Member for Geraldton Ian Blayney says residents forced to endure extended power outages are continuing to be let down by the Labor Government’s failure to increase the Extended Payment Outage Scheme (EPOS). In Parliament yesterday Mr Blayney followed up on previous answers to parliamentary questions provided by the Minister for Energy that indicated a review…
The Nationals WA have outlined a series of amendments to the State Government’s controversial Animal Welfare and Trespass Legislation Amendment Bill 2020 aimed at improving the Bill in line with community and industry expectations. Leader Mia Davies said debate had commenced on the legislation in Parliament this week with The Nationals WA introducing amendments to…
The Labor Government’s incentives to lure metropolitan workers to regional Western Australia are too little, too late to help a State agricultural sector reeling from the impacts of COVID-19 restrictions. The Nationals WA Leader Mia Davies said the Premier and Minister for Agriculture had failed to grasp the scale of the issue farmers and growers…
The Nationals WA say the Labor Government has missed a golden opportunity to decentralise the agency tasked with managing the State’s primary industry and regional development portfolios. Today it was announced the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) would be moved to a CBD location with some laboratory–based roles remaining at the current…
Member for Geraldton Ian Blayney says the Police Minister’s failure to do her sums over authorised officer numbers has jeopardised the safety of communities across the Midwest. In Parliament yesterday, The Nationals WA highlighted the shortfall of police in regional Western Australia. “As much as the Minister likes to reject the argument that our regions…
The Nationals spokesperson for Agriculture, Colin de Grussa has expressed his alarm at the recent actions by the McGowan Government to effectively transfer all legal liability and risk for the control of wild dogs on government land to Recognised Biosecurity Groups (RBG). Under a proposed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) issued to RBGs by the Department…
Member for Geraldton Ian Blayney has called on the State Government to increase air services between Geraldton and Perth to ensure Geraldton residents stay connected and do not miss out on essential services. Mr Blayney is frustrated that air services have been increased across the State, with Rex increasing flights by seventy per cent between…
Local Member for Central Wheatbelt Mia Davies MLA has welcomed the acknowledgement by the Australian Government in observing the significance of the 75th anniversary of the end of the Second World War – 1945-2020. The Department of Veterans’ Affairs have produced a Commemorative Medallion and Certificate of Commemoration as a small but meaningful way to…
Key parts of the State’s public agricultural education system will be overhauled to ensure the sector’s future is in safe hands if The Nationals WA are returned to Government next March. Leader Mia Davies said the policy reflected her party’s long-standing position to make ag-ed more prominent and ensure WA remains at the forefront of…
Five towns in the Agricultural Region will not have a refund point by 1 October 2020 when the Container Deposit Scheme (Containers for Change) commences. Nationals Member for the Agricultural Region has called on the Minister for Environment to intervene to ensure that regional people are not short-changed in having their 10-cent container deposit returned…