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Millions more for councils to fund local road repair blitz

cessnock road intersection upgrade
Roads in the Cessnock City Council Local Government Area (LGA) and Lake Macquarie City Council LGA will benefit from $6,481,779 in funding from the new Regional Emergency Road Repair Fund…
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Libs and Nats Attack Pay Rise for 943 Local Teachers

Waist up portrait of smiling female teacher looking at camera while posing confidently standing with arms crossed in school classroom
  The Minns Labor Government is calling on the Liberals and Nationals to end their repeated attacks on NSW’s hard-working teachers after a senior Liberal MP dismissed the teacher shortage…
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Coalition Blow $1.46 Billion of Regional Money in Metro NSW

Sydney metro spending regional money
It has been revealed today that more than $1.46 billion earmarked for projects in regional NSW was used to pay for infrastructure blow outs in metro areas under the former…
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Site for New Cessnock Fire Station Purchased

OPEN DAY: Cessnock Fire Brigade captain Brett Plumb, station commander Neil Lawler and firefighters Aimie Cronin, Andrew Webber, Ben Hunter and Steve Hedger (in the truck)are looking forward to the Fire and Rescue NSW Open Day on May 21. Picture: KRYSTAL SELLARS
State Member for the Electorate of Cessnock, Clayton Barr announced that a much-needed new fire station for Cessnock is one step closer with Fire and Rescue NSW confirming the purchase…
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Liberal Nationals Left 138.2 Nurses Unfunded in Hunter New England LHD

Liberal Nationals left 138.2 nurses unfunded in Hunter New England LHD
The Liberal Nationals have owned up to their failure to fund 1,112 nurses across NSW, including 138.2 nursing positions in the Hunter New England Local Health District. Incoming briefings provided…
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Gone Fishing Day Grant Applications Now Open

Gone Fishing Day Grant applications now open
Applications are now open for fishing fun and activities grants as part of the annual Gone Fishing Day said Clayton Barr MP, State Member for the Electorate of Cessnock. Gone…
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Raising the Barr

Raising the BARR – Week ending 12th May

Last week, the NSW Parliament sat for the first time since the March 2023 election. This might seem like a long delay but it really isn’t. It does take time…
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Raising the BARR – Week ending 14th April

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15 Minute Communities One of the more interesting things that I heard during the recent election campaign is concern about the idea of 15 minute communities. It was as though…
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Raising the BARR – Week ending 27th March

Post Election Wash Up As I write this column, I am in many ways unemployed. It looks almost certain that the people of our community have re-elected me to represent…
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Raising the BARR – Week ending 10th March

We Are All Paying for Privatisation I have made no secret of my views on privatisation.  I hate it! Government businesses, that often provide a monopoly service, should not be…
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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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