Member for Warren-Blackwood, Terry Redman questioned the Premier as to why 2019-20 is the last year the government has guaranteed funding to support the Regional Film Fund. The Nationals WA asked the same question last year and raised it again in Budget Estimate meetings last week. The $16 million Royalties for Regions WA Regional Film…
Member for the Agricultural Region Colin de Grussa congratulates the Geraldton Fishermen’s Cooperative, who were winners at this week’s Australia-China Business Awards. GFC took out the elite Business Excellence Award for Agriculture, Food and Beverage, amongst stiff competition from much bigger organisations. Mr de Grussa said the GFC were very deserving winners of this award.…
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 welcomed a review into Firefighter Cancer Legislation which confirmed legislation introduced by the previous Liberal National government had assisted more than 20 firefighters impacted by cancer since 2013. Member for the Agricultural Region and former firefighter Martin Aldridge welcomed the recent findings of the WorkCover WA Statutory Review of Firefighter Cancer…
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…
Nationals Senate candidate Nick Fardell and Member for the Agricultural Region Hon Martin Aldridge MLC have welcomed improved mobile phone coverage and more reliable communications in Western Australia by the Federal Government. “Under round four of the Mobile Black Spot Program (MBSP) 26 new mobile base stations will be delivered in regional and remote Western…
Moore MP Shane Love MLA has lodged a Parliamentary petition calling on the Energy Minister to take whatever action is necessary to ensure the delivery of reliable power to businesses and residents in the Mid West. Tabling two petitions on April 10 with 448 signatures relating to power in the Mid West and more specifically…
As Parliament prepares to debate legislation regarding end of life choices, Moore MP Shane Love MLA has demanded the McGowan Labor Government make adequate palliative care available to all Western Australians, no matter where they live. Mr Love said it was necessary to urgently address the absence of palliative care options in regional WA while…
Member for Warren-Blackwood, Terry Redman said feedback from impacted landowners in his electorate regarding the recent pest levy imposed on them, has highlighted the need and importance of the Biosecurity and Agricultural Management Act (2007) review that is now overdue. The Act allows the Minister for Agriculture to sign off on a levy, imposed on…
Two years after the election of the McGowan Government, local Member of Parliament Terry Redman has reviewed the positives and negatives for the Warren-Blackwood region. “I am pleased the Southern Forest Food Council has continued to be funded as this group has achieved brand recognition and new markets for produce from the Manjimup-Pemberton region,” Mr…