The 48,700 residents in Wannon covered by private health insurance will be hard hit by Julia Gillard’s decision to break another promise and means test the rebate.
The new Coalition Online Safety Working Group is an important initiative that will help prepare parents and carers to better protect children from the risks associated with the internet and social media, said the Member for Wannon, Dan Tehan today.
“The $10 million plan released by the Coalition would provide surf clubs across Australia with average grants of $5,000 to assist surf clubs purchase much needed equipment over the next five years”, said Mr Tehan.
“Across Wannon four veterans’ and community organisations will benefit from $16,762 in Veteran and Community Grants funding”, said Mr Tehan.
Christmas time is upon us already and, along with my wife Sarah, I’d like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Phone and Internet users throughout regional and rural Australia have been given an extra opportunity to have their say on the telecommunications their areas need, said the Federal Member for Wannon, Dan Tehan today.
Federal Member for Wannon, Dan Tehan, has welcomed the news that “inner” regional students will once again be eligible to receive Independent Youth Allowance from 1 January 2012.
Yesterday Labor joined with the Coalition, Greens and Independents to support a motion calling for the reinstatement of $12m in Commonwealth support for occasional care.
“Bowls is a sport played by people of all ages, and it is a great opportunity for interaction between older and younger Australians. It is pleasing to see the extensive support this petition has received from communities across Wannon, and the entire nation, who value this important sport,” Mr Tehan said.
“Julia Gillard has no mandate from the people for this new tax and in the absence of action by other nations; all that the Gillard Government has done today is export jobs and emissions overseas.”
“The Coalition is committed to the universal observation of Remembrance Day and the Recommit to Remembrance Day campaign is a Coalition-initiated, bi-partisan campaign to encourage more Australians to observe the traditional one minute’s silence on Remembrance Day.
Member for Wannon, Dan Tehan is participating in Movember (the month formally known as November), which is a month long, global initiative to raise awareness, support and funding for men’s health issues, specifically prostate cancer and male depression.
Ten months on from the devastating January floods in Wannon and it seems our flood warning systems have gone backwards rather than being updated and improved.
Michael McCormack, Kelly O’Dwyer and Dan Tehan have expressed their outrage after being given just 20 seconds per bill to outline their constituents concerns on the carbon tax legislation.
Mr Tehan is supporting Royal Life Saving in calling for widespread community action to reduce the drowning toll. Mr Tehan says we still need more water safety education in all areas of Australia as figures show 315 people drowned in the past 12 months.
Alcoa has advised the Senate that Labor’s Carbon Tax is putting further pressure on the future viability of Alcoa’s two Victorian aluminium smelters at Geelong and Portland.
Lawn bowls is one of the largest participation sports in Australia with around 800,000 people taking part annually. The ABC has recently made the shock announcement that it will dump bowls from its programming schedule.
A majority of the Parliament has today voted in favour of the Private Members Motion put forward by the Member for Aston, Alan Tudge and the Member for Wannon, Dan Tehan, to give kindergartens flexibility to implement the ‘Universal Access’ requirement of 15 hours for 4 year-olds.
“Prime Minister Julia Gillard must allow more time for parliamentary scrutiny of her carbon tax legislation after it emerged today she is changing rules to redefine what is considered as ‘agriculture’”, said the Member for Wannon, Dan Tehan.
The Coalition’s joint efforts with the Australian meat exporters industry has forced the government to establish a $25.8 million transition package for the meat export industry because it failed to deliver promised reforms before the removal of the export rebate, Federal Member for Wannon, Dan Tehan said today.
Federal Member for Wannon, Dan Tehan, has welcomed news that Fair Work Australia has dismissed a Union appeal against the decision, made in June, to vary the National Retail Award.
“The eligibility rules for Independent Youth Allowance will now revert back to the rules that were in place in 2009, and this back-down is a clear admission that the Government got it wrong with their changes.
“Across Wannon three veterans’ organisations will benefit from $23,207 in Veteran and Community Grants funding.”
Federal Member for Wannon, Dan Tehan is calling for nominations for exceptional volunteers in our local community, to be recognised at an awards ceremony as part of the United Nations tenth anniversary of the International Year of Volunteers (IYV+10).
“The Coalition knows that people with disability, their carers and families deserve a better deal. The Commission’s Final Report is an important step towards providing a better deal for these Australians and I hope that this can be achieved in a non-partisan way.
“The HEYWIRE competition is now open to people aged 16 - 22 to submit a story about life in Australia outside the major cities, so basically, what it is like to live in Wannon,” said Mr Tehan.
