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Mallee patients worse off as Labor’s Primary Care crisis escalates

The Albanese Labor Government is failing to cure Australia’s primary healthcare crisis which is making it harder and more expensive for people in Mallee to see a doctor. Shadow Assistant Minister for Regional Health and Member for Mallee Anne

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Member for Mallee calls for extension on Goschen Environmental Effects Statement submissions

Member for Mallee Anne Webster has called on Victorian Minister for Planning Sonya Kilkenny to extend the deadline for submissions for the Environmental Effects Statement (EES[1]) process for the Goschen Mineral Sands project near Lalbert.

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Parliament
90 second statement – Child Care – 14 June 2023

This is a letter from one of my constituents: ‘I am writing about my return to work and the childcare shortage in Victoria. There is no availability in my local childcare centre until 2025. That means teachers and nurses who are mothers in my

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Parliament
3 Minute Constituency Statement – Energy

Today in question time we saw scores of farmers from my electorate of Mallee - around 60 of them- in the chamber, and I congratulate them for downing tools, turning off the tractors and trying to put a stop to the nonsense that is electricity

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Matters of Public Importance – Power Prices

I believe keeping a promise is a sign of integrity. Those who are elected members in this House hold positions of privilege, and it is incumbent upon each of us to fulfil our promises—much more so from a Prime Minister.

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Column
Projects must have Social Licence

This week I met with the Minerals Council of Australia (MCA) to talk about mining projects in Mallee and the potential impact on prime agricultural land. Projects such as mineral sands mining or construction of transmission lines require

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Reckless renewables rush threatening energy grid

The Albanese Labor Government’s reckless rush to renewables is threatening Australia’s energy grid and the livelihoods of farmers and their communities, Member for Mallee Anne Webster says. In its draft 2024 Integrated System Plan (ISP)

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Labor heavy on the levies, running Mallee farmers dry

The Albanese Labor Government is threatening Mallee’s productivity through the new biosecurity fresh food tax, Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster says. The Productivity Commission’s new report Towards Levyathan? Industry levies in Australia

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Column – projects must have social licence

This week I met with the Minerals Council of Australia (MCA) to talk about mining projects in Mallee and the potential impact on prime agricultural land. Projects such as mineral sands mining or construction of transmission lines require

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