Media Releases
$55 million is available to co-fund projects that will fix mobile phone blackspots to provide new and improved mobile coverage in regional and remote areas of Australia. Dan Tehan, the Member for Wannon, is encouraging councils and communities in Wannon to identify areas or locations where mobile phone blackspots exist. “I am encouraging constituents in…
The Albanese Labor Government has attempted to hide more immigration bad news from the Australian people by dumping it out on the Friday afternoon before Christmas. The 2024 Population Statement published today confirms that 109,500 migrants in two years have extended their stay in Australia when they were expected to leave under Labor. Labor has…
Labor has once again been forced to raise their migration target because of their Big Australia policy. In today’s MYEFO, Labor has raised their Net Overseas Migration (NOM) forecast by 80,000 migrants, to 340,000 up from 260,000. The increased immigration forecast is now at odds with the Prime Minister’s own commitment that his Labor Government…
Almost one million migrants have arrived in just two years under the Albanese Labor Government as Australians struggle through a housing crisis. 445,600 additional migrants arrived in Australia in Financial Year 2023-24, according to the Net Overseas Migration (NOM) data published today by the ABS. Labor has again overshot its migration target, this time by…
Dan Tehan MP, Member for Wannon, is encouraging local community organisations across Wannon to apply for funding through the 2024-25 Volunteer Grants. “These grants can assist with the purchase of essential items that make volunteering in Wannon easier, safer, and more enjoyable, including equipment, training, transport, and initiatives to promote volunteering, increase awareness and inspire…
The nation’s road toll continues to rise with the latest monthly statistical report of the Bureau of Infrastructure and Transport Research Economics showing that 112 road deaths occurred during the month of October 2024. Australia’s road toll continues to track in the wrong direction, with the annual fatality rate per 100,000 head of population now…
Australians are poorer than they were two and a half years ago according to the Senate Cost of Living Committee. The Committee held more than twenty hearings across Australia and received more than 1,500 submissions and responses to its community survey throughout its inquiry into the cost of living crisis. The Final Report made nine…
Member for Wannon, Dan Tehan, is delighted to host the 2024 Wannon Sport and Volunteer Awards at a ceremony in Ararat on Friday 25 October. In the morning, Mr Tehan will host the sport awards. The ceremony will celebrate Wannon athletes, coaches and sporting clubs for their outstanding commitment or achievements in sport. “The Wannon…
SENATOR THE HON ANNE RUSTONShadow Minister for Health and Aged CareSenator for South Australia THE HON DAN TEHAN MPShadow Minister for Immigration and CitizenshipMember for Wannon An elected Coalition Government will fund $265,000 to progress the next two stages of critical research into Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (CJD), which takes the lives of approximately 80 Australians per…
A group of Wannon runners will arrive in Terang today to finish their charity run that started in Adelaide on Saturday. The group of 12 runners and support crew have covered more than 900kms from Adelaide to Terang via Blanchetown, Renmark, Mildura, Hopetoun, Horsham, and Hamilton. This is the second Run for CJD to raise…