“The Australian of the Year Awards provide us with an opportunity to share and celebrate the people in our community that inspire us with pride and appreciation,” said Member for Wannon, Dan Tehan today.
“This memorial will be a wonderful contribution to the rich history in the Derrinallum and Lismore region of the soldier settlement. It will be a fitting tribute for the region, and one that the whole community can be proud of,” Mr Tehan said.
“The only way to stop surrendering our jobs and businesses to foreign competitors is to axe the carbon tax,” concluded Mr Tehan.
Federal Member for Wannon, Dan Tehan, has joined Shadow Minister for Seniors Bronwyn Bishop, in condemning the Labor-Green Government’s carbon tax announcement which is set to punish senior Australians in Wannon including those still in the work force, self-funded retirees and pensioners.
Federal Member for Wannon, Dan Tehan is urging the Independents to explain why they are supporting a tax that threatens beef and sheep farmers’ livelihoods and meat processors’ jobs.
Federal Member for Wannon, Dan Tehan, is calling for nominations for the 2011 Australian Government Sport Achievement Awards, to be held later this year.
“This industry is vital for the south west and it simply can’t afford to take any more hits from the Gillard Labor Government determined to roll out a Greens agenda carbon tax. The carbon tax will have severe impacts on the nation’s food producing capabilities, and therefore huge consequences for agricultural industries in Wannon.”
“The Labor/Greens carbon tax will drive up prices, threaten jobs and do nothing for the environment,” Federal Member for Wannon, Dan Tehan said today.
The Member for Wannon Dan Tehan has welcomed today’s announcement that the Senate Rural Affairs and Transport References Committee will conduct an inquiry into how the Foreign Investment Review Board’s “National Interest Test” is applied to the purchase of Australian agricultural land and agribusinesses.
Australian export industries have been left in the lurch following the government’s axing of the 40 per cent AQIS export service inspection rebate, Federal Member for Wannon, Dan Tehan said today.
Federal Member for Wannon, Dan Tehan in Question Time today asked Bill Shorten, the Minister representing the Minister for Small Business, if small businesses would be forced to pay the carbon tax on fuel they use.
Federal Member for Wannon, Dan Tehan, today warned that the cotton industry has joined the list of agricultural producers to be seriously threatened under the Gillard government’s proposed Carbon Tax.
Federal Member for Wannon, Dan Tehan, is shocked after learning that the Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees Association is trying to appeal the Fair Work Australia ruling that meant students could go back to working after school.
Federal Member for Wannon, Dan Tehan, is pleased to announce that local artist, Catherine Bailey of Portland, has received a grant of $4,600 for a project to be showcased at local Upwelling Festival held in Portland later this year.
Federal Member for Wannon, Dan Tehan, has welcomed the announcement by Leader of the Opposition, Tony Abbott on the weekend, who confirmed that a future Coalition government will recognise the Princes Highway as an Auslink road of national significance, and will commit to funding at least 50 per cent of the duplication costs from Geelong to Adelaide.
Federal Member for Wannon, Dan Tehan is encouraging Wannon residents to ask and know the organ and tissue donation wishes of their loved ones.
The Federal Member for Wannon, Dan Tehan in Question Time today sought assurance from the Treasurer regarding material being distributed by environmental activists claiming that there would be a global environmental gain from relocating Australia’s aluminium industry overseas.
Federal Member for Wannon, Dan Tehan, has welcomed news that Fair Work Australia has acknowledged the Gillard government’s retail award 3 hour minimum was unfair for regional students.
Federal Member for Wannon, Dan Tehan, is appealing to the government to stop another manufacturing business closing, with Nigretta Furniture in Hamilton likely to shut its doors if urgent government funding is not provided.
Federal Member for Wannon Dan Tehan today confirmed that sheepmeat producers are the latest in a growing list of agricultural producers to be seriously threatened under the Gillard government’s proposed Carbon Tax.
Federal Member for Wannon, Dan Tehan, is encouraging community groups to apply for the current round of NRM Community Action Grants, which are now open for applications.
Federal Member for Wannon, Dan Tehan, has hit out at the Gillard government’s carbon tax today, after the latest report, released by the National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) confirms that the carbon tax will likely cripple Australia’s agricultural industry.
Mr Tehan said that the Shipwreck Day Club had received $6,424 from the Veteran and Community Grants program, in order to fund furniture and other equipment which will help further establish the Club.
“The Warrnambool Healthy Communities Initiative aims to reduce obesity in adults with a disability or caring responsibility by improving healthy eating and physical activity,” Mr Tehan said.
