The imminent official release of the ‘Yes’ and ‘No’ case pamphlets on the Voice to Parliament for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (ATSI) peoples comes as over 64 per cent of the near 5,000 Mallee residents surveyed saying they intend to vote No at the referendum, Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster says. In that…
DetailsThe closure of two regional Aged Care facilities is further proof the Federal Labor Government’s ham-fisted staffing changes are hurting the sector, Shadow Assistant Minister for Regional Health Dr Anne Webster says. Mount Morgan’s Carinity Summit Cottages and Petrie Gardens Aged Care Service in Tiaro announced this week they will shut their facilities – displacing…
DetailsLabor has failed to deliver on a key incentive to alleviate the regional health workforce crisis, Shadow Assistant Minister for Regional Health Anne Webster says. Almost five months after the legislation passed parliament, a Coalition-era policy of reducing or waiving doctor or nurse practitioner HELP debts if they practice in the regions is still not…
DetailsThe potential investigation of two of the Albanese Labor Government’s grant programs by the Auditor-General obliges the Government to rescue key Mallee projects in Labor’s 90 day Infrastructure Pipeline review firing line, Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster says. The Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) Works Program of performance audits for 2023-24 includes a review…
DetailsMr Speaker, I rise to speak on the opening of the Mildura Health Icon Cancer Centre. The new treatment centre is based at the Mildura Health Private Hospital, and brings radiotherapy cancer treatment to Sunraysia residents. While no one wants to be on the receiving end of a cancer diagnosis, the added burden of travel,…
DetailsThankyou Deputy Speaker, I rise to call the Chamber’s attention to the issue of heart failure. Heart failure affects more than 400,000 Australians and contributes to 61,000 deaths each year. It also accounts for 70,000 hospital admissions per year. Tragically, those in rural areas and Indigenous Australians bear a disproportionate burden of heart failure. Data…
DetailsThankyou Deputy Speaker, We are at a time of great uncertainty, where costs are rising and business owners are talking to me about their viability. Mallee businesses a large contributor to Australia’s foodbowl. Against some of the strongest economic headwinds in decades, the policies of the Labor Government are ensuring businesses struggle even more. The…
DetailsThank you Deputy Speaker, I rise to support the motion by the Honorable Member for Forrest. In particular I call attention to the University of Technology Sydney Ageing Research Collaborative report, which strikes home at issues raised with me by leadership at many Aged Care facilities in Mallee. These issues largely centre around care minute requirements,…
DetailsIn my role representing a vast regional electorate, Mobile Offices are an essential part of being available to constituents. Turning up in towns across Mallee and having a coffee or simply listening to residents ideas and issues is both enlightening and informative. My main office in Mildura is more than five hours’ drive from the…
DetailsDeputy Speaker, when people in my electorate of Mallee are worried about something, they frequently ask me to raise the issue in the Chamber to bring it to the attention of the Government. I defy anyone here today to tell me that energy prices are not a significant concern for businesses in their electorates. Mildura…
DetailsMember for Mallee Anne Webster says the Bendigo Bank is failing its Warracknabeal customers. The Bendigo Bank Agency located at Warracknabeal accountancy business Dianne Marchment and Associates will close permanently on Wednesday, June 20, 2023, with the bank citing a “detailed review of transaction activity, customer banking habits and the decline in cash usage”. “Banks…
DetailsThe Federal Labor Government has provided only a bandaid solution to the removal of fast acting insulin Fiasp from the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, Shadow Assistant Minister for Regional Health Anne Webster says. Novo Nordisk will remove Fiasp, an innovative mealtime insulin that improves blood sugar control in diabetes patients at a faster rate than other…
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