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December 8 2010
Southern Riverina News
COALITION senators and the Federal Nationals Leader Warren Truss will be in Jerilderie next week, as part of a Murray-Darling Basin tour.
They will investigate issues raised as part of the Murray Darling Basin Plan process, and speak with key stakeholders.
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The Nationals Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Regional Education, Senator Fiona Nash will visit Tamworth and Armidale today.
She will meet with school principals, the Vice-Chancellor of the University of New England and and the Isolated Children's Parents' Association.
Senator Nash says she i... ...more
Following the recent heavy rain across the state, Nationals Member for Burrinjuck, Katrina Hodgkinson has spoken in the NSW Parliament and made urgent personal and written representations to the NSW government strongly urging a declaration of Young and Weddin Shires as natural disaster areas.
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16:03 AEST Fri Dec 3 2010
Crystal Ja
Farmers expecting a bumper harvest this season have received a "late kick in the guts" from a deluge of rain that has refused to stop.
Heavy hail and rain across much of southeast Australia have already devastated cherry crops and flooded paddocks, dangerous... ...more
TRANSCRIPT: YOUTH ALLOWANCE CHANGES
Wednesday 25 November 2010
Subjects: Youth Allowance Changes
PRESENTER: The Federal Government has been accused of blocking debate about whether to extend youth allowance to all regional students. The Nationals have been trying to pass a private members bill ... ...more
The Young-based MP Fiona Nash is accusing the Federal Government of pressuring the Senate to block her bill which overhauls the criteria for the independent youth allowance.
The Tertiary Education Minister, Chris Evans, has written to the President of the Senate stating there are 'constitut... ...more
The senator fighting for equal access to independent Youth Allowance for Dubbo students has accused the federal government of trying to “kill off” her private Bill after seeing correspondence between a minister and the Senate president.
The Nationals’ Fiona Nash says Tertiary Education Minist... ...more
THE Opposition has urged all senators to allow regional students access to income support regardless of where they live.
Lower House MPs already have supported a motion to extend Youth Allowance access to students living in inner regional areas who earn $20,000 during a gap year.
The Oppositi... ...more