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October 8, 2024
Regional health trainwreck due to multiple broken levers : Reports

The regional health trainwreck has been confirmed as the system designed to funnel doctors and other workforce to the regions failed its own health check, the Shadow Assistant Minister for Regional Health said after reviewing major reports relea

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October 1, 2024
Gone with the Wind – Dust to take off with Paraquat on the Chopping Block

‍Dust storms such as those that blanketed Mildura in 2019 which risk highway fatalities could be more frequent if proposed pesticide rules herald the return of heavy tillage farming, Member for Mallee Dr Webster said.

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September 24, 2024
Cost-of-living Bungling fuels worst housing affordability in almost 30 years

Mallee residents are struggling with their fellow Australians amid the worst housing affordability since records began in 1995, Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster said today. “With the Reserve Bank meeting today and inflation data out tomorrow,

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September 23, 2024
Mallee suffers as the cost of seeing a doctor continues to rise

The cost of seeing a doctor has risen dramatically on the Albanese Government’s watch, Shadow Assistant Minister for Regional Health and member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster said this morning. The latest Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

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September 16, 2024
Drivers Licences could save lives with one simple change

Monday 16 September 2024 A breakfast event at Parliament House Canberra on Wednesday has discussed the need to lift organ donation rates in Australia by allowing Australians to be able to register via their driver’s licence.

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September 12, 2024
Careless King strands caretaker Mallee councils from Growing Regions eligibility

Infrastructure Minister Catherine King has stranded Mallee Councils from pursuing vital infrastructure funding by announcing Growing Regions round 2 during Victoria’s local government election caretaker

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September 10, 2024
Coalition leads the way on protecting children online

This morning’s announcement by the Albanese Government to mandate a minimum age for social media use follows the Coalition’s advocacy and strong leadership on protecting Australians online, Member for Mallee and Shadow Assistant Minister for

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September 10, 2024
Prime Minister ignores Mallee farmers at National Farmer Rally

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has refused to attend the National Farmer Rally outside Parliament House, ignoring farmers who travelled from Mallee to plead with the Labor Government to stop its anti-farming agenda. Member for Mallee Dr Anne

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September 9, 2024
Mildura, Grampians to benefit from successful rural doctor training model

Mildura and the Grampians’ selection as trial sites for a ‘single employer model’ is a boost for local doctor recruitment, Member for Mallee and Shadow Assistant Minister for Regional Health Dr Anne Webster MP said today. “Within months of

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September 6, 2024
Transcript – ABC Victoria 5:05pm 6 September 2024 – Bulk Billing

Transcript – Shadow Assistant Minister for Regional Health – Dr Anne Webster MP, Member for Mallee – Interview with Prue Bentley, ABC Victoria – Thursday 6 September 2024 – 5:05pm

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September 6, 2024
The Nationals stand 100 per cent with protesting farmers on 10 September in Canberra

Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster MP will stand with Mallee farmers and her Nationals colleagues shoulder-to-shoulder with hundreds more farmers from across the country on September 10, in an

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September 2, 2024
Labor hurls a hail of grievance rocks from their glasshouse of governance failures

Mallee residents and small businesses are being gaslit by an Albanese Government with grievances against everyone but themselves, Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster says, as Treasurer Jim Chalmers spent the

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August 20, 2024
Labor buying 70GL Murray Darling Water while farmers return 22x that amount to environment

The Albanese Labor Government should not be proceeding with their Murray-Darling Basin water buybacks while the quietly released evidence shows farmers have returned environmental water by many magnitudes more than Labor’s buyback target, the

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August 14, 2024
Delayed 3G shutdown date of 28 October still leaves questions unanswered

The Albanese Labor Government have questions to answer about today’s announcement by Telstra and Optus that they will further delay the closure of their 3G networks, the Member for Mallee and Shadow Assistant Minister for Regional Health Dr Anne

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August 9, 2024
Senate report into Ten Mildura shutdown Vastly disappointing

Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster MP said she was very disappointed in today’s report from a fast-track Senate inquiry into the shutdown of digital television in Mildura. The inquiry into Labor’s Bill to offer VAST satellite services to Mildura

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August 6, 2024
Telstra, Optus’ 3G shutdowns must be delayed as Senate inquiry recommends ministerial consequences

Telstra and Optus should delay their proposed shutdown of the 3G network until Mallee residents have been assisted properly into 4G – or the Albanese Government should force them to, Member for Mallee and Shadow Assistant Minister for Regional

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August 5, 2024
Labor caught holding the ball in women’s ‘Play our Way’ sporting funding program

As Australia’s women shine in Paris and on the international sporting stage, Mallee communities are missing out on sporting facilities due to delays in the Albanese Government’s ‘Play our Way’ sporting grants program, Member for Mallee and Shado

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July 31, 2024
Rex Airlines, an essential service for Sunraysia and regional Australia

Member for Mallee and Shadow Assistant Minister for Regional Health Dr Anne Webster says Rex Airlines should be treated as an essential service for regional Australia, not merely ‘pretty important’ as described by Transport Minister Catherine Ki

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July 31, 2024
$200 million annual windfall for foreign wind & solar operators from struggling Victorians requires federal intervention

The Albanese Labor Government must act on cost-of-living and stop foreign corporations’ gouging of

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July 29, 2024
Mallee residents urged to DonateLife in August

Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster has encouraged Mallee residents to register with DonateLife to be an organ donor during DonateLife week, as she marks 5 years since her first speech in Federal Parliament promoting organ donation.“My first

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July 25, 2024
Farmers urged to make submissions on Energy Transmission Plans

Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster has written to landholders whose farms, environment, amenity and safety on their land is threatened by the VNI-West transmission project and proposed wind turbine installations, encouraging them to make a

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July 23, 2024
Reinstate Ten and Switch on Sky in Mildura if Commercial Broadcast Tax is repealed

The joint-owners of Mildura Digital Television Pty Ltd should switch the 10, 10Bold and 10Peach signals back on and activate Sky News Regional in Mildura if the Commercial Broadcast Tax is repealed, Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster said today.

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July 12, 2024
Labor shrinks Sunraysia and Loddon economies through water buybacks from today

Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster MP has lamented Labor’s planned shutdown of parts of the Mallee economy with the open tendering of water buybacks opening today. “The Albanese Labor Government plans to reduce our economy despite the

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July 10, 2024
Mallee insulted by Albanese Government, copping the big hit on Roads to Recovery

Member for Mallee, Dr Anne Webster MP says she is incensed that 6 of the 10 Victorian shires on reduced Roads to Recovery funding increases are in the Mallee electorate.While the Federal Labor Government is increasing the Roads to Recovery

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July 9, 2024
Sunraysia SOS to Skydance to get their new asset Ten back on the air in Mildura

Dr Anne Webster MP has written to the CEO of Skydance urging that they acquire the Sunraysia Ten broadcast licence and put it back on air. The Member for Mallee’s Save our Signal (SOS) went out this morning after news broke that the American

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July 8, 2024
Black spot funding for Horsham, Maryborough and Mildura

The Federal Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster MP has welcomed the four Mallee sites that have received road Black Spot funding, but says the allocated money should be greater, exposing the Albanese Labor government’s poor record on road

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July 5, 2024
Senate inquiry to examine closure of Network Ten Mildura

The closure of the Mildura Digital Television service will now be the subject of a Senate inquiry. Shadow Communications Minister David Coleman said the Coalition had successfully fought to establish the inquiry, after the shutdown of Network

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June 27, 2024
Labor ‘shuffling the deckchairs’ in wake of sinking of TEN Mildura

Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster says she agrees with FreeTV’s assessment that regional media stakeholders are ‘shuffling the deckchairs’ after the sinking of Ten Mildura, yet another regional service swallowed up by city-centric governance.

