Tweed Daily News, Peter Caton
NATIONAL Party MPS Geoff Provest (left) and Thomas George (right) chat with Nationals senator Fiona Nash at Chinderah on Saturday.
THE battle for next year's federal election has suddenly taken off in the Tweed - with the National and the Liberal part... ...more
From The Weekly Times
David McKenzie
WHEN Brendan Nelson rose to give a farewell speech to his coalition colleagues last week, he lit a fuse that could blow the federal coalition to pieces.
The former Liberal leader said the coalition must "stand up for something" and in particular oppose the... ...more
The inquiry by the Senate’s Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Committee into Rural and Regional Access to Secondary and Tertiary Education Opportunities is in the process of holding hearings across Australia.
Nationals Senator for NSW, Fiona Nash, chairs the committee and the h... ...more
From The World Today, ABC Radio
ELEANOR HALL: Federal National Party MPs have issued a stern warning to their Coalition partners in the Liberal Party not to take them from granted.
The Coalition is preparing to negotiate with the Government over the emissions trading scheme but the National... ...more
Page Labor MP Janelle Saffin’s accusation that the Coalition has ripped a hole in Australia’s biosecurity budget would be more credible if it were true, said the Nationals Senator for NSW, Fiona Nash.
"The Nationals and the Liberals voted against the removal of the 40 per cent AQIS rebate, sparing ... ...more
From The Australian
Nationals turn on Malcolm Turnbull with support not guaranteed
Matthew Franklin and Dennis Shanahan
SENIOR Nationals have warned Malcolm Turnbull he can no longer take their support for granted, strongly attacking his "contempt" for their outright opposition ... ...more
From The Land
Spare me the quarantine spin
By Lucy Knight
A FEW months ago, the Government had committed money towards reforms at the Australian Quarantine and Inspection service to streamline the export certification process and deliver greater efficiency with new online technologies and l... ...more
Motion for Disallowance - AQIS Charges and Fees Regulations - Speech
I rise to make some remarks on the disallowance motion for the 40 per cent rebate. It astounds me how many ways this Labor government can find to belt regional Australia. Here we have yet another example of this government being c... ...more
The offer of $20 million to appease Australia’s agricultural exporters was not enough to sway the Coalition to support a Government proposal to cut the 40 per cent AQIS Export Certification rebate, said Senator Fiona Nash, the Nationals Senator for NSW.
“It amazes me that when the heat is turned on... ...more
Australia’s agricultural exporters will be spared massive cost increases if the Senate moves against a Government proposal to cut the 40 per cent AQIS Export Certification rebate.
Senator Fiona Nash, chair of the Senate Rural, Regional Affairs and Transport Committee, which recommended that... ...more