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February 23, 2024
Butler must act on State Labor cash grab

The Albanese Labor Government must push back against Victoria’s GP payroll tax and save patients money, Shadow Assistant Minister for Regional Health and Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster says. Patients are facing fee hikes of 30 per cent under

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February 19, 2024
Mallee residents to bear the brunt of Labor’s Family Car Tax

Mallee residents and regional Australians will pay up to $25,000 more for the region’s most popular cars, as the Albanese Labor Government proposes subsidising the largely metropolitan uptake of electric vehicles, Member for Mallee Dr Anne

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February 16, 2024
Member for Mallee requests Federal fire payments for residents affected by Grampians and Wimmera fires

Member for Mallee Anne Webster has requested Federal Emergency Management Minister Murray Watt activate Commonwealth funding for victims of the Wimmera and Grampians bushfires.“The Federal Government must step in and support fire victims as they

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February 16, 2024
Labor’s revamped food tax still sucks life out of farmers and families

Australian farmers are being treated as Labor’s cash cows under a new Biosecurity Fresh Food Tax, Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster says. The tax will force Australian farmers to pay for the biosecurity costs of international importers who

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February 16, 2024
Labor’s political games fan the flames of unemployment

Labor’s Industrial Relations Laws will drive more people out of work with unemployment already rising under the Albanese Government, Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster says.The unemployment rate in Australia is at a two year high of 4.1 per cent

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February 14, 2024
Mallee residents need to dissuade Plibersek from water fantasies

Farmers and Mallee irrigation communities need to have their say on the mechanisms for water buybacks, the Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster says, as the Albanese Labor Government Restoring Our Rivers Act draft framework consultation runs for

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February 12, 2024
Mallee apprenticeship slump highlights Labor’s failed training pledge

Mallee tradies will be hard pressed to find apprentices to address a skills shortage due to a collapse in trade training under Labor, Member for Mallee Anne Webster says. New data from the National Centre for Vocational Education and Research

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February 11, 2024
Mallee job creators can’t disconnect fast enough from reckless Labor after slap-dash deal with Greens

Labor’s chaotic Right to Disconnect laws put Mallee employers at risk of criminal punishment if they contact employees outside of work hours. “Mallee small business owners will need to become industrial relations lawyers – or fork out for them

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February 9, 2024
Labor infighting puts regional health at risk

Regional Victorian lives are being put at risk by infighting between Labor State and Federal Governments, Shadow Assistant Minister for Regional Health Anne Webster says.Federal Health Minister Mark Butler has urged the Allan Labor Government to

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