New England MP Barnaby Joyce expects the electorate to expand when the Australian Electoral Commission finalises the new electoral boundaries. Electoral Commissioner, Tom Rogers, says the New South Wales redistribution was required to enable a decrease from 47 to 46...
News Category
NSW Farmers 2024 Annual Conference
Renewable energy, national traceability reforms and feral pigs were front and centre for farmers debating the key issues affecting agriculture at the NSW Farmers 2024 Annual Conference yesterday. NSW Farmers President Xavier Martin says conference delegates were...
Gwydir Community Election Information Session
The Gwydir Shire Council will be holding a Community Election Information Session over 2 evenings, for individuals interested in becoming a candidate in the upcoming Local Government Elections. The candidate information sessions will focus on these key areas including...
Coulton Asks For Fairer Roads Funding
Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton says his electorate is being short-changed when it comes to an increase in funding allocations under the Australian Government's Roads to Recovery program. Mr Coulton says city councils are receiving an increase of 76 % in the...
Proposed Changes To Native Veg Laws is Backward Move: Moylan
Northern Tablelands MP Brendan Moylan says the State Government’s proposed changes to the Native vegetation laws is a backwards decision. It follows the government releasing it response to the statutory reviews of the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 and the native...
Enrol Now Ahead Of Local Government Elections
The NSW Electoral Commission is urging anyone who is eligible to vote in NSW to make sure they are enrolled ahead of this year’s local council elections. Local council elections will be held in NSW on Saturday, 14 September 2024 and voting is compulsory for all...
Farmers Welcome Fairer Biosecurity Funding
Farmers have welcomed a $47.1 million dollar boost to the nation’s biosecurity system thanks to the Australian Government’s new fees and charges system for importers. NSW Farmers Biosecurity Committee Chair Ian McColl says the new cost recovery mechanism was a...
Junior Medical Officer 2025 Recruitment Campaign
NSW Health has launched it’s 2025 Junior Medical Officer recruitment campaign with applications now being called to people wanting to join them as a junior medical officer. Junior medical officers work with some of the most experienced and skilled medical...
Water Buy Backs to Hit Household Budgets
NSW Shadow Water Minister Steph Cooke says it is only a matter of time before Federal Government water buybacks start to impact household budgets across the country. Ms Cooke says the flow-on effect from purchasing water from irrigators will drive up the cost of...