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June 25, 2024
Coalition’s sensible Vaping stance will fight crime and protect kids

A Coalition Government would introduce a regulated vaping model to crack down on crime and keep vapes out of the hands of Australian children, Shadow Assistant Minister for Regional Health Dr Anne Webster said today, hailing the outcome was a

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June 19, 2024
Zero Emissions Nuclear – The Responsible Path to Net Zero in 2050

The strong advocacy of The Nationals has today charted a responsible pathway to Net Zero carbon dioxide emissions in Australia by 2050 through the Coalition’s energy policy announcement, Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster said today.

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June 14, 2024
Australia’s Regional Health Catastrophe: The Buck Stops with Butler

Regional Australia’s health catastrophe demands urgent intervention and crisis talks, Shadow Assistant Minister for Regional Health Dr Anne Webster says, as the states demand the Prime Minister come back to the table on health funding.

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June 13, 2024
Dutton and Littleproud Showing Strong Leadership, Truth-Telling on Renewables

Australia will be better off when Peter Dutton and David Littleproud lead the nation and continue telling the truth about Labor’s failing and destructive renewable energy rush, the Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster MP says.

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June 11, 2024
Harvest Trail Funding Road Blocked Despite Backpackers Returning

Federal Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster MP says she is dismayed at the Albanese Government’s axing of $47.3 million in funding for Harvest Trail Services and Harvest Trail Information Service (HTIS) from 1 July, saying the two are essential

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June 11, 2024
Water Buyback Impact laid bare as Labor aims at Political Target

The Albanese Government doesn’t care about a potential $20 million reduction in annual irrigated horticulture in Sunraysia, Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster said today as Water Minister Tanya Plibersek today tries to spin some positives out

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June 7, 2024
A Win for Community Pharmacies but Questions Remain

The Albanese Labor Government has been forced into a new 8th Community Pharmacy Agreement. The Agreement was finally released last week following sustained pressure from the Coalition after the Government’s botched implementation of the 60-day

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May 30, 2024
Labor’s PALM weekly hours backflip another belated reality-check

Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster MP has welcomed the Federal Government’s backflip on ill-advised changes to the Pacific Australian Labour Mobility Scheme after the Nationals strongly advocated against the now-defunct minimum weekly

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May 30, 2024
Pests to run amok as Labor funding fail lets feral cats out of the bag

Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster MP says she is dismayed that Labor has let the feral cats out of the bag by failing to commit funding in their ‘war on feral cats’ while the Agriculture Minister Murray Watt presides over a go-slow on adequate

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May 29, 2024
Mallee and Regional Australians ripped off by Albanese Labor

The federal electorate of Mallee has been ‘ripped off’ by the Albanese Labor government’s replacement programs for the successful Coalition-era Building Better Regions Fund (BBRF), Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster said today.

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May 27, 2024
Report recommends major bank reform to save regional branches

Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster MP has backed a Senate Committee report into the impact of regional bank branch closures, which finds that private banks have failed regional Australians. “The final report found that without regulatory

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May 23, 2024
Victorian Labor’s doctor tax backflip a reprieve for regional patients

Regional Victorians can breathe easy after five years of advocacy and the Victorian Liberal-National Opposition’s criticisms embarrassed the Andrews Labor Government into pausing their $10 million doctor tax, the Shadow Assistant Minister for

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May 22, 2024
Small businesses blacking out under Labor

A small business report released today should bell the cat on Labor’s spin on energy prices, Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster said as Treasurer Jim Chalmer’s one-off $325 energy bill relief pledge falls flat with voters. Research commissioned

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May 21, 2024
Dr Webster facing surgery during Skin Cancer Awareness Month

The Member for Mallee and Shadow Assistant Minister for Regional Health will undergo surgery next week for a potential skin cancer detected on her face, demonstrating the importance of skin cancer checks for all ages during global Melanoma and

