The Australian Government is spending $36 million to support agricultural show societies recover from the effects of COVID-19, ensuring they can continue after the pandemic. Local agricultural show societies in the electorate of Mallee could be eligible for a share of $10 million in Australian Government one-off payments to help them recover from the impacts…
EX-SERVICE ORGANISATIONS (ESOs) and other veteran groups in Mallee which provide advocacy services to veterans and their families have today received $24,381 as part of the Governments Building Excellence in Support and Training (BEST) grants program. Member for Mallee, Anne Webster, said ESOs, community organisations and other local veteran groups play a crucial role in…
I spoke with Peter Gleeson, Sky News Australia, on how patients across Mallee are being denied access to healthcare because of border restrictions in place. SA Health are enforcing a 14 day quarantine on Doctors who come into regions in Mallee that haven’t had an active COVID-19 case in over 6 weeks. The reason? The…
MALLEE residents have done a fantastic job of flattening the curve and slowing the spread of COVID-19. We have seen no new cases of COVID-19 in Sunraysia or in other parts of Mallee in more than six weeks. What we have seen is three reported cases that have been incorrectly attributed to Mildura. These misreported…
The Australian Government are delivering a permanent Office of the National Rural Health Commissioner thanks to Parliament giving urgent support for ground-breaking legislation this week. Member for Mallee, Anne Webster, said continuing and strengthening the Office will help deliver the Government’s key reforms and targeted rural health priorities to support practical change for communities. “Our…
Drought Communities Program projects approved for Murrayville (Mildura Rural City Council) 15th June 2020 People living in Murrayville will benefit from $1 million in additional Liberal National Government funding to support community infrastructure and other drought-relief projects through the expanded Drought Communities Program. The Murrayville Drainage Upgrade will see significant improvements around Murrayville, with Federal…
Federal Member for Mallee, Anne Webster welcomes the announcement that a further 23 import permits have now been issued for Indonesia, bringing the total number of Indonesian importers of Australia horticultural products to 30. “The issue of getting our fresh fruit, including table grapes and citrus into Indonesia this year has been frustrating and difficult…
Australian men with prostate cancer and their families in Mallee will benefit from an expansion of the Australian Government’s Prostate Cancer Nurses Program. Minister for Health, Greg Hunt said the Government is investing $23 million in the program through the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia over the next three years to support existing prostate cancer…
Australians will have better access to subsidised medicines and medication management services through community pharmacy with the Morrison Government finalising a Seventh Community Pharmacy Agreement (7CPA). Under this landmark agreement, our Government will continue to partner with community pharmacies to make sure Australians have access to more than 200 million subsidised Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS)…