To mix metaphors, while it is always healthy and good management to not have all your (economic) eggs in one basket, sometimes regional development advocates fail to see the forest for the trees.

"Let it be known on 1 October 2025 Qantas ceased to be the ‘Spirit of Australia’ and became the ‘Spirit of Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane’," Dr Webster said

“Qantas has slapped Sunraysia in the face despite our history of Qantaslink passenger traffic for over 30 years. Today’s decision to close the Mildura Qantas base next April disrespects long-standing Mildura residents, pilots and cabin crew

Topics: Renewable energy rollout, mapping of impact of wind, solar projects in regional Australia by Rainforest Reserves Australia, government transparency, conservation of bushland

Leader of The Nationals David Littleproud and Member for Mallee, Dr Anne Webster, say the Optus Triple-Zero outages highlight the need for guaranteed Universal Service Obligation (USO)

. Labor’s aggressive rollout and railroading regional communities is why farmers in tractors chased the Prime Minister out of Ballarat in late August, and why Labor ministers are getting hostile receptions in regional communities.”

When mining occurs interstate on pastoral country the post-mining impacts are less pronounced as what we have seen at Douglas and Ouyen, and potentially at Dooen and other mineral sands prospects.

the Government can compel landowners and homeowners to step aside and let a miner use that resource. Some Mallee farmers are facing losing access to their homes for 40 years.

The Albanese Labor Government are behaving poorly, previously signalling Vietnamese workers would be available, but now postponing the Arrangement leaving horticultural businesses scrambling to find workers.