Helen Dalton MP
Independent Member for Murray
KEEPING MURRAY MOVING
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Essential maintenance is being carried out on the Kidman Way bridge over Benerembah Channel .
Independent Member for Murray, Helen Dalton and Deputy Premier Ms. Prue Car met with senior educators from Murrumbidgee Regional High School (MRHS) to work on plans to de-merge the School.
Independent MP for Murray, Helen Dalton, has successfully lobbied the State Government to provide $12.2 million for seven Family Care Centres.
Independent member for Murray Helen Dalton has labelled the Minn’s government’s proposed ban on signage around poker machine venues as “a very, very small step forward”.
The funding will allow scientists to recommence their vital work, after the research was abandoned due to a lack of funding.
I honoured the memory of my grandfather Geordie Groat who served in the 23rd Battalion
Independent member for Murray Helen Dalton welcomed newly appointed Minister for Health Ryan Park, into Griffith last week.
Hitting the ground running after the election campaign, meeting with Deputy Premier and Minister for Education Prue Car in Sydney last week.
After a fair election campaign focusing on the issues, Helen Dalton has successfully contended the 2023 election and will remain the Independent member for Murray.
FLOOD GRANT SUPPORT SESSIONS - Service NSW will be providing face to face flood grant support sessions in the coming weeks.
Independent member for Murray Helen Dalton said travelling the electorate during the election campaign has highlighted the inadequacies and poor performance of the digital network.
Independent member for Murray Helen Dalton has slammed federal water minister Tanya Plibersek’s decision to commence the 450GL buyback.
Independent member for Murray Helen Dalton is calling for a tri government push to address the issue of housing in Murray.
Independent member for Murray Helen Dalton said it comes as no surprise people in far west NSW are dying on average five years earlier than their Sydney counterparts.
Independent member for Murray Helen Dalton said changes to the management of dams and rivers over the last twenty years is reducing allocation reliability and negatively impacting the environment and staple food production.
Independent member for Murray Helen Dalton is calling on state government to include rural schools in the pilot administration program.
Independent Member for Murray Helen Dalton is concerned NSW is down grading rural health services by stealth, severely impacting health outcomes right across the electorate.
Above is a snapshot of a few of the locals but definitely not all, who have received awards or their citizenship across this electorate.
The opportunity to discuss flooding issues and visit with community representatives and shire councillors from both Wentworth and Balranald Shires has been invaluable.
I have spent the last few weeks travelling across the electorate viewing first hand the devastation flooding has had on the community.
Congratulations to all the students and teachers on your achievements for 2022.
Independent Member for Murray Helen Dalton spent the day in Wentworth checking out the town as floodwater continues to inundate the area.
Independent member for Murray, Helen Dalton, is angered the Federal government is pushing ahead with buybacks despite widespread condemnation from the farming community, who have once again been left out of consultation.
Independent member for Murray, Helen Dalton, is angered the Federal government is pushing ahead with buybacks despite widespread condemnation from the farming community, who have once again been left out of consultation.
Integrity in politics is one step closer after Independent Member for Murray, Helen Dalton, amended a parliamentary bill to ensure water ownership must be included on the pecuniary interest form for all NSW MPS.
Independent Member for Murray Helen Dalton is calling for Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangement Assistance for Murray River Council to be urgently upgraded to category D.
A 2019 coalition election announcement to reclassify 15,000kms of council roads and return to the state, has amounted to nothing but a broken promise according to Independent Member for Murray, Helen Dalton
Independent Member for Murray Helen Dalton says the ongoing health disaster currently experienced across rural NSW has passed crisis point.
In what has surely got to be some sort of parliamentary record, the National Party’s floodplain harvesting (FPH) regulation has been disallowed for the fourth time by the NSW Upper House.
Independent Member for Murray Helen Dalton is taking the news of an impending announcement from Health Minister Brad Hazzard on radiation funding at Griffith as a much awaited for win.
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Currently, the Federal Government plans to buy 450 gigalitres of water from NSW in order to flush that water into the ocean. NSW can not afford for a single drop of water to be lost to the Commonwealth. If this buyback happens, it will devastate rural NSW and the broader NSW economy.
When I was elected to parliament, I was shocked to learn I didn’t have to declare my water entitlements in the conflict of interest form they make politicians sign. We have to declare land, property, jobs and shares. But not water. I believe the first step in fixing our water problems is to find out who owns it.
The ICAC and Other Independent Commissions Legislation Amendment (Independent Funding) Bill 2022 would ensure that anti-corruption agencies, importantly the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC), are independently and properly funded.