Opinion
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Lack of investment for Mallee
I enjoyed reading last weekend’s Australian article by demographer Bernard Salt, reminiscing about his Terang upbringing: reading the local paper, listening to the local radio…
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Mallee MP sworn in
IT is my honour to be officially sworn in this week in Canberra as your Member for Mallee in the 48th Federal Parliament. Amid a…
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Regional news is the canary in the coal mine
THIS week, I step up as president of Country Press Australia (CPA), ostensibly to represent the best interests of independent regional newspaper publishers. But the…
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Rain is welcome
IT has been a positive week for Victorian farmers thanks to some overdue rain, but we need much more rain because it has been dry…
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Calls are answered
THESE last 10 days I have hit the ground running in my new shadow ministry portfolios and met with Telstra executives in Mallee who were…
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Workers and families paying the highest cost for falls
Sam Jenkin WorkSafe executive director of health and safety IT’S incredibly frustrating that falls from height continue to be a leading cause of fatalities and…
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Power prices keep going up
Anne Webster Member for Mallee TUESDAY’S The Guardian reported on the draft 2025 Victorian Transmission Plan providing “more certainty” about the shift to renewable energy,…
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Webster resolute
THE Australian public never get it wrong and delivered two clear verdicts at the May 3 Federal election. First, across Mallee, The Nationals primary vote…
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In wake of elections, Nationals are best places to ensure regions are heard
WHAT now for Swan Hill, Robinvale, Lake Boga, Nyah West, Nyah and the region’s other irrigation communities following the federal election? The Nationals vote increased…
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It’s time to take a stand
ENOUGH’S enough. Seriously, it beggars belief that in 2025, the type of behaviour I am about to write about still goes on in society –…
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