A Coalition Government would introduce a regulated vaping model to crack down on crime and keep vapes out of the hands of Australian children, Shadow Assistant Minister for Regional Health Dr Anne Webster said today, hailing the outcome was a win for The Nationals, who have pushed for a regulation model for years. The Nationals…
DetailsThe strong advocacy of The Nationals has today charted a responsible pathway to Net Zero carbon dioxide emissions in Australia by 2050 through the Coalition’s energy policy announcement, Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster said today. “As I have been consistently saying for years, Labor has been steamrolling regional communities in Mallee and beyond without…
DetailsRegional Australia’s health catastrophe demands urgent intervention and crisis talks, Shadow Assistant Minister for Regional Health Dr Anne Webster says, as the states demand the Prime Minister come back to the table on health funding. “Regional Australians have double to quadruple the number of potentially avoidable deaths compared with city people. Rural, regional and remote…
DetailsAustralia will be better off when Peter Dutton and David Littleproud lead the nation and continue telling the truth about Labor’s failing and destructive renewable energy rush, the Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster MP says. “This week the Leader of the Opposition has declared the Coalition will not support Labor’s 2030 renewable energy targets…
DetailsFederal Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster MP says she is dismayed at the Albanese Government’s axing of $47.3 million in funding for Harvest Trail Services and Harvest Trail Information Service (HTIS) from 1 July, saying the two are essential services for securing farm labour in north-western Victoria. The free services initiated by the former…
DetailsThe Albanese Government doesn’t care about a potential $20 million reduction in annual irrigated horticulture in Sunraysia, Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster said today as Water Minister Tanya Plibersek today tries to spin some positives out of a major report on water buybacks’ impact. “The nation’s peak agricultural reporting agency has today laid bare…
DetailsWIN FOR COMMUNITY PHARMACIES, BUT QUESTIONS REMAIN The Albanese Labor Government has been forced into a new 8 th Community Pharmacy Agreement. The Agreement was finally released last week following sustained pressure from the Coalition after the Government’s botched implementation of the 60-day dispensing policy. Fighting alongside community pharmacies, the Coalition supported the sector to…
DetailsMember for Mallee Dr Anne Webster MP has welcomed the Federal Government’s backflip on ill-advised changes to the Pacific Australian Labour Mobility Scheme after the Nationals strongly advocated against the now-defunct minimum weekly hours of work requirement. From July 1 growers will now be able to offer 120 hours of work averaged over four weeks…
DetailsMember for Mallee Dr Anne Webster MP says she is dismayed that Labor has let the feral cats out of the bag by failing to commit funding in their ‘war on feral cats’ while the Agriculture Minister Murray Watt presides over a go-slow on adequate mouse baiting. “Labor never fired a shot in their war…
DetailsThe federal electorate of Mallee has been ‘ripped off’ by the Albanese Labor government’s replacement programs for the successful Coalition-era Building Better Regions Fund (BBRF), Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster said today. “Days after this month’s Federal Budget, Minister King belatedly ended the two-year wait for an announcement – let alone funding – for…
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