The Nationals WA have questioned the McGowan Government’s commitment to dealing with rising violence and dangerous incidents in regional hospitals. In answer to questions asked by Leader Mia Davies in Parliament this week, neither the Health Minister nor the WA Country Health Service knew how much of $5 million announced by the Minister on Sunday…
The Nationals WA have used the Parliament to call on the McGowan Labor Government to immediately take action in response to overwhelming job losses and rife mental health concerns plaguing the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD). Agriculture spokesperson Colin de Grussa yesterday moved a motion regarding the significant adverse impact machinery of…
The Nationals WA have called on the McGowan Government to urgently rethink the closure of fisheries shopfronts which will see their doors permanently shut at five locations covering more than 1000km of WA’s popular Coral Coast. Member for North West Central and tourism spokesperson Vince Catania said the State Government was pulling fisheries offices from…
Moore MP Shane Love MLA has called on the McGowan government to use Royalties for Regions funding to address coastal erosion in regional areas. The move follows the recent release of the report, Assessment of Coastal Erosion Hotspots in WA which detailed 55 hotspots across the state – 40 of them in regional WA. Speaking…
The Nationals WA are demanding the Premier remove Fran Logan from the Corrective Services portfolio after yet another blight on his record as Minister. The call comes after The Nationals corrective services spokesperson Terry Redman witnessed a prison contractor scan his own package through security at Eastern Goldfields Regional Prison on March 5 this year.…
The Nationals WA have challenged the McGowan Government to come clean and admit its broken a key election promise to deliver a new Australind train for the South West. Colin Holt, The Nationals local MP for the South West, said recent comments by the Premier that the new Australind would be delivered in “coming years”…
The Nationals WA have again urged the McGowan Government to take swift action on coastal erosion as a new report deemed regional WA at greatest risk over the next 10 years. Leader Mia Davies said the Assessment of Coastal Erosion Hotspots report, released today, showed the situation was particularly dire on the Wheatbelt and Mid…
The Nationals WA have called on Agriculture Minister Alannah MacTiernan to explain why the State Government advocated for extending a ban on live sheep exports. The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development recently wrote to its Federal equivalent urging it to extend the ban on live sheep exports for another month on top of…
Australia’s toughest trespass laws will come into effect in New South Wales today, providing further evidence of the McGowan Government’s unwillingness to take serious action against animal activists. Leader of The Nationals WA Mia Davies said the new penalties in NSW sent a clear message to animal activists that their illegal behaviours would no longer…
The Nationals WA have called on the McGowan Labor Government to take urgent action to reduce ambulance ramping times after hearing regional St John volunteers were also being impacted by the blowout in wait times at metropolitan hospitals. Leader Mia Davies said a recent emergency services volunteers forum hosted by The Nationals WA in Northam…