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National MPs not delivered much on north coast
Keith Duncan, Pimlico. What a strange letter from the Nationals' Ben Franklin MLC, for taking a swipe at Keith Williams and Ballina Country Labor for daring to remind the voters of the Ballina electorate just how ineffectual the Nationals have been on the North Coast since the early 1970s
March 16, 2018 | The Echo | 0 -
Pro-Nazi Nat was Kevin Hogan’s staffer
Lismore Labor has slammed pro-Nazi comments attributed to prominent Kevin Hogan supporter, Kurt Tucker, this week.
March 30, 2017 | The Echo | 4 -
Nats promise more money for Ballina Airport
A re-elected Coalition government would invest $3 million toward a project to build an Airport Boulevard in Ballina, minister for regional development Fiona Nash announced on Thursday (June 2).
June 3, 2016 | Echonetdaily | 0 -
Richmond candidates trade barbs over hospital funding
With just 34 days until the federal election, Nationals candidate for Richmond, Matthew Fraser, launched his campaign over the weekend at Chris Cunningham Park in Tweed Heads.
May 30, 2016 | Chris Dobney | 1 -
Another political voice calls for north coast CSG ban
Another conservative political voice has joined the chorus calling for a ban on coal seam licence from the north coast of new south wales.
May 15, 2015 | Echonetdaily | 3 -
Nationals MP opposes CSG in parliament
Campaigners against coal seam gas (CSG) have praised Clarence MP Chris Gulaptis for opposing CSG exploration and drilling on the northern rivers in his first speech to parliament last week since re-election.
May 11, 2015 | Echonetdaily | 8 -
Greens blast big party stance on political donations
Labor has voted with the Liberals and Nationals to block a Senate motion that detailed their failure to return all the political donations that they have received from the CSG company Santos. The motion also called for a ban on political donations from mining and coal seam gas companies.
March 20, 2015 | Echonetdaily | 1 -
For a gasfield-free region, put Nationals last
Brigid Beckett, Alstonville. As a voter in the Ballina electorate I received a flyer headed 'CSG we don't want it here'. Turning it over I was gobsmacked to see that it was promoting the Nationals, who are the party who last December renewed the license for the largest PEL in the region. It includes the area of Lismore, Kyogle, Nimbin and Woodburn and covers the water catchments of Byron Bay and Ballina.
March 16, 2015 | Echonetdaily | 1
