The Coalition’s Regional Education spokesperson, Senator Fiona Nash, urges Riverina students who are struggling to access independent youth allowance to have their say at a roundtable meeting in Wagga next month.
The roundtable has been confirmed for Thursday, 12th of May, at the Country Comfort In... ...more
The Coalition’s Regional Education spokesperson, Senator Fiona Nash, has challenged federal Independent MP, Rob Oakeshott, to a debate on independent youth allowance.
Many students in Mr Oakeshott’s electorate of Lyne are struggling to access independent youth allowance after changes the Labor gov... ...more
A roundtable meeting to discuss independent youth allowance will now be held in the NSW Riverina.
The roundtables are part of a review into student income support reforms including independent youth allowance.
Thousands of students living in `inner regional' areas are struggling to a... ...more
The Nationals Senator for NSW, Fiona Nash, said she worries the Labor government’s Carbon Farming Initiative will threaten prime agricultural land.
Her concerns were confirmed by a CSIRO report’s findings reported by the Sydney Morning Herald this week.
The Herald reports food prod... ...more
The Nationals Senator for NSW, Fiona Nash, said a poll commissioned by the Greens is manipulative and shouldn’t be taken seriously.
The Greens reportedly commissioned a Galaxy poll that found two thirds of 1036 people surveyed support a carbon tax if the revenue is spent on compensation.
The... ...more
The Coalition’s Regional Education spokesperson, Senator Fiona Nash, urges students to raise their concerns about independent youth allowance at roundtable discussions being held nationally.
They are part of a review into the federal Labor government’s student income reforms. The reforms incl... ...more
Regional students have a month to tell the Labor government how its unfair changes to independent youth allowance have affected them.
Submissions have finally been called for a review into student income support reforms, nearly five weeks after the government decided to bring it forward 12 ... ...more
Nationals Senator, Fiona Nash, warns farmers and regional communities will be hard hit by a carbon tax no matter what.
Senator Nash spoke at the anti-carbon tax rally at parliament house today that was attended by over 3000 people.
She demanded Julia Gillard and the Labor Government ... ...more
Labor and the Independents, tonight, once again showed their contempt for regional students by refusing to make the independent youth allowance fair now, not several months later, or never.
“The Coalition moved an amendment to Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA) l... ...more
The Coalition’s Regional Education spokesperson, Senator Fiona Nash, has challenged the Independents to finally show they support regional students in their electorates, and agree to make independent youth allowance fair today.
The Coalition will again move to make Independent Youth Allowance ... ...more