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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 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
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 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 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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