ian Blayney welcomes the Government’s approval of WAFIC’s seafood industry COVID-19 stimulus package but notes that support for commercial herring operators was long overdue. The case for re-establishing the G-trap net fishery has been put forward by many in the industry, particularly in the last few years, after restrictions were…
Member for Geraldton Ian Blayney is disappointed prices for unleaded petrol in Geraldton have not reduced proportionately compared with prices in metropolitan Perth. According to the Australian Institute of Petroleum, as of Sunday 29th March, the average unleaded petrol (ULP) price across Perth was 114.5 cents per litre – a price drop of more than…
Member for Geraldton Ian Blayney has welcomed the Federal Government’s International Freight Assistance Mechanism announced last night as part of a $170 million initiative to support agricultural and fisheries sectors dealing with the impacts of COVID-19. Having written to the Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack last week seeking support for primary producers in WA to…
Member for Geraldton Ian Blayney has thanked community members for attending the Western Power forum held in Geraldton last Thursday and appreciates their thoughtful contribution to the power supply debate. Having invited the Energy Minister to Geraldton to discuss power reliability in the Midwest after a spate of power outages that caused frustration for many…
Photo credit: Main Roads WA Local Member for Geraldton Ian Blayney is calling on the State Government to make both the Geraldton and the Northampton bypasses top priorities to boost local economies reeling from the impacts of the COVID-19 outbreak. “The project can be built in stages so it makes sense to start in Northampton,…