I note Dan said in Wannon we need to ensure Western Victorian manufacturers have a secure supply of energy in the future. Where does Dan believe the nuclear plant should be located?The Coalition believes we have to move over time from a renewables, gas and coal mix for our future energy, to a renewables, gas…
June 2024 Edition – Staying informed and up to date with news in Wannon
In many parts of western Victoria, south-west Victoria and parts of south-east South Australia, there has been very little rain since the middle of January. We’re now in winter, and we have the makings of what is called a green drought. When you have high interest rates on top of the high prices farmers are…
Member for Wannon, Dan Tehan is calling on Wannon residents to nominate a road or intersection in most need of upgrade by completing a national road survey launched this month by Shadow Assistant Minister for Infrastructure and Transport Tony Pasin MP. Mr Pasin said the Albanese Labor Government had allowed the national road network to…
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Milton Dick MP, and Dan Tehan MP are today launching the “My First Speech” Competition for local schools in Wannon. This national competition challenges students in years 10, 11 and 12 to envision themselves as newly elected Members of the House of Representatives and to record a 90-second…
Under the Albanese Labor government, a record 547,300 migrants arrived in Australia in 2023, according to ABS data published today. No government has ever brought as many migrants to Australia in a single year. As Australians struggle with finding a place to live, with congestion on our roads, and with pressure on services like seeing…
The question I have for readers this month is, do you feel better off after two years under Labor? The latest National Accounts figures must be a wake-up call for Labor. They show the slowest GDP growth since 1991, outside the pandemic. This is the fifth consecutive quarter of negative GDP per person growth. Australia…
On 4 June, I tabled a petition against the offshore wind farm which is being proposed off the coast of Warrnambool and Port Fairy, in Parliament. A big thank you to Chief Petitioner Richard Conlan for putting the petition together and to all 4,500 of you who signed it and shared it with your family…
NO FUNDING IN THE “CONCLUDING” PROGRAM FROM 2027/28 The Albanese Labor Government has been caught out falsely claiming that the Mobile Black Spot Program has not been cut to zero. The Communications Minister has been attempting to argue that the Program has not been defunded. But the facts are that the Budget papers show that…
I have two questions for readers which merit serious reflection. Do you feel better off after two years under Labor? Do you feel safer after two years under Labor? Let’s look at the facts. Cost of living As the Reserve Bank Governor said, Australia’s inflation is largely ‘homegrown,’ meaning the financial stress that Wannon residents…
