Central Wheatbelt MP Mia Davies has thrown her support behind the Kondinin community in an effort to keep their local police station open and staffed locally. At a town meeting held last week, a well-attended community meeting was briefed by WA Police on a proposal to close the Kondinin police station and relocate to Hyden.…
Leader of The Nationals WA Mia Davies says funding announced for TAFE to deliver modern facilities for training and education in regional WA is positive, but said the biggest challenge for the system has yet to be addressed. Ms Davies said new training centre builds would create construction jobs, however, the Education Minister had still…
The Nationals WA say regional communities and businesses will lose access to crucial banking services following the NAB’s decision to cut back on branch opening hours. Commerce spokesman and Member for Roe Peter Rundle said he had written to the NAB to express his disappointment at the reduced operating times and to make sure the…
Local governments in regional WA are spending more than 10 per cent of their budgets to lure and retain general practitioners while others have gone more than a year with no GP at all. Information obtained through a survey of councils conducted by The Nationals WA revealed at least two regional local governments were forking…
The Nationals WA have lashed out at the State Labor Government’s WA Recovery Plan for treating agriculture as an afterthought. Member for Roe, Peter Rundle, said after suffering the lowest rainfall in recorded history, farmers and communities in the Great Southern were doing it tough, and called on the State Government to provide better support…
Member for Geraldton Ian Blayney MLA echoes calls from the City of Greater Geraldton for Geraldton residents to register all trees they have recently planted to ensure a major milestone in the Million Trees project can be recognised. “The City have indicated that we are close to reaching 50% of the one million trees target…
Three nominees have put their hands up to contest the Albany Community Preselection for The Nationals WA. Local champions Delma Baesjou (pictured left), Darren Bennett (right) and Rod Pfeiffer (centre) were endorsed to run in the preselection, which is the first of its kind to be tried by any political party in Western Australia. Leader…
Local Member Mia Davies MLA is encouraging young people aged between 16 and 22 years living in the Wheatbelt to enter the latest round of the ABC’s Heywire competition. She said the competition was an important platform for young people giving them an opportunity to share the challenges and opportunities they experience living and working…
The Nationals WA have called on the State Government to finally stand up for WA racing and provide a stimulus package that will help the sector recover from the impact of COVID-19. Racing and gaming spokesperson Colin Holt said regional clubs and tracks had to cut their programs because of the restrictions in movement and…
Member for Geraldton Ian Blayney MLA has congratulated Geraldton based Crothers Construction after they secured yet another manufacturing contract last month after their success during tender processes in May. Crothers Construction secured a $3.2 million contract to complete works on the Child and Adolescent Health Service’s pharmaceutical manufacturing facility in Perth at the start of…