The Nationals WA have welcomed the announcement of payroll tax relief for small and medium businesses and urged the McGowan Government to go further by raising the threshold to $1 million on January 1, 2020. Leader Mia Davies MLA said her party started pushing for the payroll tax exemption threshold to be raised more than…
DetailsThe announcement by Australian Vanadium Limited (AVL) stating that the company are considering constructing a processing plant on the outskirts of Geraldton is welcomed by Member for Geraldton Ian Blayney. “It’s great that Geraldton has the necessary infrastructure to support such commercial operations to ensure the industry can continue to grow and develop whilst delivering…
DetailsMoore MP Shane Love MLA today gave notice that he will move a motion to disallow the Petroleum and Geothermal Energy Resources (Hydraulic Fracturing) Amendment Regulations 2019. Mr Love said the disallowance motion was yet to be debated in Parliament but he intends to gain support to ban fracking in his electorate of Moore and…
DetailsMember for Geraldton Ian Blayney says valiant Mid West volunteers and paramedics are bearing the brunt of the State Government’s inability to provide adequate ED services at Geraldton Hospital. Questions asked in Parliament by The Nationals WA revealed there were 44 occasions of ambulance ramping at the hospital’s emergency department between January and September this…
DetailsMember for Geraldton Ian Blayney has accused the Fisheries Minister of ignoring the commercial western rock lobster industry following his failed bid to take 17 per cent of the catch quota from fishers earlier this year. Mr Blayney said industry wanted to negotiate solutions to unresolved issues including long-term fishing licence security and delays in…
DetailsMember 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…
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