Regional fixes need for healthcare

Pithy one liners by the Victorian Premier will not fix healthcare in regional Australia, Shadow Assistant Minister for Regional Health Anne Webster says. Ahead of Friday’s meeting of National Cabinet, Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews and his New South Wales counterpart Dominic Perrottet have announced they will join forces to seek a national deal to overhaul…

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Saluting Their Service – Tarnagulla

Federal Member for Mallee Anne Webster has congratulated the Tarnagulla Public Hall Committee of Management on their successful funding under the Federal Government’s Saluting Their Service Commemorative Grants Program. The committee has been granted $5,132 to commission indoor and outdoor banners for display around Tarnagulla to commemorate local service personnel. “I am pleased this funding…

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Aged care reforms need examining

Shadow Assistant Minister for Regional Health and Member for Mallee Anne Webster has called on the Government to examine its aged care reforms through a regional lens and abandon a cookie cutter approach to ensure the viability of smaller Aged Care centres. In Mallee, Dimboola’s Allambi Elderly Peoples Home has announced its closure due to…

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New portfolio for Dr Anne Webster – Member for Mallee

  Member for Mallee Anne Webster has been given the regional health portfolio and is now Shadow Assistant Minister for Regional Health. “I am so excited to able to focus on developing health policy for those who live in regional Australia. Healthcare is something I am incredibly passionate about because it affects every single Australian,”…

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Labor leaves Dunolly funding up in the air

The Federal Government needs to give the Dunolly community a clear answer on whether it will fund a much-needed upgrade to Deledio Reserve, Federal Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster says. Before the 2022 Federal election the Coalition had committed $3.6 million towards upgrading the reserve’s pavilion under the Community Development Grants Program. Labor scrapped…

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Regional lens needed on Aged Care reforms

Aged care reforms need a regional lens to view and maintain the viability of smaller facilities, Member for Mallee Anne Webster says. Following the announced closure of Dimboola’s Allambi Elderly People’s Home and after speaking to other smaller aged care facility CEO’s across the electorate, Dr Webster said the Federal Government needed to consult with…

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Mildura Airport ILS now operational

Mildura Airport’s Instrument Landing System (ILS) has been commissioned and is now operational. The ILS, funded by $2 million from the previous Coalition Government under the Community Grants Program along with $1 million from Mildura Rural City Council and $1 million from the airport itself, will greatly increase aviation safety for users of the airport.…

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Labor rips off regions on roads

Labor is sending Mallee residents on a road to ruin by slashing future funding for the Roads Of Strategic Importance (ROSI) program. The Federal Government in its October budget cut $248 million from forward estimates for the Victorian ROSI program – placing road users on five key Mallee highways at risk. This risks the safety…

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