INCUMBENT MEMBER FOR Monaro and state National Party Leader, John Barilaro, has been dropping large bundles of cash around the electorate in a pork-barrel strategy leading up to the March 23 election. But it’s worth remembering where the dollars come from — the sale of NSW assets during the rule
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Labor: Solar on half million homes; Free TAFE courses
CANDIDATE FOR MONARO Bryce Wilson has announced that if elected Labor will support half a million households to install roof-top solar over the next 10 years, with the expectation this will reduce electricity bills with cheaper, cleaner and greener energy. More policies on climate action are expected in the next
Frankie, standing for the voiceless
REPRESENTING THE ANIMAL Justice Party (AJP) is Frankie Seymour, a long-time animal activist and advocate, environmental scientist and author. She is also a long-time Queanbeyan resident. The AJP did surprisingly well in the last federal election, coming in fourth after the major parties, indicating there are many Monaro residents sympathetic
Monaro Greens: Act on Climate Change, fix National Parks
Monaro Greens: Act on Climate Change, fix National Parks REAL ACTION ON climate change and protecting National Parks as well as safeguarding biodiversity more generally are top issues for the Monaro Greens. Local government for and by the people while lessening developer and state political influence is another key goal, says Peter
Monaro Shooters Fishers and Farmers challenge the Nats
Labor’s Bryce Wilson: regional schools, health funding top list
In early February, Graham Franklin-Browne attended Wilson’s campaign launch. The Labor candidate has been on the campaign trail for the past 18 months, meeting and listening to voters. He’ll be out there until election day March 23. COUNTRY LABOR CANDIDATE Bryce Wilson spoke to an enthusiastic crowd of over 100 friends
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
Stadium fight heats up
NEW NSW OPPOSITION leader Michael Daley wasted no time before visiting the regions and stopped in Queanbeyan on a stormy Wednesday at the end of November. He was accompanied by Monaro Labor candidate Bryce Wilson. The Labor mood was equally stormy — targeted at the Berejiklian-Barilaro Government’s plans to knock down
Coalition-led natural environment destruction continues
NEW NSW LOGGING laws will destroy thousands of hectares of old growth and diverse publicly-owned native forest. Habitat for native species, some already endangered will go too. (Ed note: With an election on the horizon, voters who care might like to know how other parties stand on protecting native species of