The Opposition says it would include fixing a gap in surgical services.
“They built a surgical ward and an operating theatre – the issue is the operating theatre is empty. So you go from the surgical ward into the op theatre and there’s nothing in there, it is empty.” – Jeff Drayton, Upper Hunter by-election Labor candidate.
“How does that work? This is like building a house and not putting in a kitchen.” – Jodi McKay, Opposition Leader.
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NSW Nationals backflip on dirty tactic during hotly contested Upper Hunter by-election
NSW Deputy Labor leader Yasmin Catley has called on the Nationals to play fair .
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The NSW Deputy Labor leader has called on the Nationals to scrap what she has described as dirty tactics being used against rival political candidates.
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The party s state director says the domain names will be relinquished
Upper Hunter voters will head to the polls for the by-election on May 22
Yasmin Catley s comment came after the Nationals executive confirmed this week it registered websites under the domain name of Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party (SFF) candidate Sue Gilroy that told voters there was a risk Labor would be preferenced if they voted for her.
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Fifth-generation farmers Doug and Nic Robertson are out mustering some of the 300 breeder cattle on their property near Scone on a crisp mid-autumn morning, wondering how long their rural idyll can last.
Nic Robertson joins her husband Doug, with their horse Hamish, as they muster cattle on their property near Scone.
Credit:Janie Barrett
Plans by Japanese trading giant Idemitsu to develop its Gateway project north-west of Muswellbrook in the Upper Hunter would bring an open-cut coal pit right next door.
âThey will literally be out the back from us,â Robertson says after dismounting Hamish his horse and joining Nic for a coffee inside their elegant home
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