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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 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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In the News
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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In the News
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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In the News
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 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 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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