Recently the Member for Monaro John Barilaro — also the Leader of the NSW National Party — and his comrade Niall Blair the National Party NSW Water Minister, belatedly visited the lower Darling River towns (and were shouted at by angry locals in front of TV cameras). By that time
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NSW Labor: address climate change and put people first
Labor pledges cost of living, job creation, front-line services, and environmental focus heading to March election. AS PART OF a December pledge to “put people first” in the state and in the South East region, the NSW Labor Party headed by Michael Daley will be appointing a Minister for Climate Change
FACT: Nationals drained Menindee, sent water to flooded SA
LABOR ACCUSES NATIONALS OF FAKE NEWS ON WATER MANAGEMENT THE NSW NATIONALS have been caught distributing a dishonest election pamphlet on water just six days after they were caught claiming a Nationals-run fake news website was run by independent journalists. The Nationals’ pamphlet (main image above) falsely claimed that Labor is trying to funnel
Weeds threaten to overrun pastures
St John’s Wort major outbreak in rural and reserve areas AS IF OVERNIGHT, a mass outbreak of bright yellow St John’s Wort became noticeable in December on public and private land of the capital region. Other opportunistic and invasive weeds: thistles, serrated tussock and Common Centaury amongst them, have found openings on
Wine and nature at Contentious Character, Wamboin
IN THE MIDDLE of Wamboin, tucked behind an extended driveway lined with green and yellow flora, is Contentious Character — a vineyard, winery, cellar door and kitchen — specialising in working their wines into their kitchen menu. A place where the wines and the food, have a delicious twist. https://districtbulletin.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/CC05-Wamboin-v1-copy.mp4 The menu
Cbr Beer Wine BBQ Festival: Goolabri, 8 Dec
THIS YEAR ON Saturday 8th December, local breweries, wineries and all things barbeque will be found at one of the region’s most stunning event venues, Goolabri. Hosting the very first Canberra Beer Wine & Barbeque Festival, “The Wedgetail Pavilion” is the perfect setting. The Canberra region has some incredible wines and
Libraries, dog racing latest pre-election funding winners
PUBLIC LIBRARIES AND greyhound racing clubs are the latest beneficiaries of NSW Government funding, in this case $60.7 million, in the run up to the March 2019 state election. The NSW Liberal National coalition government has been rolling out a succession of funding announcements as it stares down the prospect of
Greyhound racing: NSW Coalition latest bid for votes?
IN ANOTHER POLICY backflip, the NSW Liberal-National government is tossing $500,000 of public funding towards a major greyhound racing event dubbed the ‘Million Dollar Chase’. While political backflips by the NSW government have become commonplace in the run up to the March 2019 state election, this latest announcement is surely among
Conservation Council takes NSW government to court (again) over land clearing
Appeal for concerned citizens to help fund the case. THE NATURE CONSERVATION Council, peak body for NSW conservation groups, is taking the Berejiklian government to court (for a second time) to stop the threat of a deforestation tragedy accelerating across NSW thanks to the Coalition government’s new land-clearing laws. The council’s CEO
Environment peak groups endorse Great Southern Forest proposal
By Paul Payten. THE WILDERNESS SOCIETY is the latest environmental group to add its official support to a growing list of about 50 others supporting a proposal to establish a Great Southern Forest in south-eastern NSW. 430,000 hectares of publicly-owned native forests from Nowra, south to the Victorian border and west