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Defibrillator grants return for sporting clubs in the Cessnock Electorate

Local Sport Defibrillator Grant Program – grants of up to $3,000 for sporting clubs in the Cessnock Electorate
Community sporting organisations across the Electorate of Cessnock can now apply for grants of up to $3,000 to purchase potentially life-saving defibrillators through the 2026 Local Sport Defibrillator Grant Program.…
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More than $4 million invested to strengthen firefighting fleet

New NSW Rural Fire Service firefighting vehicles for Lower Hunter brigades
More than $4.1 million worth of firefighting vehicles will be officially handed over to NSW Rural Fire Service (RFS) brigades across the Lower Hunter District. Volunteers and local representatives will…
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Sport clubs in the Cessnock Electorate can score a win with vital grant funding

Local Sport Grant Program – grant funding for sport clubs in the Cessnock Electorate
Sporting organisations across the Electorate of Cessnock can take advantage of up to $4.65 million in funding following the opening of the NSW Government’s Local Sport Grant Program. The Program…
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Grants now open to prevent gender-based violence

16 Days of Activism Grant Program – grants to prevent gender-based violence
The Minns Labor Government is working with local communities to build a safer New South Wales through the 16 Days of Activism Grant Program to help stop violence before it…
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One Nation Hunter candidate wants to send Hunter train manufacturing jobs overseas

One Nation’s Hunter candidate Stuart Bonds says NSW should abandon plans to manufacture trains in the Hunter and instead send the work offshore – a move that would cost the…
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Consultation report published for upgrade of Newcastle Link Road and Minmi Road at Cameron Park

Artist impression: aerial view of the proposed overpass bridge at the Newcastle Link Road and Minmi Road intersection, Cameron Park
The proposed upgrade of the Newcastle Link Road and Minmi Road intersection at Cameron Park has reached another milestone, with the community consultation report now published. The NSW Government is…
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Raising the Barr

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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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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