“Labor’s respect for farmers is at record lows, if you look at their behaviour in my electorate and regional Victoria, hitting drought-affected farmers with new taxes, railroading them with new transmission lines and hefty fines.

“Qantas has been running down these bases by stealth - scheduling rosters in ways that undermine efficiency and now declaring the regionally based staff model will not work for the airline’s future. It’s an insult ..."

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The scales are tipped against local communities - as one former mayor put it to me this week, why can a company can spend 6 years preparing an EES proposal but the public, and their council, get just 6 weeks to respond to a 6,000 pages

“Farmers at the Drought Forum are crying out for action and outcomes, not just more talkfests and I am hearing similar from farmers across Mallee” Dr Webster said.

I am proud to have taken Labor Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to task in Question Time this week in Canberra on behalf of Mallee farmers

I moved on Monday that the Albanese government be held to account for failing to meet a legislated deadline to table its response to a key regional telecommunications report. This is yet another example of Labor's lack of focus on regional Austr

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Topics: Net Zero targets, energy policy, renewable energy rollout, productivity, community engagement, non-disclosure agreements, fines for farmers, energy from waste, data centres