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May 16, 2024
Shingles vaccine win, but lean regional health budget

Shadow Assistant Minister for Regional Health and Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster MP says increased quotas for the Shingles vaccine Shingrix is good news for older Australians in Mallee. “I advocated as Member for Mallee and as Shadow

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May 15, 2024
A win for families and farmers as Senate plans to block Labor’s fresh food tax

Farmers and families have been spared Labor’s Fresh Food Tax after the Senate crossbench resolved to block the Government’s biosecurity levy cash grab, Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster says. “My Nationals colleagues and I have spent the past

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May 13, 2024
Labor’s Budget ignores Mallee again

The Albanese Government has yet again ignored Mallee in last night’s Federal Budget, delaying local infrastructure projects, failing to provide new money for Mallee programs and refusing to fix Labor’s self-made cost-of-living crisis, Member for

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May 13, 2024
Victorian Labor puts Maryborough patients on the waiting list

The Victorian Labor Government’s delaying of the construction and completion of Maryborough’s new hospital is unforgiveable, Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster says.Tuesday’s state budget revealed the completion date for Maryborough’s new

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May 8, 2024
SevenWest and WIN tell Mildura ‘get me out of here’

Mildura residents will no longer be able to watch channel 10 or its Bold and Peach channels on free-to-air television from 30 June as Mildura Digital Television Pty Ltd shuts down, taking Masterchef off the menu and putting Mildura in The Cheap

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April 30, 2024
Sign the Petition for a Mildura Heavy Vehicle Bypass

Mildura businesses have shown their support for a petition by Federal Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster and State Member for Mildura Jade Benham MP, calling for a heavy vehicle bypass to reduce heavy vehicle traffic on Deakin Avenue.

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April 30, 2024
Bonza cancellations a blow to regional travel

The cancellation of Bonza’s flights places serious doubt over its future, and is distressing for Mildura families Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster says. “Affordable air travel to and from Mildura is essential,” Dr Webster said. “Bonza opened

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April 30, 2024
VHM shows ‘contempt’ for Mallee farmers

Mining company VHM has displayed contempt for the community in its planning and assessment of environmental effects for its Goschen Rare Earth and Mineral Sands Project near Lalbert, Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster says. Dr Webster met with

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April 26, 2024
Labor’s electric ute price shock for Mallee farmers and tradies

Labor’s Electric Vehicle dream will cost Mallee farmers and tradies looking for their next work ute, Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster says.The world’s top selling electric ute, the Ford F-150 Lightning, is now available in Australia from an eye

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April 23, 2024
The Nationals fight Labor’s fresh food tax in Senate inquiry

A Senate committee will today investigate Labor’s fresh food tax and the damage it will cause by driving up the cost-of-living and making groceries more expensive.Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster said the fresh food tax bill, which is due

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April 23, 2024
Labor levy model leaves Mallee farmers scratching their heads

Labor’s proposed Fresh Food Tax will funnel millions into Government coffers annually with no clarity how it will be implemented, Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster says. Labor plans to impose the new Biosecurity Protection Levy (BPL) from July

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April 19, 2024
Mallee farmers, small business’ worker grief to grow under Labor

Ongoing bad policy by the Albanese Labor Government is crippling agricultural workforce and is yet another example of Labor’s war on productivity, Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster says. Looming 25 per cent visa fee rises and changes to UK back

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April 18, 2024
Labor’s let down on council funding

Labor has let down local Governments by failing to deliver on its promise of increased funding, Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster says.After initially stalling any funding increases by opening an Inquiry into Local Government Sustainability

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April 17, 2024
Labor reveals its true Nature in costly environmental double-up

The Albanese Labor Government’s revised Nature Positive proposals are only positive for bloated bureaucracy and more green tape for business, farmers and other job creators, Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster. The second stage of Environment

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April 16, 2024
The Nationals’ pressure paying off at checkouts for shoppers

