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Latest news/media releases

Relief Package for International Students Too Little, Too Late

NSW Shadow Minister for Tertiary Education Clayton Barr has criticised the Berejiklian Government for taking too long to announce relief measures for international students after a $20 million temporary housing…
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Nurses and Midwives Fighting for our Communities Left Out In Cold from Wage Freeze

“On International Nurse’s Day 2020 our Nurses and Midwives have been left out in the cold by plans by the Berejiklian Government to push through legislation for a public sector…
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Pavey Must Stop Tick-and-flick Rush, and Acknowledge Drought in Future Water Plans

Labor says Berejiklian Government Minister Melinda Pavey must not approve out of date Water Sharing Plans (WSP) for 19 NSW water catchment areas, because they fail to acknowledge droughts over…
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2020 Community Building Partnership Program Applications Now Open

State Member for the Electorate of Cessnock, Clayton Barr, MP, has announced that the NSW Government will once again conduct the Community Building Partnership Program in 2020. Clayton Barr MP…
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The Berejiklian Government Must Do More to Help Stranded International Students

NSW Labor has called on the Berejiklian Government to step up and offer assistance to stranded university students across New South Wales. Thousands of international students studying at universities and…
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ANZAC DAY 2020: We Will Remember Them

For the first time since World War II, Anzac Day 2020 will look very different to the traditional dawn services, marches, local memorial services of years gone by. State Member…
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Raising the Barr

Raising the BARR – Week ending 18 September 2020

Winter Sport Wind Down As the tens of thousands of volunteers at our winter sports start to pull down the shutters of the canteen, wash and pack away the jumpers…
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Raising the BARR – Week ending 4 September 2020

The Most Covid-19 Safe Community in Our Area For this one, I would like you to put your thinking caps on. Here’s the question: we have one postcode in our…
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Raising the BARR – Week ending 21 August 2020

Who Out There Got a Whitlam Education? They say the music of The Beatles changed music for the decades that came after. I suspect that right here in Australia the…
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Raising the BARR – Week ending 7 August 2020

Workers Compensation Scheme Is Being Rorted by the Rulers Having a workers compensation scheme is absolutely essential to our society. For a person that goes to work, and gets injured,…
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Speeches

Education

Tonight I had planned to talk about the downturn in the mining industry and about the thousands of job that are disappearing from the Cessnock electorate. However, in a moment…
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Cessnock Electorate Infrastructure

I speak about two important infrastructure needs in the Cessnock electorate, particularly around traditional old mining villages North Rothbury, Greta and Branxton and, of course, Cessnock itself. North Rothbury is…
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Allyra Robson, Miss Cessnock City

I recognise and give thanks to Allyra Robson who, for the past 12 months, has been Miss Cessnock City. Allyra has handled herself incredibly well for a young lady. She…
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Cessnock Postie Bike Grand Prix

I recognise, congratulate and thank the organisers of the inaugural Cessnock Postie Bike Grand Prix, which was held two weekends ago. Unfortunately, it was an incredibly hot day. Despite temperatures…
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