MEDIA RELEASE The Country Mayors Association of NSW (CMA) recently surveyed our members to gauge the level of support for the private members bill tables by Member for the Northern Tablelands, the Hon Adam Marshall to State Parliament. Member for Northern Tablelands the Hon Adam Marshall has introduced a Private Member’s “Bill” into State Parliament … Read more
MEDIA RELEASE Mayors and Councillors from across Regional NSW have been accused of being incompetent and not worthy of the money they are paid to serve their communities in a recent speech delivered by new Local Government Minister Ron Hoenig during question time in State Parliament on Tuesday. This iron-fisted approach has many wondering: Is … Read more
MEDIA RELEASE The NSW Parliament is currently debating change that will enshrine Sydney Water and Hunter Water in the NSW Constitution to ensure they stay publicly owned; however there is no mention of local government in the proposed amendment. Country Mayors Association of NSW (CMA), on behalf of its members, is calling for an expansion … Read more
MEDIA RELEASE NSW Fire and Rescue, Rural Fire Services and State Emergency Services provide critical volunteer services to communities throughout Regional NSW, at times our lives depend on their service. The recent decision by the new NSW Government will make it much harder, and in some Regional, Rural and Remote local government areas impossible for … Read more
MEDIA RELEASE Country Mayors Association of NSW on behalf of our members are calling for State and Federal governments to ease the burden on Regional communities by implementing actions that will see a swift increase in the installations of roof top solar in the greater Sydney metropolitan area. As renewable energy projects sweep through the … Read more
MEDIA RELEASE Country Mayors Association of NSW is becoming extremely frustrated by the funding focus on Western Sydney in the lead up to the State Election. Yesterdays announcement from the NSW Labor leader Chris Minns MP, that should Labor form government post the 25 March election the coalitions committed funding for the upgrades to the … Read more
MEDIA RELEASE 160 plus Local Government delegates representing eighty Councils in Regional, Rural and Remote NSW joined forces in Sydney to put the hard questions to the six major political parties contesting the 25 March State election. Leaders or their representatives from the Coalition, Labor Party, Greens Party, One Nation, Shooters, Fishers and Farmers and … Read more
MEDIA RELEASE The Country Mayors Association of NSW Inc (CMA) is pleased to announce the new executive team elected at its AGM held in Sydney on Friday, 18 November. Cr Jamie Chaffey (Mayor of Gunnedah Shire) was elected as Chairman, and Councillor Rick Firman OAM (Mayor of Temora Shire Council) was elected Deputy Chairman. A … Read more