Articles:
All Media
Parliament
In the News
Column

MEDIA

IN THE NEWS

In the News
April 18, 2024
Labor’s let down on council funding

Labor has let down local Governments by failing to deliver on its promise of increased funding, Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster says.After initially stalling any funding increases by opening an Inquiry into Local Government Sustainability

Details
Arrow
In the News
April 17, 2024
Labor reveals its true Nature in costly environmental double-up

The Albanese Labor Government’s revised Nature Positive proposals are only positive for bloated bureaucracy and more green tape for business, farmers and other job creators, Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster. The second stage of Environment

Details
Arrow
In the News
April 16, 2024
The Nationals’ pressure paying off at checkouts for shoppers

The Nationals’ public pressure applied to Woolworths and Coles is helping to keep shelf prices steady at the big supermarkets, Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster says. Former Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) Chair Allan

Details
Arrow
In the News
April 12, 2024
Albo’s Future Made in Australia already failing to launch

Industry groups and Labor’s own hand-picked Productivity Commission Chair have already shot down Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s 2024-25 budget centrepiece, Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster says. Labor’s proposed Future Made in Australia

Details
Arrow
In the News
April 11, 2024
Labor’s ‘Made in Australia’ pitch purely a diversion tactic

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s “Future Made In Australia” speech today tries to snatch the ‘Made in Australia’ mantra The Nationals have made famous for decades, only to divert accountability for Labor’s own distractions and failures,

Details
Arrow
In the News
April 11, 2024
Plibersek mysteriously turns 58GL Victorian water projects back on

Federal Water Minister Tanya Plibersek mysteriously reinstated federal funding for 58 gigalitres of Victorian Murray Darling Basin Plan projects today in an embarrassing backdown, Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster says. The Minister was

Details
Arrow
In the News
April 10, 2024
Labor inaction on 3G shutdown puts Australians on hold

The Albanese Labor Government’s lack of action on the impending 3G network switch off is leaving Australians vulnerable, Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster says.Telstra will shut down its 3G network in June, with Optus to follow in September,

Details
Arrow
In the News
April 9, 2024
Labor must support effective mouse control

Labor Agricultural Minister Murray Watt must support effective mouse controls for Mallee farmers ahead of cropping season, Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster says. Grains Producers Australia (GPA) is seeking approval for continued use of 50

Details
Arrow
In the News
April 8, 2024
‘Mickey Mouse’ review continues Labor’s go-slow on grocery relief

Labor has been too slow to act on supermarket price gouging, Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster says as the Leader of the Opposition described the Prime Minister’s review as ‘Mickey Mouse’. Former Labor Minister Dr Craig Emerson’s interim report

Details
Arrow