The Minister for Emergency Services has failed to answer simple questions over how funding within his portfolio is being used to protect regional towns from bushfire. During Budget estimates at State Parliament this week, the Minister could not explain how $5.8 million of Royalties for Regions was being spent despite the cash being specifically linked…
The Nationals WA have accused the McGowan Government of deliberately deceiving the agricultural sector amid doubts over Labor’s claim that it is delivering $131 million of new money into the sector. Member for Moore Shane Love questioned the Government about the funding allocation during estimates hearings in Parliament this week. “When broken down, the $131…
Treasurer Ben Wyatt has confirmed what many regional West Australians suspected: the McGowan Government is siphoning off Royalties for Regions to fund Perth projects. In an estimates hearing at State Parliament this week, The Nationals WA hammered the Treasurer on why his Government had left more than $319 million of Royalties for Regions unspent in…
The Nationals WA have welcomed the launch of the State Barrier Fence Esperance Extension project, with the first post being hammered into the ground today. Agricultural Spokesperson Colin de Grussa MLC said the project commencement was a long time coming. “Farmers from the region have been advocating for this project for years, and it’s great…
Moore MP Shane Love MLA has called on the McGowan government to rethink the extraordinarily high cost of Government Regional Officer Housing (GROH) rents. He said Labor’s move to temporarily defer the $30 GROH rent increase due to take effect on July 1, 2019 was not enough. “It is difficult to get teachers, police and…
The Nationals WA have accused the State Government of giving their Federal counterparts a “free pass” to shut down WA’s $250 million live export industry. Member for the Agricultural Region, Colin de Grussa MLC, raised the matter with the Minister for Agriculture in Parliament during Question Time yesterday. “I asked the Minister whether the Federal…
The Nationals WA want to abolish HECS debt for those prepared to live and work in regional WA in a bid to address the growing skills shortage in the bush. Senate candidate Nick Fardell said his policy would reduce debt for students entering the workforce and present an extra incentive to attract workers to regional…
The Nationals WA have called on the State Government to provide greater support to individual farmers in the Great Southern who are suffering some of the lowest rainfall levels on record. Member for the Agricultural Region, Colin de Grussa MLC, said the State Government’s recent announcement that the Mt Short area in the Shire of…
The establishment of a major military base in WA’s North West will be the number one priority of The Nationals WA should the party’s first Senator for Western Australia in 40 years be elected. Senate candidate Nick Fardell today unveiled his vision for a 800-strong defence force presence on WA’s North West coast, a plan…
Almost half of all midwifery positions advertised at country West Australian hospitals last year went unfilled, leaving pregnant women and newborn babies vulnerable. The McGowan Government was unable to attract a single midwife to major regional centres Esperance, Carnarvon, Narrogin and Kununurra over the last 12 months despite ten positions being advertised in those locations…