Speeches

Tonight I will speak about the sacred Aboriginal women’s site in the Cessnock electorate known as the Butterfly Cave. The Butterfly Cave is situated in bushland adjacent to the West…

Yet again I speak about the beautiful and sacred Butterfly Cave in the village of West Wallsend in the Cessnock electorate. Those who have been following my contributions on this…

I refer to the potential privatisation of the Land and Property Information [LPI] service. Recently I met two local constituents, a gentleman named Pat who is a surveyor on the…

I wish to give a massive shout out to the wonderful men and women in blue, who are often described as the blue line between sensible, safe societies and the…

I am as mad as hell about the way this Government is treating my community. I refer of course to the jail expansion occurring at Cessnock. The Cessnock Correctional Centre…

I draw the attention of the House to an important issue for my constituents. This House and the community struggle to deal with issues relating to firearms and, in particular,…

I pay tribute to two of Australia’s finest soldiers from the Cessnock electorate who unfortunately passed away in the past couple of weeks. Herbert Joseph Ferres, who is known as…

https://www.claytonbarr.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/20160622-LA-PMS-Barr-WorkersCompensationLegislation.mp4 Today I commemorate the four-year anniversary of the workers compensation legislation changes that were made in this place on 19 June 2012. In the space of the four years…

I want to clarify comments I made earlier today in my community recognition statement when I talked about five outstanding young athletes from Cessnock who have gone to the National…

East Cessnock appears to be just one of many areas across the State where people are currently suffering from having a flying fox colony near their homes. Whether they are…