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Latest news/media releases

Demand for Tests Leads to Cessnock Hospital COVID-19 Testing Facility to Be Extended until June 22.

Clayton Barr MP, State Member for the Electorate of Cessnock announced the Cessnock District Hospital COVID-19 drive thru testing clinic has been extended until 22 June with Hunter New England…
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Water Price Hike: Government Should Scrap Drought Tax

Labor is warning Sydney residents will pay up to $200 a year more for water from July under a pricing plan it wants the Government to reject. The proposal from…
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Deputy Premier Must save Hundreds of Regional University Jobs

NSW Labor has written to the Deputy Premier John Barilaro, demanding he guarantee there’ll be no more job cuts at regional universities which are struggling during the COVID-19 pandemic. There…
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Labor Calls on Government to Reject “Drought Tax” Proposal

NSW Labor has called on the Government to reject a proposal to charge Sydney residents more for water in times of drought. A draft proposal from the Independent Pricing and…
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Government Backflips on Water Security Promise and Abandons Plans to Expand Sydney Desal Plant

Labor has called on the Government to explain why it has abandoned plans to safeguard water security and expand Sydney’s water desalination. It has been revealed in a letter to…
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Made in Newcastle: Tonnes to Be Gained from Hunter Manufacturing

NSW Labor is calling on the Berejiklian Government to guarantee Hunter-sourced services and materials are prioritised during construction of the $11 billion Western Sydney Airport rail line and other fast-tracked…
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Raising the Barr

Raising 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…
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Raising 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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Raising the BARR – Week ending 28 August 2019

A Not Well Kept Secret – Privatisation Leads to Mass Sackings There has been quite a bit of political attention on the proposed mass sacking of up to 500 workers…
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Raising the BARR – Week ending 9 August 2019

The Beauty of Our Democracy and Freedoms Last week in State Parliament we dealt with a highly controversial bill around reproductive health.  It was essentially a question around the right…
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Speeches

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…
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Cows 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…
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Beresfield 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…
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Hunter 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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