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Black spot funding for Horsham, Maryborough and Mildura

The Federal Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster MP has welcomed the four Mallee sites that have received road Black Spot funding, but says the allocated money should be greater, exposing the Albanese Labor government’s poor record on road

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Senate inquiry to examine closure of Network Ten Mildura

The closure of the Mildura Digital Television service will now be the subject of a Senate inquiry. Shadow Communications Minister David Coleman said the Coalition had successfully fought to establish the inquiry, after the shutdown of Network

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Statements by Members - Cost of Living

The Albanese government used to wax lyrical on their failed war on feral cats, but the cost-of-living crisis is the feral dog that is biting and terrorising families and businesses across Australia. And what does this government offer to...

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Communications Legislation Amendment (Regional Broadcasting Continuity) Bill 2024

I rise to speak on the Communications Legislation Amendment (Regional Broadcasting Continuity) Bill 2024. Mildura and the wider Sunraysia region are ground zero for the vanishing future of regional free-to-air television broadcasting, which...

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Statements by Members - Mallee Electorate

On a rainy afternoon in Boort in the east of my electorate of Mallee, my heart was warmed by the many people who came out to see me in the mobile office at Godfrey & Bear cafe. It was great to meet with a stream of community members needing...

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Mallee Electorate: Child Care

I rise to pay tribute to two Mallee community members: Jo Martin, from Wimmera Southern Mallee Development, who leads Thrive by Five; and Wendy Gladman, from Loddon Shire, who runs The Parenthood. I met both in Boort recently. These women...

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Labor ‘shuffling the deckchairs’ in wake of sinking of TEN Mildura

Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster says she agrees with FreeTV’s assessment that regional media stakeholders are ‘shuffling the deckchairs’ after the sinking of Ten Mildura, yet another regional service swallowed up by city-centric governance.

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Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Amendment (Withdrawal from Amalgamation) Bill 2024

This month the weak leadership of Prime Minister Albanese has been exposed by the belligerence of John Setka, the Victoria-Tasmania secretary of the CFMEU. After we on this side of the House moved our bill, the Fair Work...

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Nature Positive (Environment Protection Australia) Bill 2024

This Nature Positive (Environment Protections Australia) Bill 2024 and the related bills yet again represent Labor's spin. As the Australian columnist Robert Gottliebsen pointed out earlier this year, 'nature positive' is lifted straight...

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