Senator Dean Smith Shadow Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury Liberal Senator for Western Australia MEDIA RELEASE 27 July 2023 MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS FOLLOWING FIRST HEARING OF PERTH MINT INQUIRY Reports delivered at one minute to midnight, no indication of a timeframe for resolution, or whether financial penalties will apply at the taxpayers’…
Senator Dean Smith Shadow Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury Liberal Senator for Western Australia MEDIA RELEASE 14 July 2023 LABOR REFUSES TO RELEASE GST DOCUMENTS REQUESTED UNDER FOI Treasurer Jim Chalmers is again showing up Anthony Albanese’s much vaunted commitment to accountability and transparency in Government by refusing to release hundreds of pages…
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Senator Dean Smith Shadow Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury Liberal Senator for Western Australia Angie Bell MP Shadow Minister for Early Childhood Education Shadow Minister for Youth Federal Member for Moncrieff Aaron Violi MP Federal Member for Casey MEDIA RELEASE 4 July 2023 CHARITIES THE HIDDEN FACE OF AUSTRALIA’S COST OF LIVING CRISIS…
Introduction I rise to speak on the Constitution Alteration (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice) Bill 2023. I come to this debate from a unique position. As a new Senator in 2012, I led a small group of Coalition Senators to successfully argue against the Gillard Labor Government’s proposal to recognise local government in the…
Recent back to back visits to charities and non-profits in the Federal electorates of Parkes and Bradfield provided an opportunity to compare the sector at work in dramatically different parts of NSW.
Anthony Albanese campaigned on relieving cost-of-living pressure, promising we would be better off under Labor. We are not.
Less than a year into Government, and following a campaign centred on honesty, Labor has betrayed the trust of WA voters by breaking its commitment not to make changes to superannuation.
56% of WA fixed rate home loans convert to variable rate this year, putting significant financial pressure on many local households.
I caught up with Cory Bernardi on Sky News Australia to talk about the work of the Senate Cost of Living Committee and Budget Estimates.