The McGowan Government’s partial reversal of its cruel suite of education cuts is a show of regional Western Australia’s “people power”, according to The Nationals WA Leader Mia Davies. Ms Davies said The Nationals remained disappointed that a number of Labor’s cuts would still go ahead, including the closure of five regional camp schools and…
DetailsThe 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.
DetailsChristmas is ruined for more than 400 Western Australians and their families after the McGowan Government slammed the door on two new iron ore mines in the Yilgarn. In a direct contradiction to the Premier’s election promise to create employment, Mark McGowan today slashed 420 jobs by rejecting Mineral Resources’ proposal to develop the Jackson…
DetailsThe McGowan Government will continue to slash essential regional services such as education and health as it struggles under the weight of its Perth election promises, according to The Nationals Leader Mia Davies. The Labor Government today announced the State deficit for 2017-18 will balloon out by another $265 million, despite the Budget being handed…
DetailsThe Nationals have condemned Labor’s sweeping cuts to country education saying the McGowan Government’s decision was further evidence of a city-centric Government with no plan for regional Western Australia. “Today is a dark day for regional education in Western Australia,” The Nationals Leader Mia Davies said. “There is no good news for staff, students and…
DetailsThe McGowan Government will axe more than 20 regional education staff who support and assist indigenous families and students. Aboriginal education consultants, coordinators and liaison officers comprise two-thirds of Labor’s targeted regional education jobs cull. The Nationals WA Leader Mia Davies expressed grave concern at the nature of the cuts. “At a time when…
DetailsThe Nationals WA have again put the McGowan Government’s gold royalty hike to the sword, saving thousands of jobs in regional Western Australia. For the second time in seven weeks, The Nationals four upper house MPs voted to kill off Labor’s proposed increase to the gold royalty rate in the Legislative Council. Leader Mia Davies…
DetailsNationals MPs have cooked dinner for families staying at the Ronald McDonald House, a home away from home for families of seriously ill children from country WA in Perth for treatment. Member for Central Wheatbelt Mia Davies joined her fellow Nationals MPs and staff to cook dinner, tour the state-of-the-art facility and join residents for…
DetailsThe Nationals WA are calling on West Australians to turn their back on imported pork this Christmas and make a #HamStand with local producers. WA pork producers are struggling under the weight of record high grain prices and over-supply caused by increased productivity and competition from interstate product. “Our local producers are losing almost $60…
DetailsWestern Australia’s GST mess will not be resolved until the McGowan Government persuades its Labor comrades in Canberra to commit to a solution. Treasury spokesperson Terry Redman presented at today’s Productivity Commission hearing into the GST distribution system, held in Perth. The Nationals were encouraged by the Commission’s draft report, released last month, which recommended…
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