The Nationals WA announced a $115 million commitment to upgrade sub-standard and non-compliant regional police stations and ensure our coastline has an appropriate WA Police presence at the Western Australian Police Union conference this week. Leader Mia Davies said investment in appropriate and fit for purpose facilities for our regional police and the community is…
The Nationals WA will deliver a $250 million Regional Capitals Fund to support growth and development of 11 regional cities and centres. In the wake of COVID-19 these centres are ideally positioned to cultivate modern, sustainable and dynamic places to live and work.
The Nationals WA will give households and communities in regional WA access to a cheaper and more reliable power supply if returned to Government. The proposed $35 million Community Energy Fund would provide rebates for behind-the-meter batteries to households and communities across regional WA.
The Nationals WA have committed $5 million of Royalties for Regions to develop a breeding and training program based in regional WA to help meet growing demand for guide dogs. Announcing the policy in Eaton today with candidate for Collie-Preston Wayne Sanford, Leader Mia Davies said regional WA was perfect for breeding, raising, training and…
The Nationals WA have pre-selected their candidate for the Kimberley, adding to an ever-growing team of regional champions committed to greater regional representation in the WA Parliament in March 2021. Bunuba-Kija woman Millie Hills, from Halls Creek in the east Kimberley, was endorsed by The Nationals WA State Council today. She is the first Aboriginal…
The Nationals WA Member for Mining and Pastoral Region Jacqui Boydell is urging the Labor Government to come clean on their plans for the historic town of Cossack. In October the Lands Minister called for registrations of interest for reactivating the townsite, with a focus on low-impact tourism, low-cost camping, cafes or galleries. On the…
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 Nationals WA will ensure access to specialist medical care is more equitable for regional West Australians by boosting the Patient Assisted Travel Scheme (PATS) to bring it in line with patient, community and health sector expectations. The $58 million commitment announced by Leader Mia Davies with candidate for Kalgoorlie Rowena Olsen in the Goldfields…
Member for the South West Colin Holt says the government’s failure to include the planned Busselton Jetty Underwater Observatory in the recent WA Recovery Plan is a missed opportunity. “It appears the City of Busselton will see very little out of the recent $252.3m stimulus package for the South West but this project – the…
The Nationals WA will reinstate a leading Departmental agriculture education position and remove a 20 per cent tax on the Agricultural Education Farm Provisions Trust if returned to Government next year. Leader Mia Davies said the move signalled her party’s commitment to making agricultural education more prominent throughout school curricula and ensuring WA remains at…