This statement was provided exclusively to the Farm Weekly following the live export meeting in Katanning on 20 July 2018. I have an abiding and deep respect for anyone that makes a living off the land. Farming is in my blood, and while I am not a farmer, my connection to agriculture runs deep on…
The McGowan Government must convince its Labor colleagues in Canberra and other states to support the proposed GST overhaul or risk WA’s share remaining in the doldrums. The Nationals WA Leader Mia Davies today welcomed the Federal Government’s proposal for Western Australia to receive an extra $4.7 billion of GST over the next eight years…
The Nationals WA have called on Alannah MacTiernan to resign as Minister for Agriculture and Food. Leader Mia Davies moved a motion in Parliament late on Thursday calling for the Minister to step down, saying she had lost the confidence of the sector. “While the agricultural sector is pragmatic and willing to work with whoever…
The Nationals WA have taken the Karratha community’s fight against a new 700-bed FIFO camp to the floor of State Parliament. Leader Mia Davies moved a motion in the Legislative Assembly this evening to condemn the McGowan Government for rubber-stamping Woodside’s proposal to build a camp at Bay Village against the community’s wishes. A City…
The Nationals WA fear Karratha will be reduced to a FIFO outpost after Mark McGowan buckled to Woodside’s demands for a new 700-bed camp in the Pilbara town. Leader Mia Davies said the Premier had punched a significant hole in Karratha’s aspirations to be Western Australia’s first true city of the north. “The message the…
The McGowan Government continues to raid Royalties for Regions to pay for day-to-day government services. Leader Mia Davies has slammed Treasurer Ben Wyatt for a smoke-and-mirrors Budget which seeks to build a surplus on the back of cost-shifting more than $1 billion of core services into Royalties for Regions over the next four years. Labor…
The Labor Government is on notice with The Nationals WA warning any further moves to dismantle regional services and cut funding from the bush will incur an electoral backlash come 2021. Leader Mia Davies said regional communities had endured a difficult 14 months since Labor took power. “Look at what the community has already had…
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.…