Leader Mia Davies has promised The Nationals WA in government will end the great Labor Royalties for Regions rip-off and return the State’s iconic regional development program to its full potential. In an address to the Party’s State Conference in Exmouth today, Ms Davies outlined a series of policies The Nationals WA will take to…
But the recent State Budget shows the McGowan Labor Government only cares about Perth – announcing new funding for projects like Metronet and the redevelopment of the East Perth Power Station, while essential services in the regions, including local hospitals and schools are neglected.
As part of its sweeping, unconsidered and ill-conceived regional education cuts, the McGowan Labor Government wants to take 20 per cent of the Agricultural Education Farm Provisions Trust each year and return it to consolidated revenue.
The Regional Students Matter campaign has fired up again, calling on all of regional WA to send a strong message to the McGowan Government that this latest suite of attacks to regional education is not acceptable.
The McGowan Government has abandoned the bush with confirmation it will rip apart the Royalties for Regions program to bankroll Perth election promises.
The Regional Students Matter campaign is sending a loud message to the McGowan Government that cuts to the Boarding Away From Home Allowance (BAHA) are cruel and unfair.
Confirmation of cuts to the State’s CRC Network in the McGowan Government’s first budget has triggered a grassroots campaign to demonstrate the value and importance of CRC services to regional communities.