126 days after announcing a 90 day review of Australia’s $120 billion infrastructure pipeline, Mallee communities are still waiting to hear whether their key projects will continue or be axed by the Albanese Labor Government. Member for Mallee Anne Webster said Infrastructure Minister Catherine King needed to give answers on Coalition-funded projects such as the…
DetailsNew data highlighting a surge in millennials abandoning the cities for the country life shows a need for Labor to invest in the regions, Member for Mallee Anne Webster says. The Regional Australia Institute’s Big Movers 2023 report found an additional 54,000 millennials headed for the regions during the latest Census period (2016-2021) compared to…
DetailsThe skills shortage in Mallee 12 months on from the Jobs and Skills Summit remains in crisis, pushing cost-of-living pressures higher. Member for Mallee Anne Webster said despite The Nationals taking a constructive role to represent regional Australia at Labor’s Jobs and Skills Summit one year ago, workforce shortages in the agriculture sector continue to…
DetailsShadow Assistant Minister for Regional Health Anne Webster says Labor’s announcement to bring forward the 8th Community Pharmacy Agreement is an acknowledgement their 60-day dispensing policy was going to adversely impact community pharmacies and health outcomes, particularly in regional Australia. “All along I have advocated for Mallee and other regional community pharmacists who were worried…
DetailsShadow Assistant Minister for Regional Health Dr Anne Webster has welcomed a Federal Government Review into the Australian health workforce, which is in line with the findings of her Regional Health Workforce Summit held in Mildura in March this year. Unleashing the Potential of our Health Workforce Review is one of the recommendations of the…
DetailsWith Varroa Mite detected on the New South Wales side of the Murray River, Member for Mallee Anne Webster is urging caution to protect Victorian biosecurity. An emergency order is barring the movement of beehives after Varroa Mites were found at Euston and further East in the Riverina. The NSW Department of Primary Industries has…
DetailsYesterday the Andrews Labor government yet again showed its contempt for north-western Victorians with a ‘dog ate my homework’ line about ‘secret’ plans to build a new Mildura Hospital. State Health Minister Mary-Ann Thomas couldn’t help herself, playing politics and trying to blame the former federal Coalition government for the woes at the hospital. Not…
DetailsThe commencement of works at the Swan Hill District Health Emergency Department is a welcome start, however the Victorian Labor Government needs to do more, Shadow Assistant Minister for Regional Health and Member for Mallee Anne Webster says. The first sod was turned on the project this week, following the Victorian Government’s addition of $35…
DetailsShadow Assistant Minister for Regional Health and Member for Mallee Anne Webster congratulates Dr Jim Sharples on his move to open a clinic in Avoca. Dr Sharples, who also practices in Talbot, will partner with Central Highlands Health Network to provide GP services to the Avoca township. “The people of Avoca deserve quality healthcare and…
DetailsThe Albanese Labor Government and Water Minister Tanya Plibersek have sold Victoria down the river by paving the way for devastating water buybacks despite the wishes of their Victorian counterparts, Member for Mallee Anne Webster says. In announcing a new Murray Darling Basin Plan agreement with support from all but Victorian Labor Water Minister Harriet…
DetailsAlmost 40 Mallee volunteer committees of management have received joint Federal and State flood recovery funding but more needs to be done as Mallee rebuilds, Member for Mallee Anne Webster says. The flood recovery grants for voluntary committees of management enable them to identify and deliver the work necessary to clean up and reinstate the…
DetailsThe safety of Mallee drivers is being compromised by Labor’s poor management of regional road repairs, Member for Mallee Anne Webster says. “In its October budget the Albanese Labor Government stripped $60 million from the Black Spot Road Safety program over the forward estimates and deferred more than $280 million in Road Safety Program funding…
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