"When talking about the overall economic performance of the Gillard government there are three issues that come top of mind. The first one is the issue of trust and credibility—the issue of the truth. The second one is waste—and we have seen a lot of waste. The third one is the carbon tax and what it is going to do to the already increasing cost of living being felt in communities across the country."
"The cost of living is biting; it is hitting hard. What is the government's answer? To increase it even further. That is what this bill will do. The sad thing is that the cost-of-living increase will hit those who can least afford it. It will hit the pensioners who save so that they can take out private health insurance and who want to have the surety of knowing that they can get the medical help they desire later in life."
Dan speaks in Parliament about foreign ownership of land and the difference between the levels of scrutiny applied to residential real estate as opposed to rural real estate.
Dan makes a personal explanation to the House of Representatives to defend his calls for the Terang Co-op students who lost their after school jobs to be heard at the review into the Fair Work Act.
I think the timber industry does have a strong future in this country. If we get the policy settings right we will see that happen. What we have to do is change the way the timber industry is viewed. We have to get education into our schools to see the merits and the environmental friendliness of the industry, change the way it is perceived and change some of the policy settings. The timber industry's future is bright.
It is sad that, given the challenges that the Australian economy is going to face in the next five to 10 years, we have a government that is introducing taxes which will reduce our international competitiveness and make it harder for Australian businesses, both large and small, to continue to operate in the international environment.
Less than six weeks into the extended 52-week program, the government announced that funds had run out. The exit grant was often the only means by which some farmers could exit their farms with sufficient support to transition to a new livelihood.
It is with great joy that I rise this evening to support this motion moved by the member for McMillan. I must thank the member for McMillan because when he said he was going to move this motion he asked me whether I would be prepared to second it. It was with great delight that I said I would, and I congratulate him for moving this motion. There are 1,500 dairy farms in western Victoria. They currently produce around 2.1 billion litres of milk. That is nearly a quarter of Australia's milk production.
These 400 signatures clearly show that there is community concern in regional and rural Australia about the lack of telecommunications and, in particular, mobile telecommunications. The minister needs to act. He stole $2 billion which had been earmarked and allocated to provide central telecommunications in regional and rural areas and has put it into his NBN folly and left regional and rural Australia abandoned as a result.
My question is to the Prime Minister. Is the Prime Minister aware that Murray-Goulburn, which produces this locally made butter, will be hit by her carbon tax while the company that makes this European butter is virtually exempt from the European emissions trading scheme? Prime Minister, how is this fair?
Mr TEHAN (Wannon) (20:41): I rise here tonight to support the motion that has been moved which calls on the government to give the people a say. We have seen through the government's actions today that they do not want to give the Australian people a say. We have had a group of people come to Canberra from across Australia to voice their opinion, and what was the reaction they got from this government? From the Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, we had, 'This has been nothing but a convoy of no consequence.'
Mr TEHAN (Wannon) (19:56): The blame game is back. It is back bigger and better than ever. We were going to see an end to the blame game in 2007. We were going to have the states and the Commonwealth cooperating together. Now we have an issue—an issue of bungling and mismanagement. And what is the response of the government? 'We are going to blame the states.
Mr TEHAN (Wannon) (18:02): In speaking on the Schools Assistance Amendment Bill 2011 this evening, I will start by reading a quote out because sadly it sums up where we are at with this legislation.
Mr TEHAN (Wannon) (18:01): I rise to speak on the National Health Reform Amendment (National Health Performance Authority) Bill. I would love to be standing here tonight saying that what we have is real reform for the Australian health system but, sadly, we do not. I have some personal experience with this because my mother, the late Marie Tehan, introduced serious health reform in the state of Victoria between 1992 and 1996. That period was incredibly challenging for the then government because the Cain-Kirner government had left the state of Victoria with a $33 billion debt. The interest on that debt was equal to that of delivering a large state government department. So when the Kennett government came in they were faced with getting the budget back in order—sadly, an all too familiar story—but also with really having to drive reform through.
I rise to support this motion but in particular would like to talk about an issue which I think is underutilised and an area where we need to do a lot more policy work and see some serious policy change: family farm forestry.
Dan speaks in Parliament about the decision by Fair Work Australia to overturn the government's three hour minimum shift under the retail award which is a win for Terang students Matthew Spencer and Leticia Harrison and all the other people who were fighting for fairness on this issue.
I rise today to appeal to the Gillard government to not let another manufacturing business in Australia close.
