Tenders Open for Testers Hollows Roadworks
State Member for Cessnock, Clayton Barr MP, has welcomed news that long awaited works at Testers Hollow are one step closer as Transport for NSW calls for tenders for the…
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Labor Demands Liberal – National Government Speeds Up Singleton Bypass
NSW Labor has demanded the Liberal-National Government comes clean about its promise to build the Singleton bypass, amid growing doubts about its ability to deliver the desperately needed road. Around…
MoreParliament Will Shed Light on Dark Corners of Influence That Forced Pavey to Lift Water Embargoes
Labor Shadow Minister for Water, Clayton Barr, and the NSW Labor Opposition have successfully found the support of Parliament to launch an inquiry into Water Minister Melinda Pavey’s decision to lift the embargo on water harvesting and…
MoreSuccessful 2019/2020 Anzac Community Grants Program Recipients
State Member, Clayton Barr, MP is pleased to announce the successful recipients in the Cessnock Electorate who are to receive funding from the 2019/20 Anzac Community Grants Program. Of the…
MoreNational Parks and Wildlife Service
There have been a number of concerns regarding hazard reduction activities and the management of national parks in New South Wales. Hazard Reduction versus Back-burning Hazard reduction burns and back-burning…
MoreNationals Botch the Roll – Out of the Regional Seniors Travel Card
Shadow Minister for Seniors Jo Haylen MP and State Member for Electorate of Cessnock Clayton Barr MP Member have called on John Barilaro to explain why the Nationals have botched…
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Raising the BARR – Week ending 18 October 2019
When did the truth become so unimportant to voters? I realise that most voters believe that “all politicians lie”. That’s not the truth and I am willing to vouch for…
MoreRaising the BARR – Week ending 04 October 2019
What would a Rothbury Lockout look like in 2019? I had the good fortune to take in the recent Rothbury Riot display at Cessnock Library a few weeks ago. As…
MoreRaising the BARR – Week ending 20 September 2019
A Massive Thanks to all of our Winter Sport Volunteers I have had the good fortune to watch a range of sport finals and attend a range of sporting presentation…
MoreRaising the BARR – Week ending 06 September 2019
A University Education isn’t the answer for everyone – but it is for some I have written in this column on many occasions that we, in the Cessnock Electorate, have…
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Parents and Citizens Associations Incorporation Amendment Bill 2014
I am pleased to speak in debate on the Parents and Citizens Associations Incorporation Amendment Bill 2014 and thank the Minister for introducing the bill. In early 2012 I first…
MoreDeath of Coalminers Jamie Mitchell and Phillip Grant
I pay my respects to Mr Jamie Mitchell and Mr Phillip Grant, the two coalminers recently killed by a collapsing wall at the Austar Coal Mine in the village of…
MoreYellow Ribbon Road Safety Week
Mr Acting-Speaker, I welcome you to the Chair. I draw to the attention of the House that Yellow Ribbon Road Safety Week will be from 4 to 11 May. Yellow…
MoreCessnock Men’s Shed
It was with great pleasure that I recently attended the opening of the newly established woodwork workshop that is the most recent expansion of the Cessnock Men’s Shed and Community…
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