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Meta leaves regional media in the cold

Facebook owner Meta’s decision to stop paying news publishers for content should sound the alarm bell for regional media outlets, Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster says.The former Coalition government passed legislation in 2021 requiring

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Farmers can’t afford Labor’s fresh food tax as productivity languishes

Labor’s fresh food tax risks Mallee farmers’ productivity and Australia’s $100 billion goal for farm gate output by 2030, Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster says. While Australia’s gross value of agricultural production had increased by about

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VNI-West must go back to the drawing board amid consultation chaos

Victorian Labor’s attempt to again reboot consultation on transmission lines is an admission consultation has failed abysmally on VNI-West, Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster says.The Allan Labor Government has introduced a Bill to establish

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Parliament
Help to Buy Bill

As we debate the Help to Buy Bill today, I want to reflect first on how we have come to be in a position where the Commonwealth has to help people buy a home. In 1984, it cost $64,000 to buy the average home, and an annual income back then was a

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Parliament
Matters of Public Importance

I rise to speak on the Albanese Labor government’s misguided priorities for Australia. Mallee voters don’t buy Labor’s song-and-dance routine that they are the party of tax cuts. Stages one, two and three income tax cuts were under the coalition

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Victims’ surging insurance costs need a public inquiry

Natural disaster victims’ allegations insurance companies have price gouged them need urgent investigation by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster says.Skyrocketing premiums during a cost-

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Fire victims have some relief, farmers and businesses need help fast

Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster has welcomed the Emergency Management Minister’s decision late on Friday to grant Mallee’s Dadswells Bridge fire victims $1,000 per adult and $400 per child, from 2pm Monday. “I have been seeking this support

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Labor’s new fresh food tax already rotten as it drops in parliament

Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster has slammed Labor’s new fresh food tax after it was introduced in Parliament earlier today, as farming groups’ opposition to the proposal builds up. “Labor continues to make a mess of its new fresh food tax

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Coalition-era fund helps wool as farmer market access stalls

The Federal Government’s announcement of $1.44 million to further diversify Australia’s wool market is an added return on the investment the Coalition made in office, Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster MP said. “As we know all too well in Mallee

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