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.…
DetailsLocal 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…
DetailsThe 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…
DetailsThe 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,…
DetailsDisdain 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…
DetailsLocal 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.…
DetailsThe 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…
DetailsOn 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…
DetailsThe McGowan Government has split over its nasty cuts to regional education with one of Labor’s most senior MPs denouncing the measures. Albany MP Peter Watson today admitted he and other Government MPs had tried – but failed – to persuade the Education Minister to reverse her closure of Moora Residential College, the raiding of…
DetailsA powerful Nationals WA delegation – headed by Leader Mia Davies – are in Canberra today as part of the Party’s continued push to secure funding for two key irrigation projects in the South West. Ms Davies, Terry Redman and Colin Holt will champion the merits of the Myalup-Wellington project and Southern Forests Irrigation Scheme…
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