Member for Central Wheatbelt Mia Davies MLA has welcomed the official opening of the new $9.2 million Pingelly Health Centre, and upgrades to the Quairading and Beverley Hospitals. The new and improved health facilities are part of a $600 million injection into Wheatbelt health under the Royalties for Regions funded Southern Inland Health Initiative.…
Federal Opposition Leader Bill Shorten has again snubbed regional Western Australia by refusing to venture outside of Perth on his latest visit to the State. In WA last week for the sixth time this year, Mr Shorten again thumbed his nose at regional West Australians by limiting himself to marginal electorates in the city and…
Premier Mark McGowan looks set to capitulate to his east coast colleagues and won’t stand in the way of Federal Labor’s plan to stamp out the live animal export industry. The Nationals WA agriculture spokesperson Colin de Grussa said the Premier’s “weak” comments on Perth radio this week proved Mr McGowan “couldn’t care less” about…
The Nationals WA have called on the McGowan Government to restore the integrity of Royalties for Regions in the wake of the GST reform package passing the Senate today. Leader Mia Davies said with Western Australia set to be $4.7 billion better off over the next eight years there was no longer any excuse for…
The Nationals WA have urged the McGowan Government to stop attacking the hip pocket of some regional seniors after it was revealed they were being slugged $280 for what is a free medical assessment in other parts of the State. The call comes amid revelations that people over the age of 80 in some regional…
The Nationals WA have called on the McGowan Government to accelerate an expanded rollout of antivenom stocks across regional Western Australia as the weather warms up and snakes become more active. Health spokesperson Martin Aldridge said he was pleased the Minister for Health had confirmed regional hospitals would be receiving additional antivenom stocks in light…
The release of the independent review into Australia’s live animal export industry, conducted by Phillip Moss AM, is an important step toward stabilising the sector, according to The Nationals WA. Leader Mia Davies said Western Australia was the main player in Australia’s live export industry, and the impact of disruption to the sector had had…
The release of the independent review into Australia’s live animal export industry, conducted by Phillip Moss AM, is an important step toward stabilising the sector, according to The Nationals WA. Leader Mia Davies said Western Australia was the main player in Australia’s live export industry, and the impact of disruption to the sector had had…
The Nationals WA have held talks with the Federal Agriculture Minister in Canberra, encouraging him to come to Western Australia as soon as possible to meet with sheep producers and live exporters. Spokesperson for agriculture Colin de Grussa and Roe MP Peter Rundle, whose electorate is home to the highest concentration of sheep producers in…
The Nationals WA have welcomed the opening of the new Karratha Health Campus, a project made entirely possible by Royalties for Regions. Deputy Leader Jacqui Boydell attended today’s opening and said the $207.15 million facility was testament to The Nationals’ aggressive regional development agenda while in Government from 2008-17. “Mark McGowan and Kevin Michel may have cut…