Federal member for Calare, Andrew Gee, has resigned from the Nationals over its opposition to the Indigenous Voice Parliament and will now sit as an independent.
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Petition to keep 20 sessions in mental health plan
A new petition has been started to make 20 sessions of counselling through the Better Access program permanent.
Posted inAgriculture, Armidale, Federal Politics, Local News
APVMA fires bullying victims amid culture review
The Armidale based APVMA has pushed out multiple senior staff just as an independent review into the culture of the agency, ordered by the Minister for Agriculture, gets underway.
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EXCLUSIVE: $30m cut from New England roads
The Albanese Government has cut 30 million dollars from New England roads as part of their ‘budget savings’ measures.
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Senate committee hears how bad poverty is in rural areas
The Senate Community Affairs committee held its third hearing into the nature and extent of poverty in Australia in Murray Bridge this week with a focus on how poverty was affecting regional communities.