July 2 If you’re reading this sentence, the chances are you will benefit from nuclear medicine at some point in your life. In fact, so crucial is nuclear medicine to diagnosing and treating common forms of cancer, statistics show that most Australians will benefit from it not once, but twice, over the course of a…
1 July 2024 Topics: Live sheep export ban, Labor’s poor Senate transparency, Food Donation Tax Incentive Private Senator’s Bill E&OE BELINDA VARISCHETTI: WA Liberal Senator Dean Smith has been in the Senate all morning. Senator, how far has the Bill to end the live sheep trade by sea progressed through the Senate this morning? DEAN…
When reports emerged at the beginning of last year suggesting the Perth Mint was plagued by significant compliance failures, WA Labor quickly attempted to hose down any concerns. Then minister for mines and petroleum Bill Johnson called the reports a “beat-up,” while former Premier Mark McGowan famously described it as a “storm in a f………
SENATOR DEAN SMITH SHADOW ASSISTANT MINISTER FOR COMPETITION, CHARITIES AND TREASURY SENATOR FOR WESTERN AUSTRALIA MEDIA RELEASE 24 June 2024 Mandatory Grocery Code go slow continues, despite Labor’s noise You’d be forgiven for thinking Labor had actually delivered something new in today’s Food and Grocery Code announcement. But, while confirmation a Mandatory Code will be…
21 June 2024 Topics: Perth Mint Senate Inquiry report E&OE OLIVER PETERSON: There has subsequently been an inquiry conducted by the Select Committee on the Perth Mint, and a WA Liberal Senator, Dean Smith is the chair of that committee. He’s just released a scathing report into the failures of the mint, and he can…
21 June 2024 Topics: Perth Mint Senate Inquiry report E&OE JO TRILLING: (AUDIO GRAB PLAYED) Well off the back of all these accusations, WA Liberal Senator Dean Smith established a committee to report into the Mint and its compliance with a range of Commonwealth laws and regulations. Today, that inquiry released its final report. So,…
SENATOR DEAN SMITH SHADOW ASSISTANT MINISTER FOR COMPETITION, CHARITIES AND TREASURY SENATOR FOR WESTERN AUSTRALIA MEDIA RELEASE 10 June 2024 ABS DATA CONFIRMS WA’S RECORD HOUSING PAIN WA is again breaking property records for all the wrong reasons, with average home loans reaching new highs and piling unprecedented pressure on aspiring homebuyers. New Australian…
Last month, Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers stood in front of the Australian people to deliver his “plan” to bring down inflation. But if there’s one thing the past two years have taught us, it’s not to trust a Labor Government with a plan. Remember PM Anthony Albanese’s plan to build more than 40,000 affordable homes?…
SENATOR DEAN SMITH SHADOW ASSISTANT MINISTER FOR COMPETITION, CHARITIES AND TREASURY SENATOR FOR WESTERN AUSTRALIA MEDIA RELEASE 5 June 2024 LABOR HIDES CRITICAL PRODUCTIVITY COMMISSION REPORT The Albanese Government is hiding a report expected to shape the future of religious charities and private and public schools – leaving them and their communities in limbo. Under questioning…
There is a great fear among the Australian Jewish community that, not for the first time in history, they stand at the edge of a precipice. On one side, the security of tolerance and an understanding of the evil of anti-Semitism, and on the other, the dangerous abyss of ignorance and racial hatred. For weeks,…
