Politics
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Butler pushes back against job losses
BARWON MP Roy Butler has pushed to highlight the impact of departmental job losses on regional New South Wales. During the recent sitting of NSW…
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Airport is key, says Nats head
THE bedrock of Broken Hill’s future is the airport, according to Dugald Saunders. The leader of the New South Wales National Party was in the…
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Butler laments floodplain management
BARWON MP Roy Butler is pushing for an ICAC investigation into the operations around Toorale Station’s man-made floodplain. Mr Butler has put a submission to…
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MP backs pricing change concerns
PRICING changes to the NDIS are putting regional New South Wales at risk according to the Federal Member for Parkes, but the agency has said…
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Local Nats meet
THE local branch of the National Party adopted motions put forward at the State Conference including abandoning the commitment to zero emissions by 2050. At…
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$1b for Barown in budget
THE Barwon electorate is set to see a record funding of around $1 billion flowing in following the announcement of the New South Wales State…
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Nationals reveal new shadow cabinet
THE Nationals’ new shadow cabinet line-up, as part of a Coalition, was announced on Wednesday, May 28, with Leader David Littleproud describing the new team…
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Parkes MP finally declared
NATIONALS member Jamie Chaffey has been declared the new Member for Parkes this week, a month on from election day. The Australian Electoral Commission declared…
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Nats split from Libs in a political divorce
THE political marriage of the National and Liberal parties, known as the Coalition, is over at the federal level. The split was announced by the…
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Chaffey takes Parkes seat
JAMIE Chaffey’s commitment of $10 million to Broken Hill’s airport will be hard to achieve due to Labor’s election win; but that won’t stop the…
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Family First candidate makes pitch
FAMILY First’s candidate for Parkes, Maurice Davey, is a father, grandfather and fourth generation farmer, with campaign pillars centered around what Mr Davey describes as…
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One Nation candidate’s priorities
ONE Nation, created by Pauline Hanson, put forward Mark Carter as its candidate for the Parkes electorate in recent weeks, with his key campaign pillars…