Janelle Saffin MP

STATE Member for Lismore Janelle Saffin is urging local showground managers and their committees to apply for their share of the NSW Government’s $25-million Showground Stimulus Funding over two financial years.

THE bushfire season may have ended a week ago, but Lismore MP Janelle Saffin says the plight of Northern Rivers and Northern Tablelands residents who lost homes, animals and property last year must not be forgotten.

NORTHERN Rivers and Northern Tablelands residents experiencing domestic violence can be assured police and frontline services are ready to support them and their families as New South Wales continues to respond to the coronavirus threat.

LISMORE MP Janelle Saffin has put forward a request to the NSW Government to include local government in any future economic stimulus package to protect as many indoor and outdoor council jobs as possible.

TAFE campuses remain under threat from more privatisation and the introduction of Higher Education Contribution Scheme (HECS) fees for traditional trade courses, according to State Member for Lismore Janelle Saffin.

STATE Member for Lismore Janelle Saffin has condemned the lack of a doctor on duty at Tenterfield District Hospital over the last weekend in October as totally unacceptable in this day and age.

A COMMUNITY Recovery Fund is needed to allow devastated communities rebuild from the Long Gully Road and Busbys Flat Road bushfires, according to State Member for Lismore Janelle Saffin.

LISMORE MP Janelle Saffin has given heartfelt thanks to firefighters battling to contain the Long Gully Road bushfire between Drake and Tabulam, and to crews who risked their lives to save Tenterfield during the Mount Mackenzie Road fire last Friday.

THE Berejiklian-Barilaro Government must ensure that the NSW Police Force has the resources to deal with the growing mental health crisis and hold a long overdue public inquiry into the Mental Health Act.