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February 16, 2023

Westpac pauses regional bank closures

Westpac’s Robinvale Branch will remain open for now after the bank paused its regional closure program while it engages with an ongoing Senate Inquiry. Federal Member for Mallee Anne Webster successfully advocated for the pause, which comes

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February 13, 2023

Commonwealth Bank move good news for regional customers

Member for Mallee Anne Webster has welcomed the news Commonwealth Bank will uphold a moratorium on regional bank branch closures in the wake of a Senate Inquiry. Dr Webster has called on Westpac and ANZ, who have recently announced they are

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February 7, 2023

Visa oversight costs regions

A visa oversight by the Federal Labor Government is exacerbating the regional healthcare workforce crisis. Thanks to a Ministerial Direction issued by Immigration Minister Andrew Giles, skilled migrants across the healthcare and education

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February 7, 2023

Moratorium needed on bank closures

Member for Mallee Anne Webster has called on the banking sector to place a moratorium on closures until recommendations of the Regional Banking Taskforce have been implemented in the wake of another Mallee bank branch closing down. Last week

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February 3, 2023

Tackling the healthcare issues at grassroots level

“There are no GPs in my town, the nearest is 70km away.” “Our previous clinic closed and it took six months to find a new GP clinic that would accept new patients. My family now has three different clinics between us but we still do not have

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February 2, 2023

Regional fixes need for healthcare

Pithy one liners by the Victorian Premier will not fix healthcare in regional Australia, Shadow Assistant Minister for Regional Health Anne Webster says. Ahead of Friday’s meeting of National Cabinet, Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews and his

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January 25, 2023

Saluting Their Service – Tarnagulla

Federal Member for Mallee Anne Webster has congratulated the Tarnagulla Public Hall Committee of Management on their successful funding under the Federal Government’s Saluting Their Service Commemorative Grants Program. The committee has been

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January 13, 2023

Aged care reforms need examining

Shadow Assistant Minister for Regional Health and Member for Mallee Anne Webster has called on the Government to examine its aged care reforms through a regional lens and abandon a cookie cutter approach to ensure the viability of smaller Aged

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January 5, 2023

New portfolio for Dr Anne Webster – Member for Mallee

Member for Mallee Anne Webster has been given the regional health portfolio and is now Shadow Assistant Minister for Regional Health. “I am so excited to able to focus on developing health policy for those who live in regional Australia. Health

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