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Inverell Shire Mayor Kate Dight has raised concerns over the growing burden of cost shifting from State and Federal Governments onto local councils. A recent report commissioned by Local Government NSW reveals a record $1.5 billion in costs have been shifted onto...
New England MP Barnaby Joyce says he will wedge his colleagues in the National Party to reveal their exact position on the Net Zero policy. It follows Mr Joyce tabling a Private Members Bill to repeal Net Zero and have it refined, saying he’s doing it for the people...
Inverell Shire Mayor Kate Dight will highlight cost shifting onto local government in a Mayoral Minute at today’s Council meeting. Mayor Dight says the unrelenting growth of cost shifting to councils, coupled with rate pegging and insufficient state and federal...
Member for Northern Tablelands Brendan Moylan is urging the NSW Government to act on community concerns after the NSW Parliament Upper House Committee visited the New England as part of their inquiry into Renewable Energy Zones on Thursday. The committee heard from...
Member for Northern Tablelands Brendan Moylan is encouraging farmers and landholders to make a submission on proposed amendments to the Land Management (Native Vegetation) Code 2018. The Land Management Codes were implemented in 2018 to allow landholders to have...
Member for Northern Tablelands Brendan Moylan has announced another $4 million has been committed to a significant water program in the Northern Tablelands Electorate. The Reconnecting Watercourse Country program is aimed at increasing the effectiveness of...
The NSW Coalition will introduce a Bill in Parliament to crack down on the fast-growing illegal tobacco trade. The Bill seeks to make NSW the hardest place in Australia to sell illegal vapes and tobacco. Member for Northern Tablelands Brendan Moylan said while other...
Regional Australia has once more been stumbled over then stamped on by Canberra in a clumsy process for cost savings for the NDIS. Few are not arguing that the NDIS needs review and needs remediation in sections of expenditure, but in Regional Australia recent...
Member for Northern Tablelands Brendan Moylan has welcomed the confirmation of ongoing Government support for vital maternity care, family care centres and vaccination programs in regional and rural NSW. Women and their babies will benefit with $26.8 million of an $83...