AUSTRALIA DAY HONOURS AWARD CONGRATULATIONS
This year’s Australia Day Honours awards yet again highlight the best of our community, the selfless efforts of so many and our uniquely Australian way of life. Leader of The Nationals and Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack said the highest Honour awarded to one of The Nationals’ favourite sons, the Hon Warren Truss AC, provided […]
McCORMACK CONGRATULATES WORTHY AWARD RECIPIENTS
Riverina MP and Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack says this year’s Australia Day Award recipients are a testament to the community spirit for which regional and rural Australians are renowned.
SCULLION A CHAMPION FOR THE COUNTRY: NATS
A down-to-Earth style and fearless advocacy for country people is the hallmark of Nigel Scullion’s legacy from almost two decades of service in the Senate, The Nationals say.
TRANSCRIPT – Interview – ABC Country Hour with David Claughton
E&OE Subjects: Removing charity status of animal rights activists Interviewer: What are your concerns about the map (published on the internet by animal rights activists)? MICHAEL MCCORMACK: Farmers’ details are being placed on the internet to try and identify operations and essentially I think the aim is to ban farming. It’s un-charitable, it’s un-Australian. Why […]
CARNARVON HIGHWAY UPGRADES COMPLETED
Motorists and heavy vehicle drivers travelling along the around 450 kilometre stretch of the Carnarvon Highway between St George, Surat, Injune and Rolleston in Queensland are now benefitting from a suite of safety works recently completed under Round Five of the Australian Government’s Heavy Vehicle Safety and Productivity Program.
ROAD SAFETY FOCUS THIS AUSTRALIA DAY LONG WEEKEND
All Australians and their families must be vigilant and conscious of upholding high road safety standards each and every day, and on every journey, not just this Australia Day long weekend.
NEW TERRITORY NETBALL STADIUM A SCORE FOR TERRITORIANS
Thousands of Darwin netball players have a new home and more major sporting events are on the cards thanks to the official opening today of a new indoor netball stadium in the northern capital. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development Michael McCormack said the new facility is a big win for […]
MORWELL’S NEW NETBALL AND CRICKET PAVILION AND NETBALL COURTS OFFICIALLY OPENED
The Federal Member for Gippsland Darren Chester today officially opened new sports facilities worth $2.7 million in Morwell. A new $1.6 million shared netball and cricket pavilion overlooking Keegan Street Reserve and the $1.1 million netball courts are part of a wider redevelopment of the Morwell Recreation Reserve precinct. Mr Chester said the Federal Government […]
BRUCE HIGHWAY DUPLICATION IN CAIRNS GAINING SPEED
Safer travel on the Bruce Highway between Edmonton and Gordonvale in Far North Queensland is a step closer with two tenderers invited to participate in the Early Contractor Involvement (ECI) phase for the Cairns Southern Access Corridor – Stage 3 project.
COMMITTED TO ROADS, WATER INFRASTRUCTURE
Driving long distances to family and friends over Christmas or to the coast for your January holiday this year, chances are you got stuck in roadworks somewhere. Although frustrating at times, roadworks are actually a good thing. It means work is happening. It means the road is becoming safer. And right across the nation, that’s […]