The Telstra Assistance Fund is offering eligible* Australian Rules football, netball, rugby league and surf life saving clubs, as well as community music and dance groups the chance to apply for equipment lost in the flood devastated areas.
The Federal Member for Wannon, Dan Tehan is encouraging all primary school children, their parents and carers to take part in National Walk Safely to School Day on Friday 20 May 2011.
Member for Wannon, Dan Tehan today called for public recognition of outstanding local business women by urging the community to nominate them for the 2011 Telstra Business Women’s Awards.
“Australia’s forgotten families need relief from rising cost of living pressures, new taxes and wasteful government spending to take unnecessary upward pressure off interest rates.”
“I welcome the announcement of $1 million to go towards a community healthcare centre for the Timboon and District Healthcare Service,” said the Member for Wannon, Dan Tehan today.
Following compelling representations from our community, south west Victoria has been promised it will be one of the centres to receive a full Medicare licence for its Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) machine.
“These grants will provide welcome support to voluntary organisations in Wannon and help them with the important work that they undertake in service to our community,” said Dan Tehan.
“This Budget confirms how out of touch Julia Gillard and Wayne Swan are with Australian families. It fails the essential test: to ease the cost of living on Australians who face higher prices every day,” Federal Member for Wannon, Dan Tehan said today.
Federal Member for Wannon Dan Tehan today announced that funding totalling $437,772.39 has been approved until 30 June 2014 for a number of community organisations under the Family Support Program in Wannon.
Federal Member for Wannon Dan Tehan today confirmed that funding totalling $32,102 has been approved until 30 June 2011 for a number of community organisations that provide Emergency Relief services in Wannon.
“I welcome the announcement of $1.1 million for the upgrade of dialysis equipment and facilities at East Grampians Health Service in Ararat,” said the Member for Wannon, Dan Tehan today.
The theme for National Volunteer Week 2011 is ‘Inspiring the Volunteer in You’ and it is an opportunity to stop and thank the volunteers in our local community for the incredible work they do.
"This is a great opportunity for young Australians to speak about issues that matter to them,” Member for Wannon, Dan Tehan said today.
“The Federal Parliament has passed a motion introduced by the Coalition to ensure we have the vital information on the level of foreign ownership of agricultural land in Australia,” said Dan Tehan, Member for Wannon.
Prime Minister Gillard needs to provide answers on when, where and how her government will spend the $500million it committed to flood recovery in Victoria.
Federal Member for Wannon Dan Tehan says that the ACCC Investigation into anti-competitive petrol prices in Colac is now in Treasurer Wayne Swan’s hands.
Federal Member for Wannon Dan Tehan has helped kick off the inaugural Harmony Game of Pollies v Professional soccer match, which was battled out last month.
Tomorrow marks a year since the Labor government made changes to the independent youth allowance eligibility criteria, making it harder for thousands of `inner regional’ students to get the assistance and Federal Member for Wannon, Dan Tehan says local students are still waiting for the Gillard government to get their act together.
Federal Member for Wannon Dan Tehan has welcomed the release of the Productivity Commission’s Draft Report on Disability Care and Support.
Federal Member for Wannon Dan Tehan is encouraging everyone to take a moment and celebrate the amazing women in their lives for the 100th anniversary of International Women's Day on 8 March this year.
In Question Time in the Federal Parliament today, I asked the Prime Minister to guarantee there would be no job losses in the Aluminium sector from the introduction of her carbon tax.
“Prime Minister Gillard today no only broke her promise to the Australian people by announcing her Carbon Tax, but also delivered double‐tax Thursday by forcing her Flood Tax through the House of Representatives and introducing her Carbon Tax,” Mr Tehan said.
Federal Member for Wannon, Dan Tehan, has called on the Federal Government to announce what its plans are to help flood‐devastated areas in western Victoria.
This week in Parliament Prime Minister Gillard finally admitted that she got it wrong on the changes she made to Independent Youth Allowance which led to hundreds of students from Western Victoria not being able to afford a tertiary education.
“Comments in today’s Financial Review by Ross Garnaut, a key advisor to the Multi-party Climate Change Committee, give the strongest sign yet that the Labor-Greens Coalition Government will include petrol in their carbon tax, said Federal Member for Wannon, Dan Tehan today.
Shadow Minister for Tourism, Bob Baldwin, and Member for Wannon Dan Tehan, have attacked the Gillard Government for failing to include Victoria in their Tourism Industry Support Package.
“The Coalition’s Independent Youth Allowance bill was passed in the senate today”, said the Member for Wannon, Dan Tehan.
