By Chris Thomson | posted on June 15, 2018
YORK STREET pedestrians could have been forgiven for thinking the burned out shell of the Premier Hotel was trading once more when National Party movers and shakers held a meet-and-greet there on Friday.
With a rebuild progressing at the hotel after an arson attack gutted the State heritage-listed building in 2016, the Nationals held a sausage sizzle in the al fresco area at the corner of Grey Street.
Nationals leader Mia Davies said there was no particular significance in her party’s choice of venue but she was happy to play a small part in the re-emergence of an important Albany landmark.
“We’ve had nearly the whole of our Parliamentary State team and two of our Federal candidates in Albany for an afternoon yesterday, a sundowner yesterday afternoon meeting community and non-government organisations and volunteers, and then we spread out today across the city meeting various people who fall within our portfolios,” she told The Weekender.
“It’s been a great two days.
“The name of the game is for us to be here listening and also to introduce the whole team and state very clearly that we as the Nationals have a very clear view towards [the] 2021 [State election] and regional West Australians can still count on us to take up the fight on their behalf.”
