Confidential property ownership details and valuable aggregated data could be exposed if the Labor State Government’s plans to privatise the land title registry component of Landgate go ahead. The Nationals WA Leader Mia Davies said Treasurer Ben Wyatt had swept his party’s strong anti-privatisation sentiment under the rug to make way for the sale of…
The Nationals WA continue to pile pressure on the McGowan Government over Labor’s proposal to cut funding for Community Resource Centres in half. Leader Mia Davies, along with Warren-Blackwood MP Terry Redman and Roe MP Peter Rundle, today presented the Government with petitions featuring more than 1000 signatures protesting the CRC cuts. It comes after…
Federal Labor has again hung West Australian farming families out to dry with another proposed ban on the State’s live export industry. The Nationals WA Leader Mia Davies said Western Australia would be disproportionately punished under Labor’s disastrous plan. “WA farmers account for 85 per cent of the nation’s live sheep trade,” Ms Davies said.…
Local MP Mia Davies has welcomed the news that State Minister for Agriculture Alannah MacTiernan is considering relocating the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development to Northam. “I am delighted Ms MacTiernan said she was discussing a potential move with Director General Ralph Addis and she has my full support if that’s a move…
The Nationals WA have welcomed today’s announcement of Federal funding for the Water for Food Myalup-Wellington project, kick-started by Royalties for Regions and The Nationals in Government. Leader Mia Davies said the long-held ambition of reducing salinity levels in Wellington Dam was championed by The Nationals as part of an initiative to expand irrigated agriculture in WA…
The Nationals WA joined community members from across the South West today at a rally in Bunbury to express their strong support for camp schools. About 100 people including The Nationals WA Leader Mia Davies, Warren Blackwood MP Terry Redman and local MP Colin Holt gathered outside Labor MP Adele Farina’s Bunbury office. Ms Davies,…
Disdain for regional Western Australia is not a Labor trait exclusive to the McGowan Government, with Federal Leader Bill Shorten also thumbing his nose at the bush during a visit west this week. Mr Shorten’s six-day trip to WA included just one jaunt outside of Perth – a flying visit to Kalgoorlie where the Opposition…
Local MP Mia Davies has welcomed the launch of a new telecommunications network in the eastern Wheatbelt that will provide faster internet for connected users. The project, a collaboration between NEWROC and regional WA-based internet provider CRISP Wireless, will build up to 13 telecommunications towers across Koorda, Mt Marshall, Mukinbudin, Nungarin, Trayning, Wyalkatchem and Merredin.…
The Nationals WA Leader Mia Davies has backed Federal Agriculture Minister David Littleproud’s crackdown on exporters that flout animal welfare rules and regulations. Ms Davies said she was abhorred by vision obtained by Animals Australia which showed the mistreatment of livestock aboard a vessel which left Fremantle last year. “The live export of animals is…
On 16 February 2018, a serious complaint relating to Barnaby Joyce was raised with Terry Redman MLA by Ms Catherine Marriott. With Ms Marriott’s permission, Mr Redman shared this information with me. Ms Marriott asked for advice on how to lodge her complaint with the Party. It was her express wish that the matter be…