Raising the BARR- Week ending 25 June 2021
COVID COMES AGAIN Eleven days ago, there were 7 Local Government Areas (LGAs) in Sydney that were declared as areas of concern after a growing COVID outbreak. One of…
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Raising the BARR- Week ending 11 June 2021
EDUCATION WILL HELP US FIND OUR NEW FUTURE In the Cessnock LGA alone, there are some 2,000+ people directly employed by the coal industry. This brings about $200M in…
MoreRaising the BARR- Week ending 28 May 2021
BEING A PUBLIC SERVANT IS GETTING HARDER AND HARDER A recent report on the workload of teachers outlined some staggering facts about the hours worked. And despite the absence…
MoreRaising the BARR- Week ending 14 May 2021
TIME TO GET OFF THE SIDELINE AND GET INVOLVED IN POLITICS If only I had a dollar for every person that complained to me about politicians, their direction and…
MoreRaising the BARR- Week ending 30 April 2021
PLEASE DO GET THE COVID JAB WHEN YOU CAN There are many of us that feel like we are still in limbo since we faced this new COVID threat…
MoreRaising the BARR – Week ending 16 April 2021
Welcome Funding In recent weeks our local area has had much to celebrate in terms of State Government funding invested into important local projects. As a local MP, working 20…
MoreRaising the BARR – Week ending 02 April 2021
It Might Be Funny if It Were an Episode in a Political Comedy In our part of the state, we don’t have access to the wide range of public transport…
MoreRaising the BARR – Week ending 19 March 2021
In How Many Ways is Our Society Becoming Less Equal Some years ago I had the chance to visit one of the theme parks on the Gold Coast. After paying…
MoreRaising the BARR – Week ending 5 March 2021
TAFE Gets Cut Again and Again In recent days it has been revealed that another 12 jobs will be lost from our local TAFEs. This follows the dozens of jobs…
MoreRaising the BARR – Week ending 15 January 2021
Bushfire Grants Lost to Politics While Affected Communities Suffer There are some days that you get to see the absolute worst of politics. And yes, I realise that some people…
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