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 platforms like Meta to pay Australian news outlets for content shared on their platforms. Meta’s media payment deals were…
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 51 per cent in the past 20 years, the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences…
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 VicGrid, claiming the new brand will ‘modernise the way new energy infrastructure is planned and developed in Victoria while…
Natural disaster victims’ allegations insurance companies have price gouged them need urgent investigation by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster says. Skyrocketing premiums during a cost-of-living crisis have hit the hip pocket of Mallee residents affected by fire and floods over the past 18 months, yet insurance companies…
Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster has welcomed the Emergency Management Minister’s decision late on Friday to grant Mallee’s Dadswells Bridge fire victims $1,000 per adult and $400 per child, from 2pm Monday. “I have been seeking this support since the fires, for those impacted at Dadswell Bridge,” Dr Webster said. However, Dr Webster said…
Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster has slammed Labor’s new fresh food tax after it was introduced in Parliament earlier today, as farming groups’ opposition to the proposal builds up. “Labor continues to make a mess of its new fresh food tax during a cost-of-living crisis,” Dr Webster said, “Labor’s treatment of our farmers is…
The Federal Government’s announcement of $1.44 million to further diversify Australia’s wool market is an added return on the investment the Coalition made in office, Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster MP said. “As we know all too well in Mallee after China’s aggressive behaviour on tariffs against our wine and barley producers – and…
Mallee residents are paying more to see the doctor and are finding it harder to access healthcare under the Albanese Labor Government, Shadow Assistant Minister for Regional Health and Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster said today. “Labor promised to strengthen Medicare but they have weakened it. It has never been harder or more expensive…
The Albanese Labor Government must push back against Victoria’s GP payroll tax and save patients money, Shadow Assistant Minister for Regional Health and Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster says. Patients are facing fee hikes of 30 per cent under the Allan Labor Government’s payroll tax changes that subject doctors to a retrospective bill –…
Ideological agendas must not interfere with the diet of everyday Australians in Mallee, Shadow Assistant Minister for Regional Health and Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster says. The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) is toying with changing the Australian Dietary Guidelines to incorporate environmental sustainability, casting doubt over the future of meat in…