Senator Fiona Nash, Deputy Leader of The Nationals in the Senate, will tomorrow launch stage 4 of her regional and coastal “Talk to me Tour” of New South Wales.
Over the coming two weeks Senator Nash will visit Gundagai, Wagga, Tumbarumba, Temora, Leeton, Griffith, Goolgowi, Hay, Deniliquin, Berrigan, Finley, Albury and Corowa.
Senator Nash travelled extensively up through the New England region back down through northern and coastal New South Wales throughout April and May and more recently stopped throughout the central western regions taking the total of towns the ‘Talk to me Tour’ has visited to 40.
“My talk to me tour will provide people living in regional areas with the opportunity to talk to me to discuss the issues that are affecting them and their families.
“It is very important to me in my role as a Nationals Senator to have a clear understanding of issues concerning regional people in their local communities.“I am expecting many issues to be raised, including health, education, infrastructure, telecommunications, the environment and the rising cost of living. As well as the more controversial issues surrounding the Rudd Government’s mining tax and their big spending big taxing budget.
“As I travel around the state it is becoming increasingly clear that the Rudd Labor government simply doesn’t understand the needs of our regional communities, and is continuing to ignore issues that are vital for people living in those areas.
“This tour is about listening to the people of regional New South Wales so that the Nationals can effectively represent their voices and concerns in the Federal Parliament.
“Recently the Federal Conference of the Nationals endorsed policy motions that would see a new Coalition Government establish a $1 Billion Regional Education Fund with a dedicated Parliament Secretary for Regional Education and a Minister for Regional Health.
“The Nationals are for regional Australia and the families and businesses that live and work in those communities, we will continue to work towards closing the gap between the city and the country.
“I hope the people of South Western NSW will take the opportunity to share their views with me. It is people at the local level who have the greatest understanding of the needs of their local communities, and I’m looking forward to hearing from them,” Senator Nash said.
There are currently no comments, be the first to post one.