Member for Warren-Blackwood, Terry Redman encourages regional pensioners to use the $575 of fuel or taxi travel provided on their Country Age Pension Fuel Card. The card is available to country pensioners as they do not have the same access to public transport as pensioners in the metropolitan area. Country pensioners often have to rely…
DetailsThe long awaited redevelopment of Moora Residential College is finally underway. Responding to a Parliamentary Question from the Member for Moore, Shane Love MLA on 15 October, the Premier confirmed that work started on the new college on 27 September 2019 and is due for completion in October 2020. “With enrolments at the college expected…
DetailsThe recent roll out of body cameras for Midwest police has been welcomed by local Member for Geraldton Ian Blayney but he continues to urge the Government to provide more police resources for the region. “I’m glad body cameras for police have now been rolled out in Geraldton as they will go a long way…
DetailsMoore MP Shane Love has urged the State Government to work with the Shire of Gingin on coastal erosion issues, following a Shire decision not to build a geo textile sea wall at Lancelin’s Grace Darling Park. Mr Love said the Gingin Shire had earlier agreed to call for tenders to build a 300 metre…
DetailsThe Nationals WA will seek to include mandatory agriculture units in the WA curriculum after a motion was successfully passed at the Party’s State Conference in Exmouth last weekend. Education spokesperson Peter Rundle said the introduction of a compulsory agriculture curriculum in primary and secondary schools would have many benefits. “A greater emphasis on agriculture…
DetailsThe Nationals WA are calling on Coles and Woolworths to guarantee that recent price rises for their ownbrand eggs are passed on in full to egg producers. Agriculture spokesperson Colin de Grussa said Woolworths and Coles have recently lifted the retail price on their own-brand cage eggs by 15 cent per dozen. Coles has also…
DetailsThe Nationals WA’s Terry Redman has called on the State Government to build a promised terminal at Busselton Margaret River Airport to capitalise on the tourism potential of direct flights into the region. In a motion he moved in State Parliament, Mr Redman, the Member for Warren Blackwood, said landing a Jetstar service to-and-from Melbourne…
DetailsSteve Blyth has been elected unopposed as the new State President of The Nationals WA at the Party’s State Conference held in Exmouth today. Mr Blyth has been a long-term member and supporter of The Nationals, serving in a variety of roles in the organisation including as President of the Roe Electorate Council, Vice President of…
DetailsLeader Mia Davies has promised The Nationals WA in government will end the great Labor Royalties for Regions rip-off and return the State’s iconic regional development program to its full potential. In an address to the Party’s State Conference in Exmouth today, Ms Davies outlined a series of policies The Nationals WA will take to…
DetailsThe Nationals WA will continue their commitment to investing in the wellbeing of regional West Australians by establishing a State Rural Health Commissioner if the Party is returned to government in 2021. In announcing the policy at The Nationals WA State Conference in Exmouth, Leader Mia Davies said a sharp focus on regional health was…
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