Local Student Finalist One to Watch – NSW Women of the Year Awards
State Member for Cessnock, Clayton Barr MP, congratulates Charlotte Childs on her nomination as a finalist in the 2021 ‘The One To Watch Awards’ at the NSW Women of the…
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Labor Demands Berejiklian Government Speed up Singleton Bypass
NSW Labor is demanding the Berejiklian Government explain why Singleton has been left waiting for a desperately needed bypass, as the local road network struggles to cope with growing traffic.…
MoreJohnsen Sells Out Over Scone TAFE Sell-Off
NSW Labor is demanding Upper Hunter MP Michael Johnsen explain why he refuses to stand up to Sydney politicians who are selling Scone TAFE out from under his community. Labor…
MoreLED Lighting Installed Branxton Tennis Club
State Member for the Electorate of Cessnock, Clayton Barr, MP, attended by Miller Park, Branxton to view the newly installed LED lights at the Branxton Tennis Club facilities. The club…
MorePremier Fails to Properly Appoint a Parliamentary Secretary for the Hunter for Almost Two Years
NSW Labor has demanded the Premier explain why it took almost two years to properly appoint a Parliamentary Secretary for the Hunter. Gladys Berejiklian has finally appointed Liberal MP Taylor…
MoreGovernment Continues Attack on TAFE & Vocational Training in the Upper Hunter
The Minister for Skills and Tertiary Education Geoff Lee has refused to abandon plans to sell the Scone TAFE campus in the Upper Hunter during Question Time at NSW Parliament.…
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Raising the BARR- Week ending 10 December 2021
GOODBYE 2021 – HELLO 2022 Life is far too precious to be willing our time away. Ask most people as they come closer to the end of life and…
MoreRaising the BARR- Week ending 19 November 2021
VOLUNTARY ASSISTED DYING The concept of being able to end one’s life, when the end is near and the end is certain, is often called euthanasia. It also is…
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A HSC TO (NEVER) FORGET For the HSC class of 2021, the past 2 years have been unforgettable but highly worthy of forgetfulness. Remember that COVID hit our shores…
MoreRaising the BARR- Week ending 29 October 2021
SHOULD ICAC OVERLOOK LIES? I pose a few questions to us all, as a society. Should we have an ICAC? Should we have an independent body, a commission, that…
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Workers Compensation Scheme
Mr CLAYTON BARR ( Cessnock ) ( 18:31 ): This is Cory’s story. Imagine being unable to sit or stand upright for more than an hour a day. The rest…
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Mr CLAYTON BARR ( Cessnock ) ( 18:13 ): Christmas Day is supposed to be a time of joy and happiness, when people enjoy the company of their loved ones…
MoreTribute to Captain Clarence Smith Jeffries, VC
One hundreds years ago today, quite literally almost to the hour at which I speak, the early morning silence on the battlefield of Passchendaele was interrupted by the sound of…
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I speak about an issue that affects a number of communities across the State. I will primarily talk about my community because that is the purpose of private members’ statements.…
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