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Regional health trainwreck due to multiple broken levers : Reports

The regional health trainwreck has been confirmed as the system designed to funnel doctors and other workforce to the regions failed its own health check, the Shadow Assistant Minister for Regional Health said after reviewing major reports relea

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Australia must reject anti-Semitism

 The risk facing Israel - the only democratic nation in the Middle East - is a risk to all democracies. Make no mistake. Australia must reject anti-Semitism. - Column by Dr Anne Webster MP for Mallee, published Saturday 5 October 2024

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Gone with the Wind – Dust to take off with Paraquat on the Chopping Block

‍Dust storms such as those that blanketed Mildura in 2019 which risk highway fatalities could be more frequent if proposed pesticide rules herald the return of heavy tillage farming, Member for Mallee Dr Webster said.

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Cost-of-living Bungling fuels worst housing affordability in almost 30 years

Mallee residents are struggling with their fellow Australians amid the worst housing affordability since records began in 1995, Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster said today. “With the Reserve Bank meeting today and inflation data out tomorrow,

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Mallee suffers as the cost of seeing a doctor continues to rise

The cost of seeing a doctor has risen dramatically on the Albanese Government’s watch, Shadow Assistant Minister for Regional Health and member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster said this morning. The latest Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

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Saving childhoods

When I was elected as Member for Mallee in 2019 I never imagined that 5 years later we would be fighting to save children’s childhoods. As a mother and grandmother, I see how pervasive devices and electronic entertainment have become in children

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Drivers Licences could save lives with one simple change

Monday 16 September 2024 A breakfast event at Parliament House Canberra on Wednesday has discussed the need to lift organ donation rates in Australia by allowing Australians to be able to register via their driver’s licence.

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Albanese Government fighting everything but the cost-of-living

This sitting week in Canberra the Albanese Labor Government fought everyone but their home-grown cost-of-living crisis. Treasurer Jim Chalmers tries to blame his Government’s economic woes on the

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Careless King strands caretaker Mallee councils from Growing Regions eligibility

Infrastructure Minister Catherine King has stranded Mallee Councils from pursuing vital infrastructure funding by announcing Growing Regions round 2 during Victoria’s local government election caretaker

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