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2011
December
21/12/11 Windsor urges Greens to compromise on Malaysia option and Murray Darling Plan
20/12/11 Opinion Piece - MDBA Draft Basin Plan
09/12/11 Local groups to apply for millions of dollars in Clean Energy funding
07/12/11 $36.6M to upgrade UNE facilities
01/12/11 Coal seam gas inquiry backs Windsor agreement
November
28/11/11 Windsor urges all to look objectively at Murray Darling Draft Plan
28/11/11 Progress on the Tenterfield heavy vehicle bypass and Bolivia Hill realignment
25/11/11 Improved approach to Murray-Darling asks for community co-operation
25/11/11 ABC's new data resource reveals extent of coal seam gas operations
23/11/11 National Party misleads local communities over mining tax
21/11/11 Major Breakthrough in Mining and CSG debate with $200M Reform Package
18/11/11 $500,000 for Guyra MPS expansion
17/11/11 Local groups to receive more than $250,000 in federal funds for environmental projects
14/11/11 Minister for Mental Health & Ageing visits Tamworth
09/11/11 Nationals all talk and no action on getting facts on CSG and mining impacts
01/11/11 Windsor exposes political deal that disadvantaged country students
October
27/10/11 Windsor supports blockade of CSG well on the Liverpool Plains; Calls on Minister Burke to be pro-active
24/10/11 "headspace" in Tamworth will help young people access health help
19/10/11 $88,000 for healthy eating programs for Kentucky and Chandler school kids
18/10/11 Carbon pricing focuses meat processors on more efficient practices
16/10/11 Cancer Centre construction contract a boost for vital treatment locally
12/10/11 Future Generations will benefit from Clean Energy legislation
10/10/11 Search on for new Bundarra Post Office licensee
07/10/11 $322,000 for New England Volunteers
September
23/09/11 Letter to the Editor
22/09/11 Panel on the Economic Potential of Senior Australians in Armidale this Friday
21/09/11 $4,000 to Tenterfield Men's Shed
21/09/11 PM confirms Youth Allowance changes for country students
14/09/11 Windsor welcomes Youth Allowance changes to benefit regional students
14/09/11 Windsor introduces legislation to protect valuable water resources from mining
07/09/11 $8m to help rebuild Armidale's Freeman House
06/09/11 Barraba Pipeline $6.55M Federal funding set to flow
August
25/08/11 Windsor gets concession for retailers as tobacco plain packaging legislation passed
17/08/11 Windsor moves to protect important water resources
12/08/11 National Disability Insurance Scheme great news
03/08/11 National Broadband Network expands in New England; Fibre to all of Armidale - Fixed Wireless to surround Tamworth
01/08/11 Walcha to host Regional Tax Forum to look at tax reforms
01/08/11 Windsor welcomes resumption of Live Cattle Trade
July
27/07/11 Sustainability award recognises local 'Farming the Sun' initiative as a national leader
26/07/11 Nationals bludge on farmers - miners win again
26/07/11 Let's have a REAL Community Forum, Mr Abott; Windsor invites Opposition Leader to Town Hall debate on climate policy
25/07/11 Inverell's $500,000 for GP surgery
25/07/11 Procession of Pollies to New England welcomed
21/07/11 Windsor gives in-principle support to restrict Government advertising
21/07/11 No "Nat Voodo Doll in Windsor office; They are quite capable of pricking themselves
20/07/11 Congratulations, Fiona Simson - New NSW Farmers' Association President
19/07/11 $270,000 Blackspots Funding for two problem roads in Tamworth and Armidale
19/07/11 Child safety of paramount importance in family law
19/07/11 Government advertising - waste of money but both sides do it
19/07/11 Windsor's Agreement with PM to bear fruit for rural and regional higher education
13/07/11 New England voice on Regional Telecommunications Review Committee
10/07/11 Windsor asks people to look closely at Clean Energy Package before judging it
10/07/11 Low and middle-income earners and pensioners to be shielded from carbon tax price rises
10/07/11 Inverell truckie helps save $1.6 billion for transport industry
10/07/11The Clean Energy Package; “Something that will do something to bring about behavioural change”
10/07/11 Fuel excluded from the carbon tax
