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April 6, 2023

90 Second Statement House Of Representatives Thursday March 30 (Mildura Health Icon Cancer Centre)

Mr Speaker, I rise to speak on the opening of the Mildura Health Icon Cancer Centre. The new treatment centre is based at the Mildura Health Private Hospital, and brings radiotherapy cancer treatment to Sunraysia residents. While no one wants

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April 6, 2023

House of Representatives Tuesday March 21 – Safeguard Mechanism

Thankyou Deputy Speaker, We are at a time of great uncertainty, where costs are rising and business owners are talking to me about their viability. Mallee businesses a large contributor to Australia’s foodbowl. Against some of the strongest

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April 6, 2023

Adjournment debate – House Of Representatives Thursday March 30 (Heart Health)

Thankyou Deputy Speaker, I rise to call the Chamber’s attention to the issue of heart failure. Heart failure affects more than 400,000 Australians and contributes to 61,000 deaths each year. It also accounts for 70,000 hospital admissions

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March 24, 2023

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

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March 7, 2023

Migration Amendment (Australia’s Engagement in the Pacific and Other Measures) Migration (Visa Pre-application Process) Charge

Deputy Speaker, I, and the Coalition, support efforts to engage more with our Pacific neighbours. You only have to visit the Mildura, Robinvale and Swan Hill regions, along the Northern border of Mallee, to see how migrants from the Pacific

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February 14, 2023

Appropriation Bill – Closing Loopholes

I rise to speak on behalf of my electorate of Mallee on the bill which has been overshadowed by Labor’s destructive industrial relations changes. I was gagged, as were the collective voices of over 10 million Australians, by the Albanese Labor g

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September 5, 2022

Doctor shortages in Mallee

Doctor shortages in my electorate of Mallee are now at crisis point. On Thursday 18 August, just two weeks ago, the Tristar medical practice in Mildura was open. But by Friday morning its doors were closed—locked by an administrator—leaving 15,

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September 5, 2022

Tristar Medical Group

Dr WEBSTER (Mallee) (19:43): The demographics and health trends in the Mallee region are disturbing. In terms of disadvantage and need, we have three times the Indigenous population of Victoria, we have an older demographic, our weekly income is

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August 1, 2022

Regional Health – Private Members’ Business

When you’re sick and you need a doctor, it should not be a herculean task to get an appointment. However, doctor shortages exacerbate poorer health outcomes for everyone, in particular those in regional and rural towns. I can speak for my

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