LAKE MACQUARIE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PACKAGE WILL UNLOCK REGION’S POTENTIAL

March 22, 2022

with CATHERINE KING SHADOW MINISTER FOR INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT MEMBER FOR BALLARAT and DAN REPACHOLI LABOR CANDIDATE FOR HUNTER An Albanese Labor Government will work with Lake Macquarie City Council and the NSW Government to unlock the region’s economic future by investing $20 million to establish a permanent dredge for the Swansea Channel and extend the Newcastle Mines Grouting Fund to the Lake Macquarie Loca...

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LABOR WILL UPGRADE BELMONT’S CAHILL OVAL

March 21, 2022

An Albanese Labor Government will invest $184,000 in a much-needed upgrade to the facilities at Belmont’s Cahill Oval.

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OUT OF TOUCH DAVID GILLESPIE RECKONS THE HUNTER DOESN’T NEED MORE GPs

March 09, 2022

The Minister for Regional Health, David Gillespie’s claims that the Hunter region is “an area that has plenty of medical services” shows how disconnected from reality the Morrison-Joyce Government is.

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LABOR WILL FIX THE HUNTER’S GP SHORTAGE CRISIS

March 08, 2022

with MARK BUTLER, MERYL SWANSON, SHARON CLAYDON, AND DAN REPACHOLI An Albanese Labor Government will act on the GP shortage crisis in the Hunter by making the region a Distribution Priority Area (DPA), providing the whole region with access to the Bonded Medical Program and overseas trained doctors.

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PEP-11 FIGHT FINALLY OVER

February 24, 2022

Federal Labor welcomes the news that the proposed extension of Advent Energy’s Petroleum Exploration Permit 11 (PEP-11) is finally dead in the water thanks to the NSW Government’s decision to effectively ban all offshore mining and exploration off the NSW coast.

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NO PLAN B DESPITE LITANY OF FRIGATES ISSUES

February 17, 2022

with BRENDAN O’CONNOR MP SHADOW MINISTER FOR DEFENCE MEMBER FOR GORTON Australia’s $45 billion Future Frigates are facing serious issues, but the Morrison Government has no back up plan to bridge a capability gap.

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