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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Anzac Day 2020 Brochure and Service Notice
We have an unusual, but not unprecedented, Anzac Day ahead of us this year, with no services to take place because of COVID-19. The last time that Anzac Day services…
MoreCalls for Government to Rule Out Lifting Water Pries During Drought
NSW Labor is demanding the Liberal-National Government rule out lifting water prices during times of drought, warning it will widen social inequalities across Sydney. It follows draft recommendations from the…
MoreLabor Calls For Parking Fees In The Hunter’s Public Hospitals To Be Waived
Patients and family members visiting our local public hospital should not be forced to pay car parking fees for the next six months, according to NSW Labor. Currently Hunter hospitals…
MoreSuccessful Applicants for the 2019 Community Building Partnership Program – Cessnock Electorate
State Member for the Electorate of Cessnock, Clayton Barr, MP, announced today the Cessnock Electorate received $300,000 in funding for a total of twenty one projects through the NSW Government’s…
MoreMedia Release – Labor Calls For Local Council Elections To Be Postponed Due To COVID-19 Concerns – Lake Macquarie
GREG WARREN MP – LABOR SHADOW MINISTER FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT CLAYTON BARR MP – STATE MEMBER FOR THE ELECTORATE OF CESSNOCK, LABOR SHADOW MINISTER FOR THE HUNTER NSW Labor has called on the…
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Raising the BARR – Week ending 24 July 2020
Please Take the Continuing Threat of COVID-19 Seriously This is a desperate request to everyone to please please please take all of the extra care and caution that you did…
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Sport returns – take care There are mixed views about whether or not we should be returning to sport while still in the middle of COVID-19. I will leave it…
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The Addy is back in print! Very happy to have The Advertiser back in print. As a community, The Advertiser is just such a brilliant platform through which we share…
MoreRaising the BARR – Week ending 24 April 2020
Community Heroes – Each and Every One of You. It has been a wonderful community response to the calls for people to stay at home, avoid unnecessary travel and movements…
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Heavy Vehicle License Regulations
Tonight I inform the House about the current change in regulations relating to heavy vehicle licensing. At the beginning of 2013 a new regulation was introduced, which suggested that those…
MoreEducation Week Awards
I pay tribute to the unsung heroes in the education sector. I refer to non-teaching staff who make a vital contribution to their schools. The following people were recognised at…
MoreMiners Memorial Service
The miners memorial service was held in my electorate on the weekend to commemorate the 1,800 people who have lost their lives in coalmines across the northern coalfields since coalmining…
MoreSports Funding
Tonight I refer to sport in my community and more broadly across New South Wales and Australia. There are fewer facilities than ever for young kids who want to play…
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