Private Members’ Statements

Mr CLAYTON BARR (Cessnock) (20:02): I comment on the 2023 State election in the electorate of Cessnock. I recognise from the outset that I have had the chance to make a couple…

I make a brief statement about Phil “Pappy” Papworth, who died just before Easter. Pappy was a long-time career schoolteacher who taught all over the State. He was an ugly…

Mr CLAYTON BARR (Cessnock) (22:04): For the past 11½ years I have had the great privilege of representing the community of Cessnock. I have to admit, in the early years…

“I’m a Year 11 student at Cessnock High School, and I’d like to voice my growing concern about the serious staff shortages that are occurring at my school, and the…

“Ethan Floyd was part of the Y NSW Youth in Parliament program from earlier this year. Congratulations to Ethan for his advocacy and hard work as part of the program.”…

Below is a speech from a Private Members Statement Clayton made regarding the need for four new schools required in the Cessnock Electorate to provide for the growing population. Clayton…

I pay tribute to one of Cessnock’s greatest ever individuals, a gentleman by the name of Mr Stan Neilly. As I will get to, Stan was a member of this…

Via video link: Today I express the enormous frustration and anxiety felt by my community during the COVID-19 vaccination rollout. At the beginning of the COVID vaccine response, the Australian…

I note from the outset that I offer these words on behalf of one of my local constituents whose mother recently passed away from cancer of the pancreas. Rae wanted…

I speak again on the issue of coal, the environment, climate change and jobs. If members care about the environment they should want the last pieces of thermal coal burned…