The Governance of Australian Government Superannuation Schemes Bill 2011 is not a modern bill. Sadly, it is a bill of the past, a bill which seeks to entrench the ACTU in a position of influence which is not necessary.
I rise tonight to speak on the issue of flood insurance, and it brings me no joy to do so because this is not a good news story. The way an insurance company is treating its clients in the town of Carisbrook has to end.
...what we want to see in this Carbon Farming Initiative is that government is going to encourage the productive use of agricultural land and not impose barriers on food and fibre productive output.
I rise today to talk about the importance of manufacturing in regional Australia and in particular its importance to my electorate of Wannon.
This petition has 3,331 signatures. It is a sizeable petition. I would hope that Australia Post will take note of it and do the right thing. The consultation process around the closure of the Timor Street post office was nothing short of disgraceful. There was no consultation with the community at all.
It is an absolute disgrace what the Gillard government have done—with the changes they have made to the independent Youth Allowance—to regional and rural students. They say they are a government of fairness. Well what they have done to regional and rural students is not fair.
Volunteerism and community commitment are the hallmark of regional and country areas. We can see this personified in what they have done at the Ararat golf club.
This year marks the second year of a global two-year campaign by the World Health Organisation called ‘On the move against tuberculosis’. The goal of this campaign is to inspire innovation in tuberculosis research and care. Today I would like to acknowledge the work and research that has been done on this important topic.
I want to touch on what the live export trade means to my electorate of Wannon. There were 620,000 sheep and 62,000 cattle that went out of the port of Portland last financial year. That is a million dollar contribution to jobs and to farmers in my electorate.
Transcript of Tony Abbott interview with Kewy and Karis regarding the carbon tax and fuel prices.
Transcript of Tony Abbott's conversation with Lois Chislett on 3YB regarding the carbon tax - impact on local communities.
...basically every time they turn up to school every day they just see right in front of them an example of the Gillard Government’s incompetence when it comes to the BER.
This BER program has been a mitigated disaster – especially in public schools across the country and this is just sadly another example of it.
I rise today to talk on an issue which appeared on page 3 of the Herald Sun today regarding the Waubra Primary School. Sadly, after a year the students at this school are still operating out of portable classrooms.
Following the devastating floods, a government levy would just add another unnecessary financial burden on those residents, businesses and farmers affected by those floods and the cyclone.
The federal Coalition hopes to make history today by forcing Labor to relax youth allowance eligibility for regional students. That is why Labor does not want to debate this bill.
Transcript of an interview with Steve Martin on ABC Ballarat regarding the Gillard Government's back down on Youth Allowance.
I rise today to talk on the issue of the independent youth allowance and to highlight a report called the Deferring a University Offer in Regional Victoria report of 2010.
When future flood events do threaten the Beaufort district, how prepared and informed will we be?
When I was in Skipton on Sunday I saw first hand how inadequate our flood monitoring capabilities are in the region. .
Speech on the Aviation Crimes and Policing Legislation Amendment Bill 2010 (2011)
Fortunately, Casterton was spared the flooding that many other towns in Wannon have experienced in the last month. However, when future flood events do threaten Casterton, how prepared and informed will we be?
'Canberra Calling' - Pyrenees Advocate 17 December 2010.
Last week I welcomed the Federal Opposition Leader, the Hon Tony Abbott MHR, to Wannon on a visit to Warrnambool, Port Fairy, Hawkesdale and Hamilton.
DOORSTOP INTERVIEW WARRNAMBOOL
It’s great to be here in Warrnambool with Dan Tehan, the local member. Dan is doing an excellent job as the new Member for Wannon and he is going to be a very significant member of the Coalition party room in the months and years ahead.
On 27th October I delivered my First Speech in the House of Representatives. The speech dealt with the importance of the Federal Government governing for all Australians, making the point that “what is good for the country is good for the nation”.
When country students in Wannon can no longer do their paper round before school, when dairy farmers can no longer get a break from their morning milking and six kids get the sack from working after school in a hardware store because of Julia Gillard’s re‐regulation of the workforce, something is wrong.
On Monday the Coalition introduced a bill in Parliament that will establish a full judicial inquiry to investigate the waste and mismanagement that has occurred in the ‘school halls’ program.
I would like to start my first Canberra Calling article by stating that it is an absolute honour to have been elected as the 14th Member for Wannon and how much I appreciate the opportunity to keep the Pyrenees community updated on the issues that I am standing up for in the Federal Parliament.
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