The closure of two regional Aged Care facilities is further proof the Federal Labor Government’s ham-fisted staffing changes are hurting the sector, Shadow Assistant Minister for Regional Health Dr Anne Webster says. Mount Morgan’s Carinity Summit Cottages and Petrie Gardens Aged Care Service in Tiaro announced this week they will shut their facilities – displacing…
Labor has failed to deliver on a key incentive to alleviate the regional health workforce crisis, Shadow Assistant Minister for Regional Health Anne Webster says. Almost five months after the legislation passed parliament, a Coalition-era policy of reducing or waiving doctor or nurse practitioner HELP debts if they practice in the regions is still not…
The potential investigation of two of the Albanese Labor Government’s grant programs by the Auditor-General obliges the Government to rescue key Mallee projects in Labor’s 90 day Infrastructure Pipeline review firing line, Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster says. The Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) Works Program of performance audits for 2023-24 includes a review…
Regional Victorians still cleaning up from flooding have today missed out on an advance payment from the federal government to fast-track local repair works, in what member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster says is Daniel Andrews’ ‘disaster’. The day after Prime Minister Albanese was on Horsham’s Wimmera Riverfront – a river that recently flooded –…
THE HON DAVID LITTLEPROUD MP LEADER OF THE NATIONALS DR ANNE WEBSTER FEDERAL MEMBER FOR MALLEE 13 JUNE 2023 PRESS CONFERENCE ON TRANSMISSION LINES IN MALLEE DAVID LITTLEPROUD Well, thanks for coming, ladies and gentlemen, the men and women that stand behind me are the human toll of the reckless…
The Federal Labor Government’s infrastructure review is compromising the safety of road users in Horsham and Stawell, Federal Member for Mallee Anne Webster says. The Coalition budgeted $4 million in 2021-2022 for the Horsham Roundabout, as well as $360 million in 2019 for the duplication of the Western Highway between Ararat and Stawell, but these…
The Prime Minister will yet again cut the ribbon on Coalition spending when he visits Horsham on Wednesday morning in a bid to show the Federal Labor Government is investing in Regional Australia, Member for Mallee Anne Webster says. Anthony Albanese will open Stage 1 of the Wimmera Riverfront Activation Project and the Horsham Nature…
ANZ’s Robinvale branch has closed, but not before the bank delivered one final blow to the community in crediting closures as part of its emission reduction actions, Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster says. The branch closed its doors on Thursday, the same day the bank was facing the Senate Standing Committees on Rural and…
Member for Mallee Anne Webster says a re-elected Liberal and Nationals Government would end Labor’s new tax on farmers. In Tuesday night’s Federal Budget Labor announced a $153 million biosecurity levy, which will force farmers to pay for the biosecurity risk of international importers Australian. This was done without consultation with the industry and would…
The Albanese Labor Government’s Budget hurts Australian families with a new $153m food tax over three years, right in the middle of a cost-of-living crisis. Federal Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster labelled the new tax on Australian farmers as disgraceful, lumping farmers with around two thirds of the bill for biosecurity risks imposed by…