Farmers, foresters and green groups are all furious about a new forest carbon credit scheme, just not for the same reasons. Here’s what it means for the North Coast.
Alison Penfold
Posted inFeature, Local News
North Coast residents invited to have their say on gambling advertising reforms
Federal Member for Lyne Alison Penfold is encouraging North Coast residents to have their say on proposed gambling advertising reforms, with legislation introduced into Federal Parliament.
Posted inFeature, Taree
Taree roundtable brings insurers and community leaders together
Insurers, governments and community leaders will meet in Taree today to discuss flood recovery and future resilience one year on.
Posted inFederal Politics, Health, Money, Petitions
Seniors urged to sign petition over private health insurance rebate cuts
Older Australians could be paying up to $1,600 more a year for private health cover under a federal government plan. A petition is now open online — and the deadline to sign it is 22 July.
Posted inCommunity development, Gloucester, Grants and funding, Old Bar
New memorials coming to Gloucester and Old Bar to honour fallen veterans
Old Bar is getting a permanent war memorial, backed by more than $66,000 in federal funding. And Gloucester is getting a new display to tell the story of those who served
Posted inNational News
Do you have a future PM in the family?
Could your teenager be Australia’s next great political voice? A national competition wants students to write the speech they’d give as a newly elected MP.
Posted inFederal Politics, Local News, Women
Parliamentary inquiry called for as Penfold’s gender bill unsupported
Member for Lyne Alison Penfold was the only one to speak in support of her bill seeking to amend the Sex Discrimination Act on Monday.
Posted inFederal Politics, Local News, Women
Penfold says timing of gender bill and Giggle v Tickle ruling ‘a coincidence’
EXCLUSIVE: Lyne MP Alison Penfold says her biological sex bill was months in the making and not triggered by the Giggle v Tickle ruling, arguing it seeks to “give women choice back” while retaining protections for transgender Australians.
Posted inFederal Politics, LGBTIQ, Local News, Women
Local MP leads push to rewrite sex discrimination laws after trans rights ruling
Lyne MP Alison Penfold will introduce a private member’s bill seeking to redefine sex as biological and binary after the Federal Court upheld discrimination findings in the landmark Giggle v Tickle case.
Posted inFederal Politics, Local News
“Defund Regional Australia”: North Coast MPs respond to the Budget
North Coast MPs have slammed the Federal Budget as a “bloodbath” for regional Australia, warning cuts to infrastructure, communications, water and health funding will leave regional communities behind.