Written by: Mark Coulton
Right across northern New South Wales and southern Queensland massive flooding is taking place. In my electorate of Parkes we have seen flood levels that we have not seen for sixty years in the Moree, Gwydir and Narrabri Shire areas. The benchmark floods in Mo... (10-Feb)
Written by: Senator Barnaby Joyce - Published in the Canberra Times
I am at a friend's place staring out at the peak of the flood. In my town, St George, the hydraulic pressure of the river is forcing its way back up the storm water drains into the centre of town creating menacing pools o... (09-Feb)
Written By: Mark Coulton
This week Parliament resumes for what is set to be one of the most important years in Federal politics in quite some time. The past year in Canberra has seen Parliament debate a raft of legislation that will have huge ramifications for every Australian. Unfortu... (03-Feb)
Written By Mark Coulton -
Every Australian Counts is the campaign for the introduction of a National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) and I have added my support to this very important movement. The NDIS will provide insurance cover for all Australians in the event of significant disability and... (27-Jan)
Written by - Senator Barnaby Joyce
Published in the Canberra Times 26 January 2012
Once I have dropped the children off for the first day at school I know my return to the Parliament House part of my employment is imminent. I am trawling through hundreds of emails, some gen... (27-Jan)
Written by Mark Coulton -
2012 is officially the Year of the Farmer. This is a year-long, national celebration that provides us with the opportunity to celebrate the important role farmers’ play in feeding, clothing and sheltering our nation. Year after year farmers continue to work to provid... (13-Jan)
Senator Barnaby Joyce published in the Canberra Times
This week has been one of remembering the tragic course of the ferocious force of nature that laid waste to sections of the Lockyer Valley and other parts of our country. A year on, the lives devastated were visited by the memories and wel... (12-Jan)
Published - Canberra Times 1 December 2011
In GK Chesterton's Father Brown novels the world renowned criminal Flambeau makes a name for himself by forming a successful London dairy company even though he owns no cows, no carts and no milk. Instead, he served his customers by ... (01-Dec)
Written: Senator Barnaby Joyce
Published: Canberra Times, 24/11/2011
The Murray-Darling Basin is often viewed as a network of inter-connected garden hoses, where if you drop a litre of water in at Toowoomba, and wait long enough, it will eventually all run out at the Lower Lakes ... (24-Nov)
The recent deaths in Afghanistan highlight the difficult times our troops are facing. I believe it is more important than ever to throw our support behind our troops where ever they are stationed in the world. Australia has almost 2,400 uniformed Defence personnel in the Middle East, including 1,550... (14-Nov)