Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster MP says it is positive that Labor finally seems to realise the importance of social licence when it comes to data centres and AI, showing they’ve learned from stoking division through their ‘Rewiring the Nation’ energy rollout – while warning AI’s water demand is a critical consideration for Mallee…
DetailsThe Allan Labor Government’s deception and lack of transparency has been called out after it was discovered to be censoring evidence tendered to a parliamentary inquiry into last summer’s bushfires. In extraordinary developments, the Upper House inquiry into the bushfires was given a 33-page list of responses to questions taken on notice by the CFA,…
DetailsRegional Victorians have used the Liberals and Nationals’ Fresh Start Tour to send a clear message – they’re paying more, getting less, and they’re ready for a government that backs their communities. The tour made a timely visit through north-east Victoria with The Nationals Member for Euroa, Annabelle Cleeland receiving more than 100 complaints over…
DetailsThe Victorian Nationals have a practical plan to remove unfair taxes and charges that are placing enormous pressure on Victorian families, says local MP Tim Bull and Nationals’ candidate for Gippsland East, Gemma Rendell. “Victorians do not have a spending problem. The Allan Government does, and families should not be expected to keep paying the…
DetailsThe Coalition succeeded before the winter break of Parliament in putting human decision making – not a computer algorithm – as the highest priority in decisions about the level of aged care support older Australians received. The Aged Care Amendment (Restoring Human Override for Aged Care Needs Assessments) Bill 2026 passed with the support of the crossbench…
DetailsA Jess Wilson led Liberal and Nationals Government will get one of Melbourne’s fastest growing communities moving for good under a $524 million duplication of Donnybrook Road. Every day, around 35,000 vehicles travel along Donnybrook Road – a road designed to safely carry around 20,000 vehicles a day – and in peak times, it…
DetailsRegional Australians are finally seeing a clearer picture of mobile coverage, and it confirms what many have known for years: mobile coverage maps and real-world experience do not always match. The Coalition welcomes a new national mobile coverage mapping standard in force from 1 July, which requires all telcos to publish clear, comparable 4G and…
DetailsThe Nationals Member for Euroa Annabelle Cleeland has condemned the Allan Labor Government after her office received almost 100 reports of dangerous road conditions across the electorate in just one week, with families left facing thousands of dollars in vehicle repairs because of roads Labor has failed to maintain. With thousands of Victorians travelling during…
DetailsThe Nationals State Member for Euroa Annabelle Cleeland has slammed the Allan Labor Government following a damning new Victorian Auditor-General’s Office (VAGO) report which exposes ongoing failures in Victoria’s bushfire preparedness. The independent report, Follow-up: Reducing Bushfire Risks, reveals that six years after major concerns were first identified, many of the same shortcomings remain unresolved, leaving…
DetailsMallee’s newest and stressed home buyers are at risk as Australia’s housing market buckles after Labor’s shock $77 billion tax increases, Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster said today. National home values fell 0.4 per cent in June – the sharpest monthly drop since December 2022 – with values down 0.7 per cent over 3…
DetailsMember for Mallee Dr Anne Webster has welcomed the failure of Albanese Labor’s proposed national gun buyback scheme after it failed to meet its own deadline. States and territories rejected to sign up to Labor’s unworkable proposal before laws were meant to be passed by 1 July. “The Prime Minister promised agreement by March and…
DetailsThe Nationals’ Member for Euroa, Annabelle Cleeland, has wished local students Abella Beckman and Ollie Swain all the very best as they undertake the historic Kokoda Trek during the school holidays. Abella and Ollie departed on 27 June after being awarded the John ‘Jack’ Dawson Kokoda Scholarship, which recognises young people who demonstrate leadership, community…
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