Rachel Holdsworth

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Nationals weigh up increased Coalition role after federal election

1 week ago | abc.net.au | Jess Scully |Rachel Holdsworth

Senior Nationals members say their party deserves a greater role in the Coalition after it fared better than the Liberals overall in the election. Nationals MPs retained all of their seats in the House of Representatives and achieved a swing towards the party in Bendigo. The party has so far secured 14 lower house seats, including five from the Queensland-based Liberal National Party (LNP). The Liberals had secured 39 seats but were ahead in a further three.
Federal election candidate Richard Foley labels voters 'dumbest on this planet'

1 week ago | abc.net.au | Rachel Holdsworth

A federal candidate for the Riverina is standing by since-deleted social media comments in which he labelled people in the electorate as "the dumbest walking on this planet". Australian Citizens Party candidate and Wagga Wagga City councillor, Richard Foley, took to Facebook on Wednesday night, slamming people within the Riverina electorate over their voting behaviours.
McCormack slams posters of himself, Dutton, Rinehart and Palmer in Nazi uniforms

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Gary-Jon Lysaght |Rachel Holdsworth

Former deputy prime minister Michael McCormack has slammed images depicting himself, Opposition Leader Peter Dutton, Clive Palmer and Gina Rheinhart as Nazis. The member for Riverina described posters in the front window of a Wagga Wagga shop as "evil" and "vile". NSW Police are investigating the incident. Police are investigating a display in a storefront window in southern New South Wales that depicts Coalition politicians and billionaires as Nazis.
Freak storm adds to rental crisis in Harden as 12 homes become uninhabitable

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Rachel Holdsworth

In a town where the rental vacancy rate was already less than 1 per cent, the last thing locals needed was a destructive storm. But that is exactly what Mother Nature dished up to a small community in the NSW Riverina last month. Harden, north-west of Canberra and with a population of about 2,000, faced the brunt of a storm during the early hours of February 9. It caused severe flash flooding and left a dozen homes uninhabitable.
ACT visitor dies after contracting Japanese encephalitis in Murrumbidgee region

2 months ago | abc.net.au | Rachel Holdsworth

A man has died after contracting Japanese encephalitis on holiday in Southern NSW. It is the second death in NSW this year from the virus. NSW Health has confirmed the man, aged in his 70s, from the ACT, died on March 6 in a Canberra hospital while being treated for Japanese encephalitis. He was reported to have acquired the mosquito-borne disease in the NSW Murrumbidgee region.
Macquarie University unveils MND surveillance centre in Wagga Wagga

2 months ago | abc.net.au | Amy O'Halloran |Rachel Holdsworth

Motor neurone disease (MND) is three times more common in the New South Wales Riverina region, according to a neurologist. Researchers from Macquarie University chose the area to establish Australia's first MND surveillance centre to investigate causes of the disease. Researchers will spend the next three years with MND patients in the Riverina.
Australian Community Media flags future further reduction in print editions

Feb 6, 2025 | abc.net.au | Rachel Holdsworth

ACM's Tony Kendall says it's planning to move all its remaining print editions to one edition per week on Saturdays. The move would affect ACM's remaining daily papers including the Newcastle Herald, Canberra Times, and Illawarra Mercury. The transition will take place over the next seven years. Regional newspaper publisher Australian Community Media (ACM) is to eventually move all of its mastheads to one print edition per week within the next seven years.
Australian life jacket rules - how to stay safe and in compliance while on the water

Feb 5, 2025 | abc.net.au | Shannon Pearce |Eugene Boisvert |Rachel Holdsworth

A run of fatal and life-threatening incidents have highlighted the importance of wearing a life jacket for survival in the water. Last week, a 37-year-old man died after falling into the Murrumbidgee River near Darlington Point in southern New South Wales. Two men who were also not using life jackets drowned in South Australia's south-east last month while retrieving lobster pots near Beachport, according to police.
Truckie calls for better driver education after near-misses over Christmas

Jan 23, 2025 | abc.net.au | Rachel Holdsworth

Truck driver Rod Hannifey reckons he had two life-threatening moments over the Christmas period, both of which involved other motorists. "On each leg I had someone do something so stupid that risked their life and mine," he said. "They couldn't wait two minutes for a long, safe, straight bit of road to overtake.
New Madinah College principal investigated for 'anti-Semitic' comments

Jan 15, 2025 | abc.net.au | Rachel Holdsworth

The federal government has launched an investigation into the appointment of a principal at a private school in southern New South Wales, following "anti-Semitic" comments on social media. Principal of New Madinah College in Young, Sheikh Abdulghani Albaf, has been condemned by the federal and NSW governments and the Australian Jewish Association over Facebook comments spanning several years.