Most Australians have travelled on regional roads. These roads are not only the network that links cities and takes our goods to the rest of Australia and to the ports for export; they are the tracks that link regional communities together. They link families to health services, supermarkets, sport and friends. They are the routes…
I’ve been on the road in the electorate of Parkes over the past couple of weeks which has only confirmed to me the importance of connections and good transport between our towns and cities. When you live in a remote or regional area, you have to travel. It’s a fact of life. You have to…
The Albanese Labor Government’s plan to slash speed limits on rural roads in poor condition is an insult to both the people of the Parkes electorate and the hard-working Councils that serve them, Federal Member for Parkes Jamie Chaffey says. Labor Minister Catherine King is proposing reducing speed limits on dirt, gravel or sealed roads…
The past week has seen some very important issues for the Parkes electorate – and for all of regional Australia – raised in Parliament. I questioned the Agriculture Minister about the neglect of our primary producers over the past three years. When you live and work in regional New South Wales, you know what it…
Last week, I shared with Parliament the frustration experienced by Councils throughout the Parkes electorate with securing roads funding for roads network that have repeatedly been hit by floods. Narrabri and Gunnedah shires have again had disaster declarations following flood events. This might have been good news for those shires if they were not already…