NATIONAL PRESS CLUB | A BETTER AUSTRALIA
Let me start with three statements that some will find controversial and challenging…
Energy and Emissions and Reduction
Energy is critical to Australia’s prosperity. Australia needs an energy plan that is focused on scientific endeavour, technology and innovation in all areas of energy production. My job will be to work with my colleagues to develop that plan. As the Shadow Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction, I will hold the Labor Minister Chris Bowen to account. Labor promised a $275 reduction in household power bills by 2025. It is as clear as day that Minister Bowen has failed to deliver on that promise. Instead, the Australian Energy Regulator has confirmed Australian households are paying up to $1,300 more for their electricity than promised — a damming indictment on Minister Bowen. Labor has also undermined Australia’s domestic gas industry, which has seen household gas prices increase by 34% since Labor was elected. This is hurting households, manufacturers and small business and adding to the nation’s cost-of-living crisis.
Let me start with three statements that some will find controversial and challenging…
SUBJECT | Funding for Victorian regional roads | 17 October 2022 PETE STEFANOVIC: Let’s go live now to the shadow immigration minister Dan Tehan. He is in Canberra. Dan, good morning to you. We’ll start off with the flooding. How is your electorate coping? DAN TEHAN: Well, Pete, serious. Thank you to the SES for…
SUBJECT | Labor junking stage 3 tax cuts, Novak Djokovic | 10 October 2022 Pete Stefanovic: Dan, you’re in my hood; what are you doing up there? Dan Tehan: I’m meeting with businesses here, Pete, to talk about workforce shortages. Talking to the local tourism industry and the chamber of commerce just to hear what’s…
SUBJECT | ISIS camps | 3 October 2022 Stefanovic: Joining us live now is the shadow immigration minister, Dan Tehan. Dan, good to see you. Thanks for your time this Monday morning. So, do you support the plan to repatriate women and children from Syria? Tehan: Well, obviously, we still need a lot more detail,…
SUBJECT | ISIS CAMPS | 3 October 2022 Paul Murray: Dan Tehan is the shadow immigration minister. Should we be doing this? Dan Tehan: Well, Paul, obviously, the first priority of any government is to make sure that they put the safety of Australia first. Now the only way, and the only reason, we should…
SUBJECT | Biosecurity Act | 27 September 2022 JOE HILDEBRAND: G’day Dan, how are you? Welcome to Afternoons. DAN TEHAN: Great to be with you, Joe, and I’m very well, thank you. How are you? HILDEBRAND: Excellent. Delighted to hear it mate; very well also. You’ve said, quote, the Government must have-or the parliament, the…
SUBJECT | Biosecurity | 27 September 2022 CHRIS KENNY: Thanks for joining us, Dan. You reckon politicians must have been asleep at the wheel, yourself included when these laws were passed? DAN TEHAN: That’s right, Chris. They were passed in 2015, and they were passed under the Biosecurity Act, which dealt with both animal health…
SUBJECT | Biosecurity Act | 27 September 2022 Josh Szeps: Dan Tehan was the Trade Minister and is currently the Shadow Minister for Immigration and Citizenship. Lovely to talk to you, Dan. Dan Tehan: Morning, Josh; great to be with you. Szeps: What’s your concern? Tehan: My concern is that these laws bestow powers at…
SUBJECT | Biosecurity Act | 27 September 2022 LIAM BARTLETT: Dan, good morning to you DAN TEHAN: Morning, Liam; great to be with you. BARTLETT: Good to talk to you, Dan. Look, it’s an interesting call. I’ve got to say it’s a brave call. I mean, you’re saying, now, with hindsight, perhaps we overdid it…
A higher immigration number doesn’t address the skills shortage. Labor need to provide detail about how they are going to address the skills shortages. What skills will they target? What visas will be used? What additional resources will be provided, and when will they be available? Today’s announcement will do nothing for our farmers and…