SENATOR DEAN SMITH SHADOW ASSISTANT MINISTER TO THE SHADOW TREASURER SHADOW ASSISTANT MINISTER FOR THE COST OF LIVING LIBERAL SENATOR FOR WESTERN AUSTRALIA 24 September 2026 MEDIA RELEASE HILDA REPORT EXPOSES THE HUMAN COST OF AUSTRALIA’S HOUSING AND COST-OF-LIVING CRISIS The latest HILDA Survey has laid bare the financial pressure facing Australian households, with…
SENATOR DEAN SMITH SHADOW ASSISTANT MINISTER TO THE SHADOW TREASURER SHADOW ASSISTANT MINISTER FOR THE COST OF LIVING LIBERAL SENATOR FOR WESTERN AUSTRALIA 21 September 2026 MEDIA RELEASE WA FIRST HOME BUYERS BORROW $6.6 BILLION SINCE EXPANSION OF 5% DEPOSIT SCHEME Western Australian first home buyers have borrowed a massive $6.6 billion since the Albanese Government expanded…
SENATOR DEAN SMITH SHADOW ASSISTANT MINISTER TO THE SHADOW TREASURER SHADOW ASSISTANT MINISTER FOR THE COST OF LIVING LIBERAL SENATOR FOR WESTERN AUSTRALIA 31 July 2026 PERTH FAMILIES HIT BY NATION’S SHARPEST HOUSING COST SURGE The latest Consumer Price Index data shows Western Australians have been hit by some of the largest increases in…
SENATOR DEAN SMITH SHADOW ASSISTANT MINISTER TO THE SHADOW TREASURER SHADOW ASSISTANT MINISTER FOR THE COST OF LIVING LIBERAL SENATOR FOR WESTERN AUSTRALIA 24 July 2026 MEDIA RELEASE LABOR’S EXPANDED FIVE PER CENT DEPOSIT GAMBLE PUTS THOUSANDS OF YOUNG WA FAMILIES AT RISK OF NEGATIVE EQUITY The Albanese Government has recklessly encouraged…
The latest Australian Bureau of Statistics Labour Force data shows 76,400 Western Australians were looking for more hours of work in May 2026 – the highest number since November 2020 and an increase of 12,500 people since January this year.
SENATOR DEAN SMITH SHADOW ASSISTANT MINISTER TO THE SHADOW TREASURER SHADOW ASSISTANT MINISTER FOR THE COST OF LIVING LIBERAL SENATOR FOR WESTERN AUSTRALIA 10 July 2026 MEDIA RELEASE RECORD NUMBER OF WESTERN AUSTRALIANS SEEKING EXTRA WORK AS COST-OF-LIVING PRESSURES GROW The latest Australian Bureau of Statistics Labour Force data shows 76,400 Western Australians were…
The latest report from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has confirmed Australia has experienced one of the sharpest declines in living standards anywhere in the developed world, with Australian families continuing to lose ground under the Albanese Government.
SENATOR DEAN SMITH SHADOW ASSISTANT MINISTER TO THE SHADOW TREASURER SHADOW ASSISTANT MINISTER FOR THE COST OF LIVING LIBERAL SENATOR FOR WESTERN AUSTRALIA 8 July 2026 MEDIA RELEASE OECD CONFIRMS LABOR’S COST-OF-LIVING CRISIS IS LEAVING AUSTRALIANS WORSE OFF The latest report from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has confirmed Australia…
The Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission’s (ACNC) latest Australian Charities Report has confirmed that cost-of-living-pressures are placing increasing strain on both Australian families and the charities that support them.
Australia will need to create almost two million new jobs over the next decade simply to maintain the current unemployment rate, according to new analysis by the Parliamentary Library commissioned by Western Australian Liberal Senator Dean Smith.
