Businesses are going to the wall and more Australians are picking up second or third jobs to make ends meet under Labor’s cost-of-living crisis, Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster says. Almost 10,000 businesses have gone bust in the past 12 months and 967 companies across construction, hospitality and retail entered administration in February according…
This morning’s announcement by the Assistant Minister for Health and Aged Care expanding nurse practitioners’ scope of practice will be a boost for regional healthcare, the Shadow Assistant Minister for Regional Health Dr Anne Webster said today. “I staged two national summits in Mildura in the last 12 months on the Regional Health Workforce and…
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 charge farmers for the biosecurity costs of importers bringing their product to Australia. “Labor’s…
Labor’s signature pledge to reduce household electricity bills by $275 is now broken, particularly in Victoria, Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster says after the Essential Services Commission announced falls of an average $112 for Victorian households. “Regional Victorians in my electorate of Mallee and beyond – and their city cousins – ought to be…
Murray Valley winegrape growers face serious economic risks from water buybacks, the Member for Mallee told Federal Parliament last night, as debate heats up on Labor’s agricultural policies in the final sitting fortnight before Easter. “The looming threats of forced exits, water buybacks and widespread vineyard abandonment pose not only economic risks but also significant…
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 be treated as “significant economic development”, railroading Mallee farmers and their communities and giving them no right of appeal.…
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 Market Offer, released by the Australian Energy Regulator, will announce the ‘reference price’ for electricity bills in…
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 through Mildura. Anecdotally we are seeing more and more B-Doubles and B-Triples rumbling down…
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 disgrace that Labor abandoned regional growers and scrapped the visa despite a memorandum of…
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 organised in Tragowel and St Arnaud today. “I am disgusted that this government-run…