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Community Building Partnership EOI’s open for $450,000 local infrastructure grants in Cessnock Electorate

Expressions of interest (EOIs) are officially open for the NSW’s Government’s Community Building Partnership (CBP) program, with $450,000 available for the Electorate of Cessnock. The $41 million program ensures local…
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New world-class facilities give Hunter race clubs inside running for a winning future

On Tuesday (7 April) Minister for Gaming and Racing David Harris officially opened world-class facilities at Scone Race Club as part of a Minns Labor Government investment of $36 million…
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NSW Fair Trading is blitzing fuel compliance in Cessnock Electorate.

The Minns Labor Government has fast-tracked a statewide fuel price compliance blitz to strengthen fuel price transparency and protect motorists from misleading pricing. FuelCheck is the NSW Government’s real-time fuel…
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Cessnock Electorate benefits from lifesaving equipment at community sport facilities

The Minns Labor Government is backing safer community sport by delivering new lifesaving equipment to clubs in the Electorate of Cessnock among 190 sporting organisations across NSW to have received…
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Community sport scores vital funds in the Electorate of Cessnock

Sporting organisations in the Electorate of Cessnock have shared in $4.49 million following the awarding of grants in the NSW Government’s Local Sport Grant Program. The program provides grants for…
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Three quarters of state’s 100 new public preschools now under construction

The Minns Labor Government is closing in on its promise to deliver the state’s biggest expansion of public preschools, with work now underway on all 12 new sites in the…
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Raising the Barr

Raising the BARR – Week ending 22/08/2025

Which Students With Which ATARs Choose A Teaching Career? I noted this past week a very critical media article noting that students with high ATARs (above 90) were far more…
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Raising the BARR – Week ending 08/08/2025

Parking Fines are Going Back to Paper Copy on the Windscreen Many readers will be familiar with the recent trend for parking officers, typically Council staff, to see a parking…
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Raising the BARR – Week ending 25/7/2025

BE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT ANY PLANNED E – BIKE/SCOOTER/SKATEBOARD PURCHASES In the coming months the rules around e-bikes, e-scooters and e-skateboards are set to significantly change. Most importantly, this is…
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Raising the BARR – Week ending 11/7/2025

GOVERNMENT DELIVERY IN CESSNOCK ELECTORATE HEATS UP! While the weather is certainly cooling down, it has been a hot couple of months across the Cessnock Electorate in so many other…
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Speeches

Tribute to Stan Neilly

Clayton Barr - Private Member's Statement
I pay tribute to one of Cessnock’s greatest ever individuals, a gentleman by the name of Mr Stan Neilly. As I will get to, Stan was a member of this…
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COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout

Via video link: Today I express the enormous frustration and anxiety felt by my community during the COVID-19 vaccination rollout. At the beginning of the COVID vaccine response, the Australian…
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Silver Chain Palliative Care

I note from the outset that I offer these words on behalf of one of my local constituents whose mother recently passed away from cancer of the pancreas. Rae wanted…
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Hunter Coal Mining Industry

Clayton Barr - Private Member's Statement
I speak again on the issue of coal, the environment, climate change and jobs. If members care about the environment they should want the last pieces of thermal coal burned…
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