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Coalition calls for immediate halving of fuel tax as national fuel crisis deepens - Media Release

"Mallee family budgets are already stretched before the Iran conflict. Labor's war on fossil fuels has put families, farmers and small businesses at breaking point.

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Interview with Chris Kenny, Sky News 'Kenny Report' - Thursday 26 March 2026

TOPICS: Abandoned renewable energy projects, protecting prime agricultural land, cultural heritage, development on private property

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Farm produce crisis looms due to Albanese Government’s fuel supply crisis - Media Release

“This is panic legislating from a Government accusing Australians of panic buying,” Dr Webster told Parliament on Thursday morning.

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Interview with Grace Marshall, ABC Mildura and Swan Hill Breakfast - Transcript - Wednesday 25 March 2026

TOPICS: Australia-European Union Trade Agreement, agriculture sector reactions, protecting prime agricultural land, The Nationals' SA election outcome, One Nation

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Australian farmers sacrificed in Albanese Government’s Eurovision contest - Media Release

“Yet again Mallee farmers and regional Australians are thrown under the bus for the Albanese Labor Government to tick political boxes.”

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Interview with Jaynie Seal, 'On The Hour', Sky News - Sunday 22 March 2026

TOPICS: Fuel prices, regional communities, diesel shortages, panic buying, Chris Bowen, price gouging, ACCC investigation, fertiliser shortages, almond industry, primary industries, government action, Albanese government, rationing, work from h

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Anne Webster MP Updated Portfolio Responsibilities: Regional Health and Regional Communications - Media Release

Regional Australians should not be disadvantaged because of where they live. My focus remains on ensuring that the voices of regional communities are heard at the national level and that practical, lasting improvements are delivered.

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Fuel crisis exposes Labor failures as Mallee towns run dry - Media Release

An empty tank equals an empty stomach, Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster MP said today as farmers warn the Middle East conflict are depriving farms of the fuel needed to feed and clothe the nation.

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Interview with James Macpherson, 'The Macpherson Angle', Sky News - Sunday 15 March 2026

TOPICS: Government fuel supply assurances, minimum stockholding obligation, regional fuel shortages, fuel excise, ACCC powers, Iran conflict, US deployment request, Australia-US relationship, Nationals Leadership, Iranian asylum seekers

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