Starting Monday, Leader Mia Davies and The Nationals WA team will spend three days in the Goldfields as part of an ongoing regional engagement series. Ms Davies said the team would hold community forums and meetings in Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Laverton and Kambalda. “I look forward to bringing The Nationals team to the Goldfields for the latest…
The Nationals WA have questioned contradictory statements from the McGowan Government over whether current penalties for trespassing are enough of a deterrent. Leader Mia Davies said The Nationals had demanded answers on behalf of regional communities left shaken in the wake of increasing animal activist trespass incidents. “We’ve pursued the issue inside and outside of…
The Nationals WA have again called on the McGowan Government to lift the payroll tax eligibility threshold in light of WA’s worst unemployment figures in almost two decades. In November 2017, the Government pushed legislation through State Parliament which resulted in a payroll tax hike for 1300 WA businesses. It was one of the Premier’s…
The Nationals WA have labelled the McGowan Government’s latest pledge to create jobs in regional Western Australia a “PR stunt” after two years of Labor broken promises. The Premier today promised to create 30,000 new jobs in regional Western Australia over the next five years but failed to explain how the target would be achieved.…
The Nationals WA have called on the McGowan Government to do more amid rising tension in rural communities over the harassment of WA farmers by animal activists. Details of a disturbing incident in Harvey this week have emerged where a local farmer confronted activists who had allegedly tried to force him off the road.…
The Newman community remains in the dark over when it will get its long-awaited hospital upgrade after the Health Minister contradicted a construction timeline provided by the Member for Pilbara. Under questioning by The Nationals WA in Parliament, the Health Minister Roger Cook refused to back comments made by Kevin Michel this month that tenders…
The Nationals WA have again questioned the McGowan Government’s ability to provide long-term solutions and adequate health services in Geraldton after a document revealed Labor’s planned hospital upgrade would fail to meet demand within two years of completion. Leader Mia Davies, who is in Geraldton this week meeting community groups and stakeholders, said a forensic investigation of Labor’s plans by Health spokesperson Martin Aldridge had revealed the…
The Nationals WA have welcomed the McGowan Government’s latest backflip which will see Labor discard its ill-advised plot to seize control of 1,385 tonnes of WA’s annual lobster catch. Leader Mia Davies said the McGowan Government had again put industry and regional communities through unnecessary grief by failing to consult in the first place. “It’s…
The Nationals WA have congratulated former MP Grant Woodhams on becoming a Member (AM) of the order of Australia in the general division. Leader Mia Davies said Mr Woodhams – or “Woody” as he was affectionately known to his Party colleagues – was a true champion of the bush. “Woody represented The Nationals WA in…
The McGowan Government has jeopardised the Great Southern’s economic development by dragging its heels on submitting a business case for the completion of the Albany Ring Road. Leader Mia Davies said the fact it took Labor almost two years to submit a business case to Infrastructure Australia for the final stages of the Ring Road…