HIDDEN TREASURES HONOUR ROLL NOMINATIONS NOW OPEN
State Member for the Electorate of Cessnock, Clayton Barr, MP announced nominations opened this week for the 2021 and 2022 Hidden Treasures Honour Roll. The Honour Roll gives our community…
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APPLICATIONS OPEN FOR LOCAL SPORT GRANT PROGRAM
Local sporting clubs across the Electorate of Cessnock are encouraged to apply for funding under the 2022 Local Sport Grant Program. State Member for the Electorate of Cessnock, Clayton Barr,…
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TAFE NSW Information Sessions are just around the corner and it’s not too late to register! Explore hundreds of TAFE NSW Information Sessions and discover how you can get the…
MoreMedia Release – Local Sport Grant Program
CESSNOCK ELECTORATE’S LOCAL SPORT GRANT PROGRAM – SUCCESSFUL RECIPIENTS 2021/2022 State Member for the Electorate of Cessnock, Clayton Barr, MP is pleased to announce the successful recipients in the Cessnock…
MoreMedia Release – Closures of Fire Stations putting communities at risk
As many as 50 fire stations around NSW have been added to the list of stations that could be temporarily shut on any given day due to budget cuts. On…
MoreMedia Release – 2022 Community Building Partnership Program Now Open
State Member for the Electorate of Cessnock, Clayton Barr, MP, has announced that the NSW Government will once again conduct the Community Building Partnership Program in 2022. Clayton Barr, MP,…
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Raising the BARR – Week ending 16 September 2022
COVID IS DEFINITELY NOT JUST LIKE THE FLU Late last week I read a really troubling article about COVID and our terrifying trend towards treating it like the common flu.…
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THE STATE HURRIES TOWARDS A WRECKAGE You will have undoubtedly noticed that things are not going along very well in NSW right now. There is a great deal of trouble…
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WE NEED TO KEEP TALKING ABOUT HOMELESSNESS It was only a couple of columns ago that I wrote about homelessness right across our area. Indeed, in the weeks since, the…
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STATE POLITICS IS AN EASY HEADLINE BUT A TROUBLED REALITY In recent weeks there has been plenty written about many things in NSW politics. From US Trade Jobs, to the…
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Plastics Pollution
Last week in the Cessnock electorate, like many members of Parliament, I had a number of appointments. I am sure all members will agree that meeting our constituents and hearing…
MoreThe Final Quarter Screening
I have just finished watching the documentary about our great First Nations Australian Football League [AFL] player Adam Goodes,The Final Quarter, in the Parliament’s Theatrette. Adam is a proud Indigenous…
MoreHunter Coalmining
I begin my speech by taking the unusual step of recognising the contribution made by the member for Riverstone. I do that because he said in the Chamber that this…
MoreCessnock Electorate Job Losses
I use the opportunity of my last speech of the year to invite the Premier to come up to the electorate of Cessnock to help me campaign. The reality is…
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