Jane Gibbs - Woman of the Year 2020
Helen Dalton MP has chosen Yenda’s Jane Gibbs as her 2020 woman of the year, recognising her lifetime achievement of fostering more than 100 children with her husband Jaime. All NSW state MPs...
13 January, 2020
John “Farnham” Barilaro embarks on his latest farewell Basin Plan tour
NSW Nationals leader John Barilaro has now made more threats to withdraw from the Murray Darling Basin Plan than John Farnham has done farewell tours, says SFF Murray MP Helen Dalton “The NSW Nationals...
19 December, 2019
Liberals and Nationals vote against regional hospital boost
Following an ABC Four Corners episode highlighting tragedies in regional hospitals, the Liberals and Nationals voted down a motion to boost regional healthcare funding in NSW Parliament on Wednesday. The public interest debate motion, led...
19 December, 2019
NSW Government blocks Dalton water mismanagement motion
The NSW Government on Tuesday disallowed a motion by Murray SFF MP Helen Dalton to recognise government mismanagement and corruption has made the drought worse than it otherwise would have been. “When the Water Minister...
19 December, 2019
Papps' smear ignores Basin Plan flaws
Former Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder David Papps has missed key facts in his recent defence of the Murray Darling Basin Plan, says SFF Murray MP Helen Dalton. Mr Papps co-authored an opinion piece in...
19 December, 2019
Devil will be in the detail of PM’s Murray River water release
SFF Murray MP Helen Dalton has cautiously welcomed the federal government finally answering her long-time call for a water release for Murray River farmers. But she says the devil will be in the detail. ...
19 December, 2019
Dangerous trend in sale of Australian land and water to overseas buyers must be reversed
The controversial $1.5 billion sale of baby formula manufacturer Bellamy to a Chinese company is just one example in a long sequence of the sale of important Australian assets to overseas investors, says SFF Murray...
19 December, 2019