Regional politicians have released their expenses for the three month period of April to July 2024. We have the details of MPs Sussan Ley, Mark Coulton, Micheal McCormack and Senator Perin Davey.

Read on to see how $380k was spent in Farrer.

Member for Farrer Sussan Ley has backed the call for nuclear power in Australia.

On a recent visit to Hay the federal member and deputy leader of the opposition said there needs to be an important discussion about nuclear energy production.

“I'm pro renewables because we all need to make the renewable energy transition,” Ms Ley told The Riverine Grazier.

“We need a genuine discussion about whether we should have a nuclear option, which I think is a really important discussion.”

Member for Farrer Sussan Ley was in Hay last week, meeting members of the community, as part of her ‘Pollies in the Pub’ campaign.

Ms Ley’s first round of meetings took place at Kinfolk Coffee Shop, which is where The Riverine Grazier met up with the local member, who said there’s a “50/50 chance” of a federal election this year.

“I'm not the only person who thinks that, so it could well be there's an election on December 7,” Ms Ley said.

Massive crowds gathered at three simultaneous rallies in Deniliquin, Griffith and Leeton last week.

The protests against water buybacks to reach Murray Darling Basin Plan targets was a National Farmers’ Federation initiative, supported by the Speak Up Campaign.

The rally included trucks, tractors and farm equipment, driven to each gathering by angry farmers and irrigators.

A Coalition Government pre-election promise of $2

million towards the construction of a new pool for Hay

has been lost after the Australian Labor Party won the

2022 election with 73 seats against 54 for the Liberal

National Party on Saturday.

A re-elected Coalition Government will deliver a new lease of life to Hay’s Swimming Complex, investing $2 million towards its reconstruction.

An injunction is to be lodged against a decision by Minister for the Environment, Sussan Ley to rebury ancestral remains, including Mungo Man and Mungo Lady, in 26 secret unmarked graves within the Willandra Heritage Area.

A total of $909,800 has been allocated to Hay Shire Council to construct a material recovery facility at the Waste Transfer Station.

The announcement was made on Monday afternoon by Minister for the Environment, Sussan Ley who said Hay was leading the way in recycling.