Her Sport Her Way Grants
State Member for the Electorate of Cessnock, Clayton Barr, MP, has announced that the 2019 Her Sport Her Way Program is open for applications. The women’s sport landscape has changed…
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Pavey Tries to Shoot Messenger in Desperate Bid to Absolve Nats Over Water Crisis
National Party Water Minister Melinda Pavey has taken the extraordinary step of going to war with her own Natural Resources Commissioner, Dr John Keniry in a desperate attempt to absolve…
MoreAnzac Day 2019 Brochure and Service Information
There is no doubting the importance of Anzac Day on our annual National calendar. While it is day to remember, reflect and pay respects it is also a day of…
MoreSuccessful Local Sport Grant Program recipients for the Cessnock Electorate
State Member, Clayton Barr, MP is pleased to announce the successful recipients in the Cessnock Electorate who are to receive funding from the 2018/19 Local Sport Grant Program. The Local…
MoreLocal Sport Defibrillator Grant Program Applications Now Open
Local sporting clubs across the Cessnock Electorate are encouraged to submit an application for the Local Sport Defibrillator Grant Program. The program provides funding to incorporated, not-for-profit grassroots sport clubs,…
MoreRemembrance Day 2018 Brochure
At 11am on 11 November 1918, the guns fell silent on the Western Front and after four bloody years of brutal conflict, World War I came to an end. The…
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Raising the BARR – Week ending 15 June 2018
Our Police, a new Station and recent successes People, understandably, get really frustrated about the petty politics. I have seen plenty of it over the past 7 years and I…
MoreRaising the BARR – Week ending 18 May 2018
The Next Step to Getting More Police A terrific meeting was held 2 weeks ago as a show of support for our local Police and the concerns of community. We…
MoreRaising the BARR – Week ending 4 May 2018
Supporting our local Police This coming Thursday 10 May, our local Police are taking an incredibly brave step by organising a local community rally. We should all support the cause.…
MoreRaising the BARR – Week ending 20 April 2018
A Story About Your CTP Refund That You Won’t Believe You may or may not have heard that you might be entitled to a part-refund on your CTP for the…
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Kirkton-Lower Belford Community Save Our Suburbs Group
I draw to the attention of the House the power and passion I and my staff have witnessed recently from two of the small communities in my electorate—the community of…
MoreCows Create Careers Program
I inform the House that once again the Cessnock electorate is representing New South Wales and doing the State proud. I am not talking about famous luminaries from my area…
MoreBeresfield RSL Remembrance Day Service
I congratulate the member for Castle Hill on the arrival of his second daughter, Amelia Frances, on 28 September. It was with great pleasure that I was invited to the…
MoreHunter Expressway Construction
I raise an issue in the House today that is of considerable concern to residents in my electorate—that is, the construction of the Hunter Expressway. I speak on this issue…
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