The Nationals’ public pressure applied to Woolworths and Coles is helping to keep shelf prices steady at the big supermarkets, Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster says. Former Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) Chair Allan

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April 12, 2024
Albo’s Future Made in Australia already failing to launch

Industry groups and Labor’s own hand-picked Productivity Commission Chair have already shot down Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s 2024-25 budget centrepiece, Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster says. Labor’s proposed Future Made in Australia

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April 11, 2024
Plibersek mysteriously turns 58GL Victorian water projects back on

Federal Water Minister Tanya Plibersek mysteriously reinstated federal funding for 58 gigalitres of Victorian Murray Darling Basin Plan projects today in an embarrassing backdown, Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster says. The Minister was

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April 11, 2024
Labor’s ‘Made in Australia’ pitch purely a diversion tactic

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s “Future Made In Australia” speech today tries to snatch the ‘Made in Australia’ mantra The Nationals have made famous for decades, only to divert accountability for Labor’s own distractions and failures,

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April 10, 2024
Labor inaction on 3G shutdown puts Australians on hold

The Albanese Labor Government’s lack of action on the impending 3G network switch off is leaving Australians vulnerable, Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster says.Telstra will shut down its 3G network in June, with Optus to follow in September,

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April 9, 2024
Labor must support effective mouse control

Labor Agricultural Minister Murray Watt must support effective mouse controls for Mallee farmers ahead of cropping season, Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster says. Grains Producers Australia (GPA) is seeking approval for continued use of 50

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April 8, 2024
‘Mickey Mouse’ review continues Labor’s go-slow on grocery relief

Labor has been too slow to act on supermarket price gouging, Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster says as the Leader of the Opposition described the Prime Minister’s review as ‘Mickey Mouse’. Former Labor Minister Dr Craig Emerson’s interim report

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April 5, 2024
Allan Labor’s COVID inquiry no-show = contempt for Victorians

The Allan Labor Government’s failure to be accountable for its actions to the federal COVID-19 inquiry shows they hold Victorians in contempt, Member for Mallee and Shadow Assistant Minister for Regional Health Dr Anne Webster said today.

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April 4, 2024
Regional hospital closure risk highlights Labor failures

The crisis engulfing Victorian regional health demonstrates the importance of holding Labor accountable and fixing primary and preventative healthcare, Shadow Assistant Minister for Regional Health Dr Anne Webster says. Regional Victorians’

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March 31, 2024
Skyrocketing grocery prices forcing Australians to go without

Mallee residents are skipping meals to make ends meet due to Labor’s spiralling cost-of-living crisis, Shadow Assistant Minister for Regional Health and Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster says. According to the Australian Competition and

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March 27, 2024
Labor’s fresh food tax passed amid cost-of-living crisis

The cost of living and grocery prices are set to rise after Labor’s fresh food tax passed the House of Representatives, Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster says. Labor’s new ‘biosecurity protection levy’ forces farmers to pay for the biosecurity

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March 27, 2024
Regional health divide costing Australian lives

Australia’s healthcare divide between regional and urban centres is costing lives and must be addressed by the Albanese Labor Government, Shadow Assistant Minister for Regional Health and Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster says.

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March 27, 2024
New female friendly changerooms for Stawell 

Women and girls in Stawell have access to new Female Friendly Changerooms at Central Park thanks to the Coalition’s Local Roads and Community Infrastructure Program. The new facilities were opened this week and made possible with a contribution

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March 26, 2024
Labor’s embarrassing U-turn on emissions standards

The Albanese Labor Government has been forced to back down from it reckless and rushed National Vehicle Efficiency Standards, Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster says.“Energy Minister Chris Bowen and Transport Minister Catherine King embarrassingl

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March 25, 2024
Labor kicks the can down the road for Mallee Shires

Labor is stalling on the funding support it promised for Mallee’s 12 councils, Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster says.“Labor promised ‘fair increases’ to local government funding but instead of following through with those increases they have

