Local JPs honoured for 50 years service
Two Justices of the Peace (JP) from the Cessnock Electorate were this week honoured for over 50 years of service to the community. State Member for Cessnock, Clayton Barr, congratulated…
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2020 Housing NSW Youth Scholarships Program Open
Applications for the Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ) Scholarships 2020 are now open and will close on Friday 31 October, 2019, Clayton Barr, MP, State Member for the Electorate…
MoreLocal Sport Defibrillator Grant Program
The Local Sport Defibrillator Grant Program allocates grants to assist local sporting clubs across NSW in the purchase and maintenance of Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs). The program offers NSW sports…
MoreLabor’s Clayton Barr Urges Community to Make Submissions to Disability Review to Guarantee People With Disability Have a Voice
Under the Berejiklian/Barilaro Government funding for disability advocacy organisations will be cut in 2020. State Member for the Electorate of Cessnock, Clayton Barr, MP is encouraging the community to make…
MoreKurri Kurri Ambulance Station Renovations Completed
State Member for the Electorate of Cessnock, Clayton Barr, MP has announced that repairs to the Kurri Kurri Ambulance Station have finally been completed and normal ambulance services have resumed…
More2019 My Community Project Successful Recipients
The State Electorate of Cessnock has been successful in securing $249,429 in funding for 2 projects through the NSW Government’s 2019 My Community Project Program. Established this year, the My…
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Raising the BARR – Week ending 15 December 2017
Courage and Tragedy brings down Institutional Abuse As we head toward Christmas, a particularly holy time in the Christian calendar, the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse…
MoreRaising the BARR – Week ending 3 November 2017
When Customer Service Is Sacrificed For Profit You know, the play book is pretty straight forward for the big corporates. And we, the customers, lose out every single time. Step…
MoreRaising the BARR – Week ending 20 October 2017
Good News for Our Local Hospitals Our 2 local hospitals, Kurri Kurri and Cessnock, are due to get a bit of an upgrade to operating theatres in the coming months. …
MoreRaising the BARR – Week ending 6 October 2017
How and Why Do We Have This Power Crisis? I have been asked many times in recent weeks about the option of keeping Liddell Power Station open to sure up…
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