Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster MP has backed a Senate Committee report into the impact of regional bank branch closures, which finds that private banks have failed regional Australians. “The final report found that without regulatory intervention, banks will continue to close branches and communities will pay the price. More than one third of…
DetailsRegional Victorians can breathe easy after five years of advocacy and the Victorian Liberal-National Opposition’s criticisms embarrassed the Andrews Labor Government into pausing their $10 million doctor tax, the Shadow Assistant Minister for Regional Health Dr Anne Webster MP said today. “Victorian Labor have backflipped on a tax grab which undermined the Federal Government’s tripled…
DetailsA small business report released today should bell the cat on Labor’s spin on energy prices, Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster said as Treasurer Jim Chalmer’s one-off $325 energy bill relief pledge falls flat with voters. Research commissioned by Energy Consumers Australia and the Council of Small Business Organisations Australia (COSBOA), based on interviews…
DetailsThe Member for Mallee and Shadow Assistant Minister for Regional Health will undergo surgery next week for a potential skin cancer detected on her face, demonstrating the importance of skin cancer checks for all ages during global Melanoma and Skin Cancer Awareness Month. “More than 2 in 3 Australians will be diagnosed with skin cancer…
DetailsShadow Assistant Minister for Regional Health and Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster MP says increased quotas for the Shingles vaccine Shingrix is good news for older Australians in Mallee. “I advocated as Member for Mallee and as Shadow Assistant Minister for Regional Health to increase the Shingrix vaccination quotas. Thankfully $57.7 million over four…
DetailsFarmers and families have been spared Labor’s Fresh Food Tax after the Senate crossbench resolved to block the Government’s biosecurity levy cash grab, Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster says. “My Nationals colleagues and I have spent the past year campaigning with farmers against Labor’s Biosecurity Protection Levy, which would punish farmers for the risks…
DetailsThe Albanese Government has yet again ignored Mallee in last night’s Federal Budget, delaying local infrastructure projects, failing to provide new money for Mallee programs and refusing to fix Labor’s self-made cost-of-living crisis, Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster says. “The Prime Minister said when he was elected two years ago, ‘no one would be…
DetailsThe Victorian Labor Government’s delaying of the construction and completion of Maryborough’s new hospital is unforgiveable, Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster says. Tuesday’s state budget revealed the completion date for Maryborough’s new hospital, touted by the Government to be “world class”, will now be pushed back by 18 months with an expected completion by…
DetailsMildura residents will no longer be able to watch channel 10 or its Bold and Peach channels on free-to-air television from 30 June as Mildura Digital Television Pty Ltd shuts down, taking Masterchef off the menu and putting Mildura in The Cheap Seats. “I understand there are commercial imperatives at play here but the question…
DetailsThe Albanese Labor Government can’t hide their hypocrisy as they extend the Coalition-era Future Drought Fund (FDF), pretending it is new support, Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster says. In fact, Labor voted against the program that Prime Minister Albanese and Agriculture Minister Murray Watt’s announced they would extend at Beef2024 this week in Rockhampton,…
DetailsMildura businesses have shown their support for a petition by Federal Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster and State Member for Mildura Jade Benham MP, calling for a heavy vehicle bypass to reduce heavy vehicle traffic on Deakin Avenue. Dr Webster delivered the petition to 12 Mildura CBD businesses along Deakin Avenue. “The message from…
DetailsThe cancellation of Bonza’s flights places serious doubt over its future, and is distressing for Mildura families Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster says. “Affordable air travel to and from Mildura is essential,” Dr Webster said. “Bonza opened the Sunshine Coast and Gold Coast to families by providing an affordable direct route and a cheaper,…
DetailsMining company VHM has displayed contempt for the community in its planning and assessment of environmental effects for its Goschen Rare Earth and Mineral Sands Project near Lalbert, Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster says. Dr Webster met with VHM last week, telling the company she would back the farming community whose livelihoods are put…
DetailsLabor’s Electric Vehicle dream will cost Mallee farmers and tradies looking for their next work ute, Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster says. The world’s top selling electric ute, the Ford F-150 Lightning, is now available in Australia from an eye watering $224,990. Meanwhile the price of popular models such as the Ford Ranger and…
DetailsA Senate committee will today investigate Labor’s fresh food tax and the damage it will cause by driving up the cost-of-living and making groceries more expensive. Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster said the fresh food tax bill, which is due to be implemented on July 1 if it passes the Senate, is as an…
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