New South Wales, Month Day — One Nation Party today named former New South Wales investment commissioner Mike Newman as their new state leader, with a clear goal of making NSW more business-friendly on the model of US states Texas and Florida. Newman, who’s contesting the Labor-held seat of Cessnock in the Hunter Valley for the 2027 election, says he aims to cut business regulations and back non-renewable energy sources.
One Nation under Newman’s leadership vows to remove payroll tax for regional businesses and cut it in half for metropolitan ones, addressing, as Newman puts it, the common refrain: “We’d like to hire more people, but we’re sort of playing off against how much payroll tax we may or may not have to pay.”Mr. Newman said, “The message we hear out in the market is always the same thing: ‘We’d like to hire more people, but we’re sort of playing off against how much payroll tax we may or may not have to pay.’” “In California, which runs a very heavy net zero, very left-wing kind of style of government, since COVID they’ve lost 1.2 million people who’ve fled to other states,” Newman said, arguing for the benefits of low taxes and energy prices—factors he sees as pivotal for attracting residents and businesses.Mr. Newman said, “In California, which runs a very heavy net zero, very left-wing kind of style of government, since COVID they’ve lost 1.2 million people who’ve fled to other states.”
The party also pledged to eliminate the state’s renewable energy zones (REZ), with federal member for New England Barnaby Joyce noting, “We want the REZs dead and buried in the swamps with the mammoths.”The party has also promised to abandon the state’s renewable energy zones (REZ).
“We want the REZs dead and buried in the swamps with the mammoths,” federal member for New England Barnaby Joyce said. Though Newman’s sights are set on sweeping policy changes, he first has to win over the constituents of Cessnock, a Labor stronghold since 1927.
Labor currently holds the seat with a majority exceeding 23 percent, significantly higher than the 19.7 percent in 2019.Mr. Newman described the plan to close the Eraring coal-fired power station as “economic suicide” and said coal and nuclear should be part of the state’s future energy mix.Mr. Newman said he would like to see less business regulation and a greater investment in non-renewable forms of energy.Mr. Newman said, “Now they’re all in Texas because of cheap energy and low taxes.I’ve worked very closely with the entire nuclear supply chain.
I know how well and effectively it is all managed.”Mr. Newman said, “The Labor government run the three-eyed fish narrative, which is the low-resolution politics we should expect.”Mr. Newman said, “We want the REZs dead and buried in the swamps with the mammoths.”Mr. Newman will have to win the seat of Cessnock. It has been held almost exclusively by Labor since 1927, although it fell into Liberal hands for a single term in 1988.Labor holds the seat with a majority of more than 23 per cent, up from 19.7 per cent in 2019.
Looking forward, Newman faces immediate criticism from the Regional Transport Minister Jenny Aitchison for opposing the state government’s $12 billion bid to revive train manufacturing in the Hunter.
Newman argues the project could be executed for $3 billion with international investment and maintain 100 percent of manufacturing in the region.Mr. Newman has already come under fire from the state government for opposing its $12 billion bid to revive train manufacturing in the Hunter, which it claims will create 550 ongoing jobs.Regional Transport Minister Jenny Aitchison said, “One Nation’s new leader wants to represent the Hunter, but Mr. Newman and his party don’t seem to think there is a future for train manufacturing in the Hunter.”Mr. Newman said he opposed the government’s plan because the trains could be built in the Hunter for $3 billion with foreign investment.
“We could partner with the Korean government, as an example, and they could help fund the infrastructure, where they could provide extremely low-interest loans to be able to build that infrastructure,” Mr. Newman said. “But the manufacturing, 100 per cent of it would occur in the Hunter.”
