NATIONALS Member for the South West Region Colin Holt MLC is calling on Mark McGowan and WA Labor to back the people of WA instead of the Rio Tinto’s London-based head office, after the company recently announced it would sack 500 workers. Mr Holt said the WA Labor party continued to oppose The Nationals WA…
Local Member Hon Mia Davies has welcomed the news that the electorate will benefit from 12 new mobile phone towers thanks to $20m from Royalties for Regions and funding from the Commonwealth Government. The new mobile base stations and small cell satellite installations are 12 of the 78 to be constructed by Telstra and Optus…
The remote airstrip of Tjuntjuntjara east of Kalgoorlie-Boulder near the South Australian border, has been awarded funding under the State Government’s Regional Airports Development Scheme (RADS). Wendy Duncan MLA, Member for Kalgoorlie said that the funding would be utilised to install airstrip fencing to stop animals from crossing the airstrip and to provide a surface…
Member for Central Wheatbelt Mia Davies MLA attended the official launch of the State Government’s Great Eastern Highway Road Safety Alliance (GEHRSA) in Northam today, along with key regional stakeholders, to discuss solutions to improve road safety on the Great Eastern Highway. Ms Davies said GEHRSA was initiated in response to a Wheatbelt Highway Safety…
Mobile phone coverage in the Wagin electorate will be improved, thanks to a further $20 million investment over two years made possible by Royalties for Regions. Member for Wagin Terry Waldron MLA said the funding would support the site lists released on Thursday by the Commonwealth Government, which outlined 78 new mobile base stations and…
Another innovative horticulture project in the West Kimberley is set to come alive following a landmark lease agreement between Water Corporation and the Mamabulanjin Aboriginal Corporation (MAC). The agreement will soon see more than 600 hectares of State Government land at Broome leased at no cost to the Mamabulanjin Aboriginal Corporation (MAC). Member for the…
Mobile phone coverage in Warren-Blackwood will be improved thanks to a further $20 million investment over two years made possible by Royalties for Regions. Member for Warren-Blackwood, Terry Redman said the funding would support the list of sites released today by the Commonwealth Government which outlined 78 new mobile base stations and small cell…
Nationals WA MP and candidate for the seat of Geraldton Paul Brown MP has welcomed the announcement of six specialist drug and alcohol clinical nurses for selected hospitals across Western Australia, but is asking why Geraldton has missed out? The specialist nurses will work in the emergency departments of Rockingham, Armadale-Kelmscott, Midland, Royal Perth and…
Mobile phone coverage across regional Western Australia will be improved thanks to a further $20 million investment over two years made possible by Royalties for Regions. NATIONALS Member for the South West, Colin Holt MLC, said the funding would support a new mobile base station for Yoganup, as well as 77 other sites to be…
The Nationals WA have announced they support the partial sale of Western Power, with the proceeds being used to improve transport and education infrastructure, as well as regional power supplies. Earlier yesterday, Leader of The Nationals WA Brendon Grylls MLA announced the proceeds from a partial-sale of Western Power would be reinvested into new projects…