By Shadow Minister for Agriculture & Food and Member for Agricultural Region Colin de Grussa. Western Australia’s agriculture and food sector is the lifeblood of regional and rural communities, and as we know, this industry is vital to our State’s economy. So, with skilled worker shortages continuing to plague our farms, it begs the question…
The Opposition has called on the Labor Government to undertake a further 12-month consultation period with small fishing operators prior to implementing the South Coast Bioregion Management Plan. Shadow Fisheries Minister Colin de Grussa said several small fishing operators in Albany and Esperance had continually raised concerns on the accessbility to the wet line managed…
Deputy Opposition Leader Shane Love and Shadow Agriculture Minister Colin de Grussa have called on the State and Federal Governments to provide support to cyclone impacted properties in the Mid West amid concerns much damage had yet to be reported. The Nationals WA visited Perenjori, Morawa, Northampton, Mingenew, Binnu and Three Springs last week to…
The State Opposition has labelled the Labor Government’s approach to Anzac Day services across Western Australia as “confusing and inconsistent” and said it was causing angst for veterans, families and communities. Shadow Minister for Veteran’s Affairs, Colin de Grussa MLC, said the lack of a consistent approach to event restrictions were frustrating for many community…
The Nationals WA have committed to roll out drone technology across regional WA to give emergency services volunteers the latest equipment to assist with search and rescue and firefighting efforts. Leader Mia Davies announced The Nationals emergency services policy, worth $12.1 million, in Geraldton today alongside local MP Ian Blayney. Ms Davies said the centrepiece…
The Nationals WA agriculture spokesperson Colin de Grussa is encouraging producers to have their say on the State Government’s consultation process for sheep and cattle earmarking and cattle branding. The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development is proposing to amend the Biosecurity and Agriculture Management (Identification and Movement of Stock and Apiaries) Regulations 2013…
The Nationals WA Agriculture spokesperson Colin de Grussa has slammed the Labor Government for its tardy and piecemeal response to the acute worker shortage in the State’s agriculture and hospitality sectors. In a motion moved by Mr de Grussa and passed in the Legislative Council, he called on Government to do more to help farmers…
The Nationals WA say the Agriculture Minister continues to fail the State’s farmers and growers with her latest half-baked attempt to solve the agriculture sector’s acute workforce shortages. Leader Mia Davies said the Labor Government’s plan to borrow overseas workers lured to the Northern Territory was too little, too late for WA’s agricultural and horticultural…
There has been a lot of commentary around The Nationals WA stance on the industrial manslaughter legislation currently before Parliament. Agricultural spokesperson Hon Colin de Grussa MLC, in an opinion editorial in the Farm Weekly, outlines why The Nationals adopted their positions on key clauses in the Work Health and Safety Bill 2019 debated last…
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…