BackTrack remains 'on track' after funding secured

17 Dec 2013

BackTrack remains 'on track' after funding secured     Federal Member for New England Barnaby Joyce has announced the Federal funding for the BackTrack program at Armidale will continue into the future.   Mr Joyce had led several weeks of dialogue between the BackTrack leade...

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Barnaby secures $90 million in project funding for New England in first 100 days

16 Dec 2013

Federal Member for New England Barnaby Joyce has secured almost $1 million in Federal Government project funding for every day he has been the elected representative for our region.   In the latest major announcement, Mr Joyce has today finalised the Federal Government’s commitment of $80 m...

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$9.3 Million for priority local projects in New England

05 Dec 2013

THE Australian Government has reviewed projects left uncontracted and unfunded by the previous Labor Government, today announcing it will fund five projects in New England as a priority under the Coalition’s new Community Development Grants Programme.   Deputy Prime Minister and Minister f...

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Barnaby offers Duri schoolkids a 'sneak peak' behind the corridors of power

21 Nov 2013

It was just after 4.30pm when the eight schoolchildren and their principal exited the elevator and wandered onto the members’ hall of parliament, which is off limits to the general public.   Men and women in suits, grasping large stacks of paperwork and clasping mobile phones firmly to thei...

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CWA conference proves resilience of the organisation, says Barnaby

29 Oct 2013

Federal Member for New England Barnaby Joyce has joined more than 50 CWA members at the 85th CWA Namoi Group Conference at Manilla.   The special guest speaker was World President Association Country Women of the World Ruth Shanks, who was voted into the position at the world conference in ...

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Back to school for Barnaby

25 Oct 2013

Federal Member for New England Barnaby Joyce has joined the formal procession at the latest University of New England Graduation Ceremony.   Adorned in the traditional academic robe of his Alma Mata, Mr Joyce watched on as more than 600 graduands took their place of honour alongside almost ...

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