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February 4, 2024

Renewables projects consultation failure laid bare in independent review

A damning new report highlights the absolute failure of the Australian Energy Market Operator and its shell Transmission Company Victoria to secure social licence for the VNI West project, Member for Mallee Anne Webster says. Australian Energy

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January 16, 2024

Labor putting tax relief at risk during Cost of Living Crisis

The Albanese Labor Government must keep the legislated Stage 3 Tax Cuts in order to provide budget relief for thousands of working Australian families, Member for Mallee Anne Webster says.As Labor backbenchers, Members on the Crossbench and

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January 12, 2024

Mallee communities are not pawns in Labor’s infighting

Regional communities must not become collateral damage as Federal and Victorian Labor fight over their reckless renewables rush, Member for Mallee Anne Webster warns.The Albanese Labor Government this week blocked the Allan Labor Government’s pl

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January 10, 2024

Mallee patients worse off as Labor’s Primary Care crisis escalates

The Albanese Labor Government is failing to cure Australia’s primary healthcare crisis which is making it harder and more expensive for people in Mallee to see a doctor. Shadow Assistant Minister for Regional Health and Member for Mallee Anne

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December 22, 2023

Member for Mallee calls for extension on Goschen Environmental Effects Statement submissions

Member for Mallee Anne Webster has called on Victorian Minister for Planning Sonya Kilkenny to extend the deadline for submissions for the Environmental Effects Statement (EES[1]) process for the Goschen Mineral Sands project near Lalbert.

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December 15, 2023

Column – projects must have social licence

This week I met with the Minerals Council of Australia (MCA) to talk about mining projects in Mallee and the potential impact on prime agricultural land. Projects such as mineral sands mining or construction of transmission lines require

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December 15, 2023

Labor heavy on the levies, running Mallee farmers dry

The Albanese Labor Government is threatening Mallee’s productivity through the new biosecurity fresh food tax, Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster says. The Productivity Commission’s new report Towards Levyathan? Industry levies in Australia

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December 15, 2023

Reckless renewables rush threatening energy grid

The Albanese Labor Government’s reckless rush to renewables is threatening Australia’s energy grid and the livelihoods of farmers and their communities, Member for Mallee Anne Webster says. In its draft 2024 Integrated System Plan (ISP)

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December 8, 2023

Labor’s union bosses get their way over Mallee farmers and businesses

Mallee farmers, builders and other businesses will bear the cost of Labor’s payback to their Union masters with the Same Job, Same Pay Laws requiring employers to pay more for labour hire passing Parliament late on Thursday, Member for Mallee

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