Federal Member for Wannon Dan Tehan has urged residents, farmers and backyard poultry owners to remain vigilant following confirmation that the H5N1 strain of highly pathogenic avian influenza (bird flu) has been detected in a wild bird at Portland. Mr Tehan said the confirmation by the CSIRO that H5N1 is spreading among wild birds in…
Families across Wannon are continuing to bear the cost of Labor’s childcare policies, with the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics Consumer Price Index figures showing childcare costs have increased by 7.6 per cent over the past 12 months, twice the rate of headline inflation. Federal Member for Wannon Dan Tehan said the figures were another…
New Consumer Price Index (CPI) data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics is further evidence Australians will never receive Labor’s promised $275 power bill cut. According to the latest CPI data, released yesterday, electricity prices are up more than 22 per cent in a year. In Melbourne alone, electricity prices rose by 22.1 per cent…
