The Nationals WA have welcomed today’s announcement of Federal funding for the Water for Food Myalup-Wellington project, kick-started by Royalties for Regions and The Nationals in Government. Leader Mia Davies said the long-held ambition of reducing salinity levels in Wellington Dam was championed by The Nationals as part of an initiative to expand irrigated agriculture…
The proliferation of new FIFO camps under the McGowan Government is of growing concern to The Nationals WA. Deputy Leader Jacqui Boydell has again raised the FIFO alarm after South African-based miner Gold Fields confirmed it was looking to build a new camp just 20km out of Leinster. A majority of Gold Fields employees are…
Nationals WA spokesman for road safety and Member for the Agricultural Region Hon Martin Aldridge MLC is urging motorists to slow down and enjoy the journey this Easter holiday weekend. As more road users get behind the wheel for their Easter holiday in regional Western Australia, Mr Aldridge said road safety should be a priority…
I have today contacted Barnaby Joyce to inform him he no longer has the support of the Parliamentary National Party of Western Australia as the Leader of the Federal National Party. Mr Joyce’s actions have caused pain for his family but it is the ongoing damage Mr Joyce is causing The Nationals organisation that is…
The Nationals WA have again called on the McGowan Government to dump Woodside’s bid for a 700-bed fly-in, fly-out camp in Karratha after a new survey revealed the community was strongly opposed to the facility. The City of Karratha survey of 750 people found 78 per cent of respondents did not want the new donga…
The McGowan Government’s partial reversal of its cruel suite of education cuts is a show of regional Western Australia’s “people power”, according to The Nationals WA Leader Mia Davies. Ms Davies said The Nationals remained disappointed that a number of Labor’s cuts would still go ahead, including the closure of five regional camp schools and…
A vote for Labor at the next Federal election is a vote to retain the GST system which has robbed Western Australia of billions of dollars, according to The Nationals WA Deputy Leader Jacqui Boydell. Labor acting Opposition Leader Tanya Plibersek this week confirmed long-held suspicions that a Bill Shorten-led Government would do nothing to…
Member for Warren-Blackwood Terry Redman says a McGowan Government decision to reduce the value of KidSport vouchers and remove some club-based organisations from the program altogether will reduce participation rates of at-risk children and youth. The cuts have reduced the value of KidSport vouchers from $200 to $150 per child and from 1 July 2018…
The Nationals cast lonely shadows in the Legislative Assembly last night as the only party in Western Australia prepared to stand up for small business. The McGowan Government has introduced legislation into State Parliament which would result in a payroll tax hike for 1300 WA businesses. Treasury spokesperson Terry Redman said The Nationals proposed an…
Member for Central Wheatbelt Mia Davies has said the 2017 Wheatbelt Art Prize has exceeded expectations and continues to grow as a permanent fixture in the region’s arts and culture scene. The weekend event at Cummins Theatre offered a combined prize purse of almost $9000, attracted close to 160 entries across nine categories and included…