Shire of Victoria Plains

Quarter past 12.

Pauline Bantock is the Shire President for Victoria Plains.

She agrees the Kalingari-New Norcia rail crossing needs urgent safety improvements.

The Shire simply

And I guess that's why Mr Hewlett and Mr McCusker have continued to advocate to the powers that be, including the Shire.

Yeah, we've got to continue working on this because harvest is right here.

Shire President for Victoria Plains, Pauline Bantock, speaking to Brianna Melville.

Eighteen past twelve.

Officers support the overall direction of the reforms but want alternative approaches explored.

And the Shire of Victoria Plains is calling on federal and state leaders to block proposed changes to Australia's Working Holidaymaker visa program.

It's warning that replacing guaranteed regional work pathways with a ballot system could cost Western Australia thousands of backpacker workers.

CEO Shaun Fletcher says the shift could severely hit local farms and tourism businesses, threatening an industry that contributes roughly three hundred and sixty million dollars annually to the state's economy.