The Social Security Amendment (Income Support for Regional Students) Bill 2010 was introduced in the Senate last September and seeks to amend the legislation so that the same eligibility criteria for Independent Youth Allowance applies to all regional students.
Federal Member for Wannon Dan Tehan is calling on all local sporting champions to apply for grants of $500 for individuals or $3,000 for teams.
“Local Sporting Champions is designed to provide financial support for young sportsmen and women participating in state or national level sporting competitions and national school sport competitions,” Mr Tehan said today.
“Having promised to build a Trades Training Centre (TTC) in all 2650 Australian high schools in 2007, the Rudd/Gillard Government has only built 48 in three years”, Member for Wannon, Dan Tehan said today.
“The Gillard Labor Government must get the detail right regarding the Index of Community Socio‐Advantage (ICSEA) rankings on the flawed ‘My School’ website, before the revamped site is launched”, said Member for Wannon, Dan Tehan today.
Member for Wannon Dan Tehan has called on the Gillard Government to provide a one off Roads and Bridges To Recovery Payment directly to local government to cover the costs of damage to road and bridge infrastructure from the floods.
Following the devastating floods a Government levy would just add another unnecessary financial burden on those residents, businesses and farmers affected by flood, Federal Member for Wannon Dan Tehan said today.
Australia Day is often a day of celebration, community and mateship. Where friends and family gather together for a BBQ in the summer sun, play some backyard cricket or watch the tennis. It’s also a day where we welcome new citizens to our community, and where we recognise those who have made outstanding contributions to our society and rejoice in their achievements.
Following on from community meetings with local small businesses and talking to individuals in businesses affected by the floods, Federal Member for Wannon Dan Tehan has joined the Coalition in calling for two practical measures to assist these small businesses.
Panmure and district residents Thursday night gathered at the Recreation Reserve Centre to discuss the damage that has devastated the small community. Representatives from all the local sporting clubs, the UDV as well as Moyne Mayor Jim Doukas, Cr Bernie Harris and staff from Dan Tehan’s office attended the meeting.
“In the last 72 hours I have toured many flood affected towns across Wannon including Halls Gap, Stawell, Crowlands, Glenorchy, Glenlofty, Beaufort, Skipton, Panmure and Allansford and witnessed the tremendous work our local emergency services personnel are undertaking to keep us safe”, said Federal Member for Wannon, Dan Tehan today.
Federal Member for Wannon, Dan Tehan, has urged locals to heed warnings from local authorities about floods and dangers today as several towns across Wannon have been evacuated or partially evacuated, and roads closed to ensure maximum safety.
Federal Member for Wannon Dan Tehan is reminding concerned students and families that signed petitions calling for fairer youth allowance for inner regional students are due back on 21 January.
Our thoughts and prayers are with those dealing with the personal and economic devastation being caused by the extreme flooding in Queensland.
Once again Australians are digging deep to help one another as the rising impact of the floods continues to mount.
It is Christmas time again already and I’d like to take this opportunity to wish everyone peace and good will over the festive season.
Local Federal MP for Wannon, Dan Tehan said the Coalition has listened to the local business community and acted to end the needless and pointless red tape and compliance burden imposed on employers under the Gillard Labor government’s paid parental leave scheme.
Federal Member for Wannon Dan Tehan has welcomed the Federal Opposition Leader, the Hon Tony Abbott MHR, to Wannon, on a visit to the region including Warrnambool, Port Fairy, Hawkesdale and Hamilton.
The livelihoods of Western Victoria’s rock lobster fishermen have been put at massive risk by the Gillard Labor Government which has failed to take effective action on the closure of the Chinese export market.
Member for Wannon, Dan Tehan, will travel to Israel next week as a guest of the Rambam Israel Fellowship Program.
“This cash grab from the government, which is aimed at fixing Labor’s budgetary mess, will affect almost 21,000 families, and every additional consumer price index increase will add further cost to the price of childcare,” Mr Tehan said.
“No‐one has thought about what the implications of taking the Kindergarten from 10 to 15 hours would be and what it would mean to the community. Rather than having universal access, young children in country areas are going to have no access at all."
Federal Member for Wannon Dan Tehan has used Thursday’s Question Time to ask the Prime Minister to justify the costs that will be imposed on broadband internet users as a result of Labor’s National Broadband Network (NBN).
Speaking in Parliament this week, Federal Member for Wannon Dan Tehan again called on Prime Minister Gillard to act on the three hour minimum work requirement, and to honour her word to intervene in the Terang Co-Op student employment mess.