10/07/11 Clean Energy Package provides opportunity for regional Australia
08/07/11 Correcting The Australian Newspaper on Private Health Insurance position
08/07/11 Government calls for Submissions on Eastern Star Gas Coal Seam Gas Project
06/07/11 Ban on live cattle exports lifted
04/07/11 There are those who do and those who want two BOB each way
01/07/11 Survey provides feedback on many issues
June
30/06/11 World renowned climate scientists talk with Tamworth High students
23/06/11 NBN Co - Telstra/Optus deals secure future particularly for country Australians
23/06/11 Murray-Darling Inquiry sparks government action to support irrigators
22/06/11 Live animal export raised again with PM
21/06/11 Renewable energy projects show how pricing carbon can create new jobs in the country
20/06/11 Plebiscite call on Carbon Tax an expensive stunt
17/06/11 Local road funding needs higher priority
13/06/11 Tony Windsor to raise cattle producers' plight with the Prime Minister
06/06/11 New England North West in first round of Medicare Locals funding
May
31/05/11 Action on live animal exports supported
13/05/11 Infrastructure Minister visits Bolivia Hill; $6m New England Highway-Bolivia Hill Realignment and Tenterfield Heavy Vehicle Bypass
11/05/11 Mount Lindesay Road upgrade raised with Minister
10/05/11 Good news for Regional Australia; Budget incorporates agreement negotiated by Windsor; Mental Health given better recognition
04/05/11 Health Minister visit confirms Tamworth Hospital funding and start to Gunnedah GP Super Clinic
04/05/11 Rural Financial Counsellors get long term funding committment
02/05/11 Defence Flying Training contract signing great news
02/05/11 Discussion with Infrastructure Minister gives hope for action on Tenterfield Bypass and Bolivia Hill Realignment
April
28/04/11 Windsor agrees - Baby bonus should be scrapped
20/04/11 Australian Defence Medal Presentations
12/04/11 Professor Ross Garnaut's Armidale Visit Thursday April 14
08/04/11 "First Speech To Parliament" Competition
04/04/11 Professor Ross Garnaut in Armidale to give public address on climate change
01/04/11 Windsor has concerns with poker machine reforms
March
29/03/11 Windsor welcomes Liverpool Ranges Rail upgrade announcement
29/03/11 30 Coalition MPs miss NBN vote; Nats hypocrisy continues
27/03/11 THANK YOU, PETER DRAPER; congratulations Richard Torbay and Kevin Anderson
24/03/11 $550,000 to help Border Rivers flood damage
24/03/11 Two "Farrer Boys" meet at Schools Constitutional Convention in Canberra
23/03/11 Windsor stands firm on ethanol excise
11/03/11 Health & Hospital Fund process to deliver $220m to Tamworth Hospital
10/03/11 Uralla & Bundarra "let the sun shine in" and cut their energy costs
08/03/11 Armidale gearing up to lead e-Health
07/03/11 Asian bee eradication program may still continue
03/03/11 $1.4b Regional Australia Fund recognises Country Australia's needs; Country Independents' Agreement taking shape
01/03/11 Dorothea McKellar Poetry Awards get $150,000
February
25/02/11 "There is no Carbon Tax" - Windsor
24/02/11 No to flood levy but need for a long term Natural Disaster Fund
24/02/11 $150,000 for more street security in Tamworth
21/02/11 Breakthrough on Youth Allowance; to be extended without Constitutional crisis
19/02/11 Windsor welcomes new approach to water recovery in Murray Darling Basin
19/02/11 $366,000 Funding for Home & Community Care Projects in New England
14/02/11 UNE Forum puts spotlight on Regional Australia's development opportunities
10/02/11 Regional Australia Committee announces interim findings
09/02/11 $43.33 million Chaffey Dam upgrade secures Tamworth's future
04/02/11 Windsor warns of phone call scams
03/02/11 Ag Minister meets affected farmers at flood damaged Mingoola
January
28/01/11 Windsor welcomes Knowles appointment to MDBA Chair
27/01/11 Windsor wants more detail on flood assistance funding and also to look to the future
20/01/11 Natural Disaster Levy should be considered
14/01/11 Murray Darling Inquiry starts hearings in South Australia
10/01/11 Kids plea for Dorothea Mackellar Awards funding delivered to PM
10/01/11 Tribute to the late Jan Treloar OAM
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