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March 22, 2024
Labor’s anti-gas zealotry driving Victoria into energy disaster

Victoria’s energy woes have been compounded by Victorian Labor’s disastrous energy policies as a gas ‘shortage’ looms, Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster says. The Australian Energy Market Operator on Wednesday warned gas generators may need to

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March 22, 2024
Insolvencies up, Australians working harder to get by under Labor

Businesses are going to the wall and more Australians are picking up second or third jobs to make ends meet under Labor’s cost-of-living crisis, Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster says.Almost 10,000 businesses have gone bust in the past 12 months

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March 20, 2024
Regional health to benefit from wider scope for nurse practitioners

This morning’s announcement by the Assistant Minister for Health and Aged Care expanding nurse practitioners’ scope of practice will be a boost for regional healthcare, the Shadow Assistant Minister for Regional Health Dr Anne Webster said today

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March 19, 2024
Labor’s new fresh food tax will drive up cost of living

Labor’s legislation on a new fresh food tax has been introduced in Parliament, in a move that will increase the cost of living and hurt Mallee families and farmers. Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster said Labor’s biosecurity protection levy will

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March 19, 2024
Labor kicking winegrape growers while they are down

Murray Valley winegrape growers face serious economic risks from water buybacks, the Member for Mallee told Federal Parliament last night, as debate heats up on Labor’s agricultural policies in the final sitting fortnight before Easter. “The

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March 16, 2024
Victorian Labor fast tracks renewables, forgets social licence

Victorian Labor will fast track renewables projects in spite of community opposition through heavy handed new development rules, Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster says. Premier Jacinta Allan announced all new renewable projects in Victoria will

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March 14, 2024
Broken promise imminent on Labor’s $275 energy bill savings pledge

Labor’s election pledge to reduce household electricity bills by $275 is set to be another broken promise unless the upcoming regulated price decreases by more than $1200, Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster says. The upcoming draft Default

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March 12, 2024
Mildura urged to rally behind Heavy Vehicle Bypass

Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster is calling for public support she says is vital to reduce the number of heavy vehicles travelling down Mildura’s Deakin Avenue. “Almost every minute of the day, one heavy vehicle now travels the Sturt Highway

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March 10, 2024
Vietnam workers on the way despite Labor’s delay

One thousand Vietnamese farm labourers will arrive in Australia this year under The Nationals’ dedicated Ag Visa, Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster said. “I fought hard for the Ag visa as part of the former Coalition Government, it was a

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March 7, 2024
TCV DUMPS MALLEE RESIDENTS, WILL RAILROAD COMMUNITIES

The proponents of the VNI West transmission line have belled the cat that they never intended to listen to farmers in the firing line, Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster said this morning, after an eleventh hour withdrawal from talks she had

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March 7, 2024
Meta leaves regional media in the cold

Facebook owner Meta’s decision to stop paying news publishers for content should sound the alarm bell for regional media outlets, Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster says.The former Coalition government passed legislation in 2021 requiring

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March 6, 2024
Farmers can’t afford Labor’s fresh food tax as productivity languishes

Labor’s fresh food tax risks Mallee farmers’ productivity and Australia’s $100 billion goal for farm gate output by 2030, Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster says. While Australia’s gross value of agricultural production had increased by about

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March 5, 2024
VNI-West must go back to the drawing board amid consultation chaos

Victorian Labor’s attempt to again reboot consultation on transmission lines is an admission consultation has failed abysmally on VNI-West, Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster says.The Allan Labor Government has introduced a Bill to establish

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March 4, 2024
Victims’ surging insurance costs need a public inquiry

Natural disaster victims’ allegations insurance companies have price gouged them need urgent investigation by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster says.Skyrocketing premiums during a cost-

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March 1, 2024
Fire victims have some relief, farmers and businesses need help fast

Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster has welcomed the Emergency Management Minister’s decision late on Friday to grant Mallee’s Dadswells Bridge fire victims $1,000 per adult and $400 per child, from 2pm Monday. “I have been seeking this support

