Farmers enticed by the financial benefits of hosting wind turbines on their property may be lumped with the cost of decommissioning the infrastructure at the end of its lifespan, Member for Mallee Anne Webster warned today, echoing the Australian Energy Infrastructure Commissioner’s previous alert that wind turbine earnings could be outweighed by the removal costs.…
DetailsI would respond to the member for Canberra. I don’t see any wind towers within Canberra at this point in time. I’m sure that you would welcome them here. I would also remind the member for Canberra that Australia’s contribution to omissions is one per cent; in fact, it’s less than that. The key enabler…
DetailsLabor’s new Fuel Efficiency Standard will take away the freedom of choice for Mallee farmers, tradies and families when it comes to their family car or work ute, Member for Mallee Anne Webster says. “The Albanese Labor Government is ignoring practical reality in favour of green ideology,” Dr Webster said. “Mallee is more than 83,000…
DetailsA damning new report highlights the absolute failure of the Australian Energy Market Operator and its shell Transmission Company Victoria to secure social licence for the VNI West project, Member for Mallee Anne Webster says. Australian Energy Infrastructure Commissioner Andrew Dyer has released his independent Community Engagement Review, which shows 92 per cent of respondents…
DetailsThe Albanese Labor Government must keep the legislated Stage 3 Tax Cuts in order to provide budget relief for thousands of working Australian families, Member for Mallee Anne Webster says. As Labor backbenchers, Members on the Crossbench and powerful Unions lobby Labor to renege on its commitment to keep the Coalition-introduced policy, Dr Webster called…
DetailsRegional communities must not become collateral damage as Federal and Victorian Labor fight over their reckless renewables rush, Member for Mallee Anne Webster warns. The Albanese Labor Government this week blocked the Allan Labor Government’s plan to build a plant to assemble wind turbines for offshore wind farms, while Victorian Energy Minister Lily D’Ambrosio accused…
DetailsThe Albanese Labor Government is failing to cure Australia’s primary healthcare crisis which is making it harder and more expensive for people in Mallee to see a doctor. Shadow Assistant Minister for Regional Health and Member for Mallee Anne Webster said the Cleanbill Blue Report: National General Practitioner Listings released this week highlighted what Mallee…
DetailsMember for Mallee Anne Webster has called on Victorian Minister for Planning Sonya Kilkenny to extend the deadline for submissions for the Environmental Effects Statement (EES[1]) process for the Goschen Mineral Sands project near Lalbert. The current deadline is January 17 2024 but Dr Webster said this timeline would be difficult for many landholders and…
DetailsThis is a letter from one of my constituents: ‘I am writing about my return to work and the childcare shortage in Victoria. There is no availability in my local childcare centre until 2025. That means teachers and nurses who are mothers in my community who lack family support have no possibility to return to…
DetailsToday in question time we saw scores of farmers from my electorate of Mallee—around 60 of them—in the chamber, and I congratulate them for downing tools, turning off the tractors and trying to put a stop to the nonsense that is electricity transmission lines without social licence. This is the latest in a series of…
DetailsI rise to support the premise of the Australian Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation Authority Amendment (Disclosure of Information) Bill 2023 and its potential to raise awareness of organ donation, although I believe more work needs to be done before the bill passes both houses. Allowing organisations such as the Organ and Tissue Authority…
DetailsI believe keeping a promise is a sign of integrity. Those who are elected members in this House hold positions of privilege, and it is incumbent upon each of us to fulfil our promises—much more so from a Prime Minister. When he breaks his promise, the nation has a right to hold him to account.…
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