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Latest news/media releases

Hunter animal welfare organisations awarded $150,000 in grants

Five dedicated animal rehoming organisations across the Hunter are sharing in more than $150,000 in funding, delivered as part of the first round of the NSW Government’s $6 million Companion…
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Hunter girls fired up for their futures

The Minns Labor Government is empowering young women and girls in Newcastle and the Hunter to seek opportunities in emergency services through the Girls on Fire program, funded as part…
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Foundations being laid for the $138 million Cessnock Hospital Redevelopment

Almost one year since construction began, the Cessnock Hospital Redevelopment is taking shape, with significant work underway to set the foundations for the Hospital’s new acute services building. The Minns…
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Safe staffing ratios implemented in Cessnock Hospital Emergency Department

Yesterday Minister for Health Ryan Park was in Cessnock to announce Safe Staffing levels have been successfully rolled out at Cessnock Hospital ED and celebrated an exciting construction milestone for…
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Community Building Partnership EOI’s open for $450,000 local infrastructure grants in Cessnock Electorate

Expressions of interest (EOIs) are officially open for the NSW’s Government’s Community Building Partnership (CBP) program, with $450,000 available for the Electorate of Cessnock. The $41 million program ensures local…
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New world-class facilities give Hunter race clubs inside running for a winning future

On Tuesday (7 April) Minister for Gaming and Racing David Harris officially opened world-class facilities at Scone Race Club as part of a Minns Labor Government investment of $36 million…
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Raising the Barr

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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Raising the BARR – Week ending 27/02/2026

If Hate Is the Path, What Is the Destination? As I have written previously in this column, it feels like there is a real tension in the air for we…
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Raising the BARR – Week ending 13/02/2026

School Students Offered More in 2026 Our time at school is incredibly important in shaping the people that we become in later life. That is why it is so incredibly…
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Raising the BARR – Week ending 30/01/2026

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What Has the Government Done to Help Me or My Family? In its campaign to get elected, back in early 2023, the NSW Labor team put forward a promise to…
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Speeches

Hunter Valley Bus Accident

Clayton Barr - Condolences
Mr CLAYTON BARR (Cessnock) (19:03): I have tried a couple of times to sit down and write this speech, and each time I sit down a bit of a fog comes through.…
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State Election

Clayton Barr - Private Member's Statement
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…
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Tribute to Phil Papworth

Clayton Barr - Private Member's Statement
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…
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FISAF International World Sports Aerobics and Fitness Championships

Clayton Barr - Community Recognition Statements
Mr CLAYTON BARR (Cessnock) (15:41): I acknowledge three young ladies from Cessnock who are off to the FISAF International World Sports Aerobics and Fitness Championships 2022 in the Czech Republic…
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