A damning new report highlights the absolute failure of the Australian Energy Market Operator and its shell Transmission Company Victoria to secure social licence for the VNI West project, Member for Mallee Anne Webster says. Australian Energy Infrastructure Commissioner Andrew Dyer has released his independent Community Engagement Review, which shows 92 per cent of respondents…
DetailsMallee residents that rely on vaccinations for shingles are the victims of the Albanese Labor Government’s mishandling of a now severe shingles vaccine shortage. Health Minister Mark Butler has tried to pretend his government’s halting $826 million Shingrix vaccine rollout is uncontroversial, despite promising the shingles vaccine to around 5 million older Australians. Doctors are…
DetailsThe Albanese Labor Government must keep the legislated Stage 3 Tax Cuts in order to provide budget relief for thousands of working Australian families, Member for Mallee Anne Webster says. As Labor backbenchers, Members on the Crossbench and powerful Unions lobby Labor to renege on its commitment to keep the Coalition-introduced policy, Dr Webster called…
DetailsRegional communities must not become collateral damage as Federal and Victorian Labor fight over their reckless renewables rush, Member for Mallee Anne Webster warns. The Albanese Labor Government this week blocked the Allan Labor Government’s plan to build a plant to assemble wind turbines for offshore wind farms, while Victorian Energy Minister Lily D’Ambrosio accused…
DetailsThe Albanese Labor Government is failing to cure Australia’s primary healthcare crisis which is making it harder and more expensive for people in Mallee to see a doctor. Shadow Assistant Minister for Regional Health and Member for Mallee Anne Webster said the Cleanbill Blue Report: National General Practitioner Listings released this week highlighted what Mallee…
DetailsMember for Mallee Anne Webster has called on Victorian Minister for Planning Sonya Kilkenny to extend the deadline for submissions for the Environmental Effects Statement (EES[1]) process for the Goschen Mineral Sands project near Lalbert. The current deadline is January 17 2024 but Dr Webster said this timeline would be difficult for many landholders and…
DetailsThe Albanese Labor Government’s reckless rush to renewables is threatening Australia’s energy grid and the livelihoods of farmers and their communities, Member for Mallee Anne Webster says. In its draft 2024 Integrated System Plan (ISP) released on Friday, the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) has brought forward the expected exit of the network’s coal-fired power…
DetailsThe Albanese Labor Government is threatening Mallee’s productivity through the new biosecurity fresh food tax, Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster says. The Productivity Commission’s new report Towards Levyathan? Industry levies in Australia found levies introduced in the agriculture sector were now being imposed to simply raise general tax revenue. “The Productivity Commissions report shows…
DetailsMallee farmers, builders and other businesses will bear the cost of Labor’s payback to their Union masters with the Same Job, Same Pay Laws requiring employers to pay more for labour hire passing Parliament late on Thursday, Member for Mallee Anne Webster says. “These changes compound Labor’s chaos for small businesses and farmers across Mallee,”…
DetailsThe people of Mallee deserve better access to vital healthcare, not another headline from Labor after this week’s National Cabinet meeting, Shadow Assistant Minister for Regional Health Dr Anne Webster says. The PM has failed to say how $1.2 billion more for Medicare will help with Australia’s thin healthcare workforce, Dr Webster said, noting the…
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