Raising the Barr

Raising the BARR – Week ending 18/09/2026

New NSW Rural Fire Service trucks lined up, including Greta and Lower Hunter brigade tankers
Domestic Violence Requires All Of Us To Act In recent days as many as 4 people have died in various violent attacks connected to domestic relationships within families and partnerships.…
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Raising the BARR – Week ending 04/09/2026

Clayton Barr as a child in 1977 holding a soccer ball
Born Here – Raised Here – Live Here My greatest thrill is to have the chance to serve the people that are my origins and my roots. Not just in…
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Raising the BARR – Week ending 21/08/2026

The Tomago Aluminium sign at the entrance to the Hunter smelter
Council Issued Fines Raise Money For Council Not The State I have been receiving a large number of complaints about fines issued by Council Rangers. While the work of Council…
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Raising the BARR – Week ending 07/08/2026

Traffic lights showing a green light and red right-turn arrow
You Do Have Some Control at Traffic Lights A set of traffic lights is programmed to do a basic thing but is also controlled by the way that the traffic…
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Raising the BARR – Week ending 17/07/2026

Raising the BARR – Week ending 17/07/2026
Coal Mining Sites Have a Working Future Here in the Hunter we all know how dangerous coal mining can be. The Jim Comerford Memorial Wall at Aberdare, in Cessnock, lists…
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Raising the BARR – Week ending 03/07/2026

Train Manufacturing in the Hunter is Back Baby! In the single biggest announcement a NSW Government has ever made for the Hunter, train manufacturing is set for a new and…
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Raising the BARR – Week ending 12/06/2026

A Fair Go For All The Australia that I grew up in always had a simple message for everyone – we believe in a fair go for all. I firmly…
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Raising the BARR – Week ending 08/05/2026

Historic Pay Increase For Nurses & Midwives NSW Nurses and Midwives will receive the largest pay increase in more than 20 years after the Government accepted the decision of the…
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Raising the BARR – Week ending 24/04/2026

NSW Government is Investing $252M in Local Jobs in Local Councils The NSW Minns Government is working with local Councils to create new apprenticeship, traineeship and cadetship opportunities. A total…
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Raising the BARR – Week ending 13/03/2026

Future Electricity Supply Since Labor’s Neville Wran was the Premier of NSW in the 1970’s and 1980’s we have enjoyed great certainty in electricity supply. He simply demanded that coal…
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