31 October 2018 The Nationals WA have secured a major win for the agricultural sector, after the Minister for Agriculture agreed to significant industry and committee supported changes to the Animal Welfare Amendment Bill 2017. Member for Roe Peter Rundle said The Nationals led the charge for the Bill to be referred to a Legislative…
13 December 2018 Member for Roe Peter Rundle has called on the new Minister responsible for ports to fix the mess created by the inaction of her predecessor. Premier Mark McGowan announced today that Minister for Regional Development Alannah MacTiernan would take over responsibility of ports from Transport Minister Rita Saffioti. Mr Rundle said it…
A funding agreement between Federal and State governments for the Moora Residential College redevelopment is expected to be finalized within the next month, according to Moore MP, Shane Love MLA. The Federal Liberal-National Government announced $8.7 million funding to redevelop the Moora College on 4 September 2018, ending a 9 month community campaign to save…
The Nationals WA are helping concerned locals to shine a light on the impact of rural crime on primary producers and regional communities. Stock and equipment theft, rural trespass and illegal hunting are crimes of major concern to rural and isolated communities. As many rural families live and work on the same property, such crimes…
Moore MP Shane Love MLA has slammed the McGowan Government’s move to seize a 17 percent commercial stake in WA’s western rock lobster fishery. Mr Love said the government’s actions to increase the total annual catch from 6,300 tonnes to 8,000 tonnes, but retain ownership of 1,385 tonnes of WA’s annual lobster catch, was a…
Geraldton Regional Hospital spent 21 days under code yellow conditions in the past three months, highlighting the acute shortage of beds at the overstretched facility. The Nationals WA health spokesperson Martin Aldridge uncovered the alarming stats in Parliament this month. Mr Aldridge said a lack of beds and staff had also led to more than…
The Nationals WA are encouraging families to enrol children in VacSwim classes and to be safe around waterways, beaches and swimming pools this summer. Member for Moore Shane Love MLA said Royal Life Saving Australia had called on State Government’s to continue supporting programs such as VacSwim to help prevent drownings. “Royal Life Saving Australia…
Moore MP Shane Love MLA has welcomed the listing of Toodyay’s Roman Catholic precinct to the State Register of Heritage Places. Announced today, the heritage listing covers a group of important Stirling Terrace buildings owned by the Catholic Church including The Ship, Mercy House, St Aloysius Building, O’Connor House and St John the Baptist Church.Mr…
Moore MP Shane Love MLA has expressed his dismay at a hypocritical Labor government decision to allow fracking in the Mid West, while banning fracking in the South West, Peel and Metropolitan areas. Premier Mark McGowan made the announcement on November 27, following a 12 month-long Independent Scientific Inquiry into Hydraulic Fracture Stimulation in WA,…
The Nationals WA Member for the Agricultural Region and spokesperson for Road Safety Hon Martin Aldridge MLC has used today’s National Agriculture Day to remind those using country roads this holiday season to look out slow down and take care and share the road with large agricultural vehicles. Mr Aldridge said the National Farmers’ Federations’…