New analysis commissioned by Senator Dean Smith from the Parliamentary Library based on data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics has revealed a worrying rise in youth unemployment across Western Australia, with young people in Perth increasingly struggling to find work as cost-of-living pressures intensify under Labor.
Australians are being pushed to the brink under Labor, with new data from OzHarvest revealing the nation’s cost-of-living crisis has deteriorated into a full-blown “cost-of-surviving” crisis.
New ABS Lending Indicators data for the December quarter 2025 has exposed the growing cost of Labor’s housing failure, with average home loan sizes recording their largest increase in more than a decade. Instead of delivering affordable homes, the Albanese Labor Government has delivered record debt. The ABS figures show that while the number of…
SENATOR DEAN SMITH SHADOW ASSISTANT MINISTER TO THE SHADOW TREASURER SHADOW ASSISTANT MINISTER FOR THE COST OF LIVING LIBERAL SENATOR FOR WESTERN AUSTRALIA 2 April 2026 RECORD MOTOR VEHICLE GROWTH LEAVES WESTERN AUSTRALIANS MORE EXPOSED TO FUEL SHORTAGES THIS EASTER A surging population means Western Australia has experienced the fastest acceleration in the number of…
SENATOR DEAN SMITH SHADOW ASSISTANT MINISTER TO THE SHADOW TREASURER SHADOW ASSISTANT MINISTER FOR THE COST OF LIVING LIBERAL SENATOR FOR WESTERN AUSTRALIA 1 April 2026 WA COST-OF-LIVING CRISIS DEEPENS AS HOUSEHOLDS AND BUSINESSES HIT BREAKING POINT Western Australians were already under pressure before the Middle East conflict with new data showing the crisis is…
SENATOR DEAN SMITH SHADOW ASSISTANT MINISTER TO THE SHADOW TREASURER SHADOW ASSISTANT MINISTER FOR THE COST OF LIVING LIBERAL SENATOR FOR WESTERN AUSTRALIA 31 March 2026 WA COST-OF-LIVING CRISIS DEEPENS AS HOUSEHOLDS AND BUSINESSES HIT BREAKING POINT Cost of living pressures under the Albanese Government are driving growing economic anxiety in WA. The latest CCIWA…
SENATOR DEAN SMITH SHADOW ASSISTANT MINISTER TO THE SHADOW TREASURER SHADOW ASSISTANT MINISTER FOR THE COST OF LIVING LIBERAL SENATOR FOR WESTERN AUSTRALIA 23 March 2026 COMMUNITY SECTOR REPORT CONFIRMS COST-OF-LIVING PRESSURES HITTING HOUSEHOLDS A new report published by the Queensland Council of Social Service (QCOSS) has confirmed that cost-of-living pressures are driving a sharp…
SENATOR DEAN SMITH SHADOW ASSISTANT MINISTER TO THE SHADOW TREASURER SHADOW ASSISTANT MINISTER FOR THE COST OF LIVING LIBERAL SENATOR FOR WESTERN AUSTRALIA 23 March 2026 FUEL CHAOS HURTS WA DRIVERS MOST Data analysis reveals why Western Australian motorists will be among the worst affected by skyrocketing fuel prices under the Albanese Government. Based on…
SENATOR DEAN SMITH SHADOW ASSISTANT MINISTER TO THE SHADOW TREASURER SHADOW ASSISTANT MINISTER FOR THE COST OF LIVING LIBERAL SENATOR FOR WESTERN AUSTRALIA 20 March 2026 LABOR CALLED ON TO ADDRESS COST OF LIVING CRISIS IN NEW REPORT The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference has highlighted the “human stories of struggle” behind the Albanese Government’s cost…
With inflation still elevated after the Albanese Government failing to rein in spending, the Reserve Bank has again been forced to lift the cash rate by another 0.25 percentage points – adding yet more pressure on Australian households already struggling with rising mortgage repayments.
