5.00 – 6.30 pm, Tuesday 22 March 2016 at Mulbring Lower Hunter residents are invited to an Open Community Session with Board Members and staff of Hunter Local Land Services. The casual event…
For some strange reason, the New South Wales Government has been acting more like a Real Estate agency than a Government for the people lately. The result is that we,…
Kurri Kurri Public Library (Cessnock City Council) Awarded Country Art Support Program Funding
Kurri Kurri Public Library has been awarded $4,460.00 in NSW Government funding for their local project The Library Roadshow! The funding is to go toward the Library’s project The Library…
Successful 2015 Community Building Partnership Recipients Announced
Clayton Barr, MP, State Member for the Electorate of Cessnock advises the following applicants were successful in receiving funding from the Cessnock Electorate’s $400,000 Community Building Partnership funding allocation for…
Grant program to improve biodiversity conservation
Building the region’s resilience to the potential impacts of climate change on significant biodiversity habitat areas is the focus of a grant program now available through Hunter Local Land Services.…
M1 Pacific Motorway extension to Raymond Terrace revised concept design
The revised concept design for the M1 Pacific Motorway extension to Raymond Terrace is on display for community feedback with comments closing on 6 November 2015. The proposal includes changes…
Congratulations to Cessnock Council and Roads and Maritime Services for the completion of $20 million worth of works promised in 2011 of Broke and McDonald Roads, which includes 2 roundabouts…
Tourism operators in the Cessnock Electorate are encouraged to apply for a share in $7.2 million in grant funding from the State Government’s Regional Visitor Economy Fund. The Regional Visitor…
Search for Year 6 students in the Cessnock Electorate who follow Fred Hollows’ philosophy
Nominations have opened for the first Fred Hollows Humanity Award in New South Wales and the State Member for the Electorate of Cessnock, Clayton Barr, MP is encouraging locals to…
Baird Government Must Reinstate Compo Board For Dust Victims
The Baird Government must immediately reinstate the Dust Diseases Board and reassure victims they are not being abandoned. The NSW Government secretly moved to abolish the independent body that has…