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February 28, 2024
Labor’s new fresh food tax already rotten as it drops in parliament

Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster has slammed Labor’s new fresh food tax after it was introduced in Parliament earlier today, as farming groups’ opposition to the proposal builds up. “Labor continues to make a mess of its new fresh food tax

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February 27, 2024
Coalition-era fund helps wool as farmer market access stalls

The Federal Government’s announcement of $1.44 million to further diversify Australia’s wool market is an added return on the investment the Coalition made in office, Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster MP said. “As we know all too well in Mallee

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February 27, 2024
Bulk Billing is collapsing under Labor

Mallee residents are paying more to see the doctor and are finding it harder to access healthcare under the Albanese Labor Government, Shadow Assistant Minister for Regional Health and Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster said today.

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February 23, 2024
Butler must act on State Labor cash grab

The Albanese Labor Government must push back against Victoria’s GP payroll tax and save patients money, Shadow Assistant Minister for Regional Health and Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster says. Patients are facing fee hikes of 30 per cent under

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February 23, 2024
Meat is not the enemy as ideology takes over

Ideological agendas must not interfere with the diet of everyday Australians in Mallee, Shadow Assistant Minister for Regional Health and Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster says.The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) is toying

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February 19, 2024
Mallee residents to bear the brunt of Labor’s Family Car Tax

Mallee residents and regional Australians will pay up to $25,000 more for the region’s most popular cars, as the Albanese Labor Government proposes subsidising the largely metropolitan uptake of electric vehicles, Member for Mallee Dr Anne

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February 16, 2024
Labor’s political games fan the flames of unemployment

Labor’s Industrial Relations Laws will drive more people out of work with unemployment already rising under the Albanese Government, Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster says.The unemployment rate in Australia is at a two year high of 4.1 per cent

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February 16, 2024
Labor’s revamped food tax still sucks life out of farmers and families

Australian farmers are being treated as Labor’s cash cows under a new Biosecurity Fresh Food Tax, Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster says. The tax will force Australian farmers to pay for the biosecurity costs of international importers who

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February 16, 2024
Member for Mallee requests Federal fire payments for residents affected by Grampians and Wimmera fires

Member for Mallee Anne Webster has requested Federal Emergency Management Minister Murray Watt activate Commonwealth funding for victims of the Wimmera and Grampians bushfires.“The Federal Government must step in and support fire victims as they

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February 14, 2024
Mallee residents need to dissuade Plibersek from water fantasies

Farmers and Mallee irrigation communities need to have their say on the mechanisms for water buybacks, the Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster says, as the Albanese Labor Government Restoring Our Rivers Act draft framework consultation runs for

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February 12, 2024
Mallee apprenticeship slump highlights Labor’s failed training pledge

Mallee tradies will be hard pressed to find apprentices to address a skills shortage due to a collapse in trade training under Labor, Member for Mallee Anne Webster says. New data from the National Centre for Vocational Education and Research

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February 11, 2024
Mallee job creators can’t disconnect fast enough from reckless Labor after slap-dash deal with Greens

Labor’s chaotic Right to Disconnect laws put Mallee employers at risk of criminal punishment if they contact employees outside of work hours. “Mallee small business owners will need to become industrial relations lawyers – or fork out for them

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February 9, 2024
Labor infighting puts regional health at risk

Regional Victorian lives are being put at risk by infighting between Labor State and Federal Governments, Shadow Assistant Minister for Regional Health Anne Webster says.Federal Health Minister Mark Butler has urged the Allan Labor Government to

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February 8, 2024
Labor’s IR laws create turmoil for Mallee farmers and small business

Mallee farmers and small business owners face turmoil thanks to Labor’s Industrial Relation Laws being rammed through Parliament. Member for Mallee Anne Webster said the new laws around casual employment will particularly hurt agriculture.

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