Airchecks and interviews of Cameron Scott- Bohanna

100 years ago today, accounting firm: Cummins and Wallace was founded by Robert Edward Cummins. I recently sat down with the grandson, Richard Cummins to talk about his grandfather, the life he lead and the work he did in the community.

Adam Marshall, member for Northern Tablelands and NSW minister or agriculture had a good chat with me this morning on a number of things, such as the easing restrictions in the state allowing travel anywhere in the state, the Mungindi Recreational Area opening recently, the funding for Junior Cricket and the progress on the Newell Highway upgrade.

This morning I had a great chat with Goondiwindi Shire Mayor, Lawrence Springborg about when we can expect the border crossings between Queensland and New South Wales. Plus an advisory committee is being set up for the Goondiwindi Water Park.

Hello. I spoke to Federal member for Parkes this morning who is in Narrabri at the moment to talk about issues that people in the region are facing like a brand new mobile health clinic that is opening in Narrabri, online shopping during the COVID-19 lock-down, more information on the recently announced Job Maker Scheme by Scott Morrison and how it can entice people to move to rural and regional NSW.

I spoke to Cathy Reading this morning about the cafe's reopening in the shire this week The Northern NSW Inland Port project, and also the council fighting to keep the local Target open that serves over 10,000 people in the community and the Narrabri region.

In this episode. I had a chat with Lawrence Springborg about the recent rainfall. Other topics we discussed include the COVID action plan regarding border crossings and when the state border can be opened, the Goondiwindi Co-op being sold and reopening and the council meeting next week.

With the Chinese government putting a tariff on Australian barley, this has put a bit of strain on the barley growers and beef producers in the Gwydir shire. I sat down and had a good chat with the Gwidir Shire Mayor, John Colton about this pressing issue. We also had a chat about local parks being reopened this week.

With the COVID-19 restrictions gradually being lifted, sporting clubs around the state and the country are slowly returning to training and competing again. I recently had a great chat with Annette Hadley from Moree AFL club about when they can expect to go back to training and how long this season will be.

Parliament was sitting for this week to pass legislation regarding the operation of government in relation to the COVID-19 restrictions. We also discussed restrictions being eased slightly starting from today, possible treatment for the corona virus over the next 12 months and a 310 million dollar boost to the drought recovery program to help our farmers and rural communities.

With the Gwydir Shire mayor recovering from surgery this week, I had a chat with the General Manager of Gwydir shire, Max Eastcott. He has urged citizens not to become complacent as the state government is slightly easing the coronavirus restrictions.