State and Federal Labor’s incompetence has been showcased yet again, after they announced an additional $5 million in funding last week to strengthen bridges in the south‐west that have already been strengthened.
The Gillard Labor Government needs to act immediately to address the appalling situation which has led to a family in Simpson waiting nearly two months to have smouldering pink batts removed from their roof.
The Gillard Labor Government needs to act immediately to address the appalling situation which has lead to a family in Simpson waiting nearly two months to have smouldering pink batts removed from their roof.
It is with great humility that I stand before you today in the 43rd Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia as the 14th Member for Wannon.
And it is with great pride that I stand here as the son of the late Marie Tehan, my mother who was a State Parliamentarian.
In a win for students in ‘inner regional’ towns like Beaufort, Hamilton, Port Fairy and Warrnambool the Coalition’s motion aimed at ending the discriminative criteria for Independent Youth Allowance was passed in Parliament this morning.
Tehan Welcomes Key Parliamentary Committee Appointments
Federal Member for Wannon, Dan Tehan MP, has welcomed his appointment to key regional Parliamentary committees today in Canberra.
Mr Tehan has been appointed to both of the two key House of Representatives Standing Committees that investigate issues of relevance to rural and regional Australia.
The Coalition is introducing a bill in Parliament that will establish a full judicial inquiry to investigate the waste and mismanagement that has occurred in the ‘school halls’ (Building the Education Revolution) program.
Today’s decision by the full bench of Fair Work Australia to rule out any changes to the Retail Award 3 hour minimum has come as another blow to students wanting to work before and after school.
Households in Wannon are feeling the pain of rising bills with electricity prices rising as much as 24.8%* in the last year alone.
Member for Wannon Dan Tehan has been appointed to a key Coalition committee scrutinising government
spending.
The Coalition has acted in this first week of Parliament to have the unfair Independent Youth Allowance criteria changed so that students in Inner Regional areas can again qualify for the payment.
If a Coalition Government is elected, we will deliver the Medicare funded licence that is so desperately needed for our region to ensure the affordable use of the MRI machine.
The Coalition is committed to providing families in Wannon with resources that will help them protect their children from online dangers and bullying.
The Coalition will ensure that Broadband pricing in Wannon will be comparable with Melbourne. We will achieve this by delivering a mixture of fibre optic, wireless and satellite.
Dan Tehan, the Liberal Party candidate for Wannon, has welcomed the Coalition announcement that a relaxed work test for the independent youth allowance would apply to students in the inner regional areas.
A $125,000 Green Army project within the Corangamite Shire will become a reality if the Coalition is elected to Government, said Liberal candidate for Wannon, Dan Tehan.
A $125,000 Green Army project has been announced for Portland’s Smelter Walk if a Coalition Government is elected, said Liberal Candidate for Wannon, Dan Tehan.
“Not only will a Coalition Government deliver a Medicare funded MRI licence for the south west, it will also make it easier for people to access this important diagnostic tool,” said Liberal candidate for Wannon, Dan Tehan.
The Coalition believes we need a strong agricultural sector in this country. Our food and fibre producers are the best in the world and we will support them to maintain that standing.
Liberal Candidate for Wannon Dan Tehan announced today that a Coalition Government would allocate $225,000 to upgrade lighting at Hamilton’s historic Melville Oval.
Liberal Candidate for Wannon, Dan Tehan today announced that a Coalition Government would provide $500,000 for the Great Grampians Walk
Liberal Candidate for Wannon, Dan Tehan announced today that if elected a Coalition Government will immediately grant a Medicare funded MRI licence for south west Victoria to be located in Warrnambool.
A Coalition Government will deliver quality child care services to Casterton by providing $1.2 million for the building of a Child and Family Complex
Prime Minister Julia Gillard has provided more proof that she is just like Kevin Rudd – all talk and no action.
The Liberal Candidate for Wannon, Dan Tehan said the Coalition will provide $35 million to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation to pursue finding a cure for Type 1 diabetes through the Clinical Trial Network from next year.
Mental health professionals and services in Wannon will get greater support from a major expansion of frontline mental healthcare services under a Coalition Government, the Liberal Candidate for Wannon, Dan Tehan said today.
A Coalition Government will create a $600 million program to rebuild and repair thousands of ageing and decaying bridges.
THERE were no near-crashes like Tony Abbott's infamous trip down the Princes Highway in February, but shadow treasurer Joe Hockey experienced enough of the risks of driving from Warrnambool to Geelong yesterday to convince him it needed attention.
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