Reports today in the Australian Financial Review about the still unchecked rollout of Labor’s home battery program should be read with interest by Treasurer Jim Chalmers. Under Labor, the taxpayer-funded battery subsidy started with a budget of $2.3 billion and has blown out to $8.5 billion. As revealed in Senate Estimates last week, $3.95 billion…
October 2026 Edition – Staying informed and up to date with news in Wannon
The Hon Dan Tehan MPShadow Minister for Energy and Emissions ReductionManager of Opposition BusinessSPEECH – RAISING A MATTER OF PRIVILEGE PRIME MINISTER DELIBERATELY MISLEADING THE HOUSE AS TO THE INVITE-ONLY MARRICKVILLE GOLF CLUB GRANT HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 29 October 2026 E&OE… Speaker, I wish to raise a matter of privilege. Noting we are now between…
The Albanese Labor Government’s expansion of taxpayer-funded solar subsidies for businesses could add up to $12 to each household’s energy bills per year, secret government documents reveal. According to a letter from Energy Minister Chris Bowen to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, obtained by the Opposition under Freedom of Information laws, the Government’s decision to incorporate…
In explosive evidence to Senate Estimates this evening, Snowy Hydro’s CEO Dennis Barnes: The extraordinary evidence was made following revelations last week that the revised cost to complete Snowy 2.0 under Labor had exploded to $25 billion. Shadow Minister for Energy and Emissions Dan Tehan said the revelations were disturbing. “Labor’s spending addiction has added…
The Albanese Labor Government’s unsafe and unaffordable home battery subsidy program has cost taxpayers a mammoth $4.63 billion to date. At Senate Estimates today, officials confirmed that from 1 July 2025 to 27 September 2026, $4.63 billion had been spent on the program, more than half of the program’s $8.5 billion lifetime budget. Asked to…
Energy Minister Chris Bowen has refused to release the Snowy Hydro 2.0 cost reassessment, defying a formal order from the Senate to do so today. On 14 October 2026, the Senate passed an Order for the Production of Documents requiring Minister Bowen to produce Snowy Hydro Ltd’s cost reassessment report by midday today. The deadline…
Reports this morning in The Australian of deep-seated industry concern with the prospect of having to face an even harsher Safeguard Mechanism must be heeded by Chris Bowen. It is becoming clearer by the day that the Government’s review into the Safeguard Mechanism, a punitive carbon tax, is being used as a launchpad for other…
Energy Minister Chris Bowen has confirmed today that a future budget blowout of the mega renewable energy project will “absolutely” occur, with the bombshell cost blowout report still being kept secret. It is yet further evidence that he should apologise to the Australian taxpayer and resign. Speaking on News 24, Minister Bowen said that the…
Statement In February this year, Energy Minister Chris Bowen declared that Snowy 2.0 was “back on track.” But the release this evening of Snowy Hydro Ltd’s overdue cost reassessment shows that this project has blown out to a staggering $25 billion under Chris Bowen. If a CEO oversaw such maladministration, a board would have no…
