LABOR FAILS TO DELIVER FOR REGIONAL DOCTORS AND NURSES

Labor 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…

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Labor needs regional rethink to rescue Mallee projects

The 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…

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Federal Government’s Fiasp Fiasco

The 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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Constituency Statement – Alannah Taylor

Going out on the road and meeting people in Mallee is one of the joys of my job as a Member of Parliament. Last week I had the pleasure of meeting Manangatang’s Alannah Taylor, who is this year’s Swan Hill Rural City Council Young Citizen Of The Year. And what an impressive young woman Alannah…

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