Dear Editor,
Every parent wants to protect their children from harm. It is made all the more challenging with our children exposed to the internet.
While the internet has transformed our lives, there are potential risks and dangers. These include inappropriate content, predators, online bu... ...more
Nationals Senator, Fiona Nash, commended the many life savers who dedicate their summer to protecting lives.
“Thousands of people travel to the coast and other water tourist spots for holidays over the summer holidays making the job for surf life savers challenging,” Senator Nash said.
“These are ... ...more
Nationals Senator Fiona Nash encourages farmers to give feedback on how the latest supermarket price war on fruit and vegetables will affect them.
“This is another marketing ploy by Coles for commercial gain and it is disappointing that Woolworths has jumped on board. Our farmers are yet a... ...more
Dear Editor,
2012 has just started and already the Labor government’s agenda will impact regional communities.
The government’s flagged its intention to again try to means-test the private health insurance rebate, putting more pressure on the already stretched public health system in reg... ...more
The Labor government would be wise to listen to rural doctors on how to address the GP shortage rather than forging ahead with ill informed and ineffective policies, Nationals Senator Fiona Nash said.
Senator Nash, who’s been in regular contact with the Rural Doctors’ Association of Aust... ...more
Regional Australians are bracing themselves for another year of Labor’s contempt, Nationals Senator Fiona Nash, said.
2011 saw the carbon tax proposed, the draft Murray Darling Basin (MDB) plan to cut water, regional students struggling to afford tertiary education because of unfair independent you... ...more
Dear Editor,
This year more regional students should qualify for independent youth allowance.
This could only have happened through the persistent lobbying and determination by students, their parents, education stakeholders and the Coalition for the abolition of the unfair 30 hour work ... ...more
Dear Editor,
About this time of the year, senators receive responses from federal government departments to questions they didn’t get to ask, or couldn’t get an answer to, during senate estimates.
Senate estimates is where senators question government ministers and department off... ...more
Nationals Senator Fiona Nash acknowledged the presence of the Labor government’s Environment Minister at a Griffith meeting to discuss the draft Murray Darling Basin plan. But the Greens were a no show.
Up to 12,000 people from the southern NSW town attended today’s meeting, with most of them stron... ...more
The federal Environment Minister, Tony Burke, and the Murray Darling Basin Authority would be foolish to ignore the concerns of literally thousands of people in Griffith today who strongly oppose water cuts, Nationals Senator Fiona Nash said.
Up to 12,000 people attended a meeting held by the... ...more