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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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December 7, 2023
Labor seeks headlines without addressing Australia’s healthcare crisis

The people of Mallee deserve better access to vital healthcare, not another headline from Labor after this week’s National Cabinet meeting, Shadow Assistant Minister for Regional Health Dr Anne Webster says. The PM has failed to say how $1.2

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December 4, 2023
Medical Commonwealth Supported Places for Mildura denied

The Albanese Labor Government has dashed hopes for doctor training in Mildura, denying a local bid for additional Commonwealth Supported Places (CSP). “I am gutted,” Member for Mallee and Shadow Assistant Minister for Regional Health Anne

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November 27, 2023
Devastating buybacks all but locked in as Greens roll over on Basin Plan

Regional Murray River communities will shrink after the Greens teamed up with the Albanese Labor Government to revise the Murray Darling Basin Plan in Canberra this week, Member for Mallee Anne Webster says. The two urban-based parties

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November 23, 2023
Labor’s turbo-charged renewables plan will cripple the regions and drive up the cost-of-living

Labor’s plan to back a five-fold increase in new renewable energy across Australia will have profoundly damaging consequences on regional Australia and accelerate the rising cost of living, Member for Mallee Anne Webster says. Energy Minister

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