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15 hours ago
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Nationals MP Anne Webster drops request for protection orders against One Nation supporter
National Party MP Anne Webster and her husband Philip Webster have dropped a request for personal safety intervention orders against a One Nation supporter after an altercation at a Mildura car show. The Mildura Magistrate's Court put interim orders in place in April barring One Nation supporter Dean Lampard from contacting or approaching the Websters until Mr Lampard could obtain a lawyer. On Friday, the Victorian Solicitor General's Office dropped the application, saying it was unlikely to be approved. Magistrate Patrick Southey told the court Mr Lampard had made "nonsense" allegations against the Websters of corruption and paedophilia. "[They] were offensive, defamatory, crackpot, conspiracy theory allegations that hold no basis whatsoever," Magistrate Patrick Southey told the court. "If there was any shred of truth, [Anne Webster] wouldn't be a Member of Parliament and [Philip Webster] wouldn't be a doctor." Mr Lampard's lawyer Jamie Griffin said there was no evidence to suggest Mr Lampard's allegations against the Websters were "crackpot" or "conspiracy theory'. The court heard Mr Lampard made the accusations against the Websters when he went to Anne Webster's Mildura office on March 1. The court heard on that occasion, she did not like what was said by Mr Lampard and asked him to leave. Six weeks later, on Good Friday, Dr Webster's husband approached Mr Lampard at a car show with two of her staff and a security guard. Mr Griffin previously told the court there was "a conversation and pushing and shoving", with Mr Webster shoving Mr Lampard. He said there were no allegations of assault or threats by his client at the car show, and that he left of his own accord. "How can it be said that Mr Webster has any fear at all when he approaches my client, assaults my client, and my client leaves?" he asked the court. The court heard Mr Griffin contested the legitimacy of the interim orders that he described as baseless and without proof of criminal conduct. Mr Griffin told the court he found it questionable that a senior detective at Mildura Police Station brought the application to court in the first place. "It's exceptional that a matter like this, first of all, is prosecuted by a senior detective where there is no crime alleged here," Mr Griffin told the court. "The base of the claim is that there is a chance Mr Lampard may, in the future, make some other comment or approach Ms Webster." The media was denied a copy of the affidavit supporting the allegations made by the Websters against Mr Lampard because "it was protected information". Magistrate Southey told the court he believed the application for the interim orders had been made in good faith, despite them being withdrawn. "Is that largely because it's unlikely you can prove there is an ongoing likelihood of misbehaviour, is that the reason?" Magistrate Patrick Southey asked the lawyer for the Websters. Solicitor for the government, Nadia Deltondo, replied, "There are a number of reasons that unfortunately I can't answer." An application to have the Websters pay Mr Lampard's court costs was refused. Dr Webster retained the seat of Mallee in the May election with a slight swing toward her, in what is considered a safe seat. She was elevated three weeks ago to shadow minister for regional development, local government and territories and shadow minister for regional communications. The Websters were not in court for Friday's hearing.
Sky News AU
2 days ago
- Business
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‘Mind-bending': Labor is ‘powering on' renewables and it is failing regional communities
Shadow Minister for Regional Development Anne Webster states the Victorian and Federal Labor governments are making strides toward their net-zero goals, asserting this is detrimental to regional communities. 'It is honestly mind-bending that the Victorian government and Chris Bowen at a federal level are now powering on in his second term to get this job done,' Ms Webster told Sky News host Chris Kenny. 'Let's face it, all their targets are in place, and they can't fail – the problem is they're failing regional communities.'
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2 days ago
- Politics
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‘Going to happen anyway': Labor is blinded by green ideology
Shadow Minister for Regional Development Anne Webster recounts Victorian Minister for Energy Lily D'Ambrosio's meeting in Wycheproof and Labor's obsession with green ideology. 'Lily D'Ambrosio, the Minister for Energy in Victoria travelled to Wycheproof … to meet with local community,' Ms Webster told Sky News host Chris Kenny. 'They tried to explain to her how damaging this whole renewable's rollout, the railroading of their communities, the dividing up of their communities, the impact it is having on mental health and on people's sense of wellbeing. 'At the end, she said, it's going to happen anyway.'
Sky News AU
05-06-2025
- Politics
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Albanese government ‘not providing enough' to farmers experiencing drought
Shadow Regional Development Minister Anne Webster claims the Albanese government is not doing 'enough' in farmers' 'time of crisis' of droughts hitting rural Victoria and New South Wales. 'It doesn't let the government off the hook,' Ms Webster told Sky News host Chris Kenny. 'What the government is providing is not enough. 'Farmers are desperately needing a breather.'
ABC News
23-05-2025
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One Nation supporter fighting personal safety order was allegedly pushed by MP's husband, court hears
A court considering an application by a Victorian MP and her husband for a personal safety order against a One Nation supporter has heard allegations the MP's husband allegedly shoved the supporter at a car show in the lead-up to the federal election. Mallee MP Anne Webster and her husband, Philip Webster, successfully obtained an interim safety order on April 23 preventing One Nation supporter and Mallee farmer Dean Lampard from contacting or approaching them. The interim order followed an alleged altercation on Good Friday between Mr Webster and Mr Lampard at a Mildura car show, and prevented Mr Lampard from being within 20 metres of the Websters and their home or workplaces, and from contacting them. The Victorian government Solicitor's Office is now representing Dr Webster and her husband in an application for full personal safety orders against Mr Lampard. Mr Lampard's defence lawyer, Jamie Griffin, told Mildura Magistrates Court today it was Dr Webster's husband and her staff that approached Mr Lampard at the car show on Good Friday. Mr Griffin told the court there was "a conversation and pushing and shoving", with Mr Webster shoving Mr Lampard. "Ms Webster's staff approached Mr Lampard — Mr Lampard didn't approach Ms Webster," he said. Dr Webster, who is a member of the Nationals party, retained the seat of Mallee in the election with a slight swing toward her, in what is considered a safe seat. Dr Webster and her husband were not present in court today. The Websters' lawyer told the court he had only been made aware of the matter on Wednesday. Mr Lampard's lawyer argued there was not strong enough evidence for a continued protection order. A media application for a copy of an affidavit outlining the full allegations against Mr Lampard was adjourned to next month. The protection order hearing was also adjourned to a later date.
