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Next week I will be bringing Tasmanian Independent Andrew Wilkie and Senator Nick Xenophon to Narrabri to discuss proposed poker machine legislation. They will be meeting with club managers from throughout Western NSW. Mr Wilkie and Mr Xenophon have been pushing for reform on poker machines,... ... (29-Nov)
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The amount of Australian agricultural land that we allow to be owned by foreign businesses and investors is an issue which must be given serious and detailed consideration. Ensuring Australia’s food security must be a top priority. We must also ensure adequate farming land remains available ... ... (19-Nov)
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The Government’s plan for a referendum on the formal recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in the Australian Constitution has been cautiously received. Many people have reserved their judgement on this announcement, but with over 20 per cent of the Parkes electorate being of ... ... (15-Nov)
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A large crowd attended the Dubbo and Bourke Murray-Darling Basin Plan community information sessions. The message they were there to send the Government is simple. The draft Murray-Darling Basin Plan released by the Murray-Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) will be bad for the people of this reg... ... (08-Nov)
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The Government’s proposed National Broadband Network (NBN) has been the focus of much discussion of late. The expensive $43 billion proposal aims to connect 93% of Australian households with fibre based services and the remaining 7% with next generation wireless and satellite technologies. I... ... (29-Oct)
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It was great to see the high number of concerned community members come out in force and attend the Murray-Darling Basin Plan community information sessions held at Narrabri, Moree and Goondiwindi at the end of last week. Their demonstration of outrage and frustration has hopefully maintained the st... ... (22-Oct)
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Thousands of concerned community members turned out to the first community information sessions regarding the proposed Murray-Darling Basin Plan held last week in Griffith and Deniliquin.
The huge attendance at the meetings last week, have already forced Minister for Regional Austr... ... (15-Oct)
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In the first week of the 43rd Parliament the Gillard Government announced it was set to introduce a bill which would see tertiary students being forced to pay $250 per year for services they will not or cannot use.
The Higher Education Legislation Amendment (Student Services and Ame... ... (08-Oct)
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Access to education should be a fundamental right of every Australian. As a nation we have long held immense pride in the quality of our public and private schools and our internationally recognised universities. However students, as it now stands, do not share the same opportunities to purs... ... (05-Oct)
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Prior to last month’s election the people of western NSW were, for the second time in as many polls, forced to undergo another round of electoral musical chairs as a result of the Australian Electoral Commission’s decision to abolish yet another NSW seat in Federal Parliament.
To co... ... (24-Sep)
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