Joint Media Release SENATOR THE HON BRIDGET McKENZIE SHADOW MINISTER FOR INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT LEADER OF THE NATIONALS IN THE SENATE SENATOR DEAN SMITH LIBERAL SENATOR FOR WESTERN AUSTRALIA SHADOW ASSISTANT MINISTER FOR COMPETITION, CHARITIES AND TREASURY MEDIA RELEASE 31 August 2023 LABOR MUST BOOST AIRLINE COMPETITION BY REINSTATING ACCC REPORTING The Albanese…
Senator Dean Smith Shadow Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury Liberal Senator for Western Australia MEDIA RELEASE 25 August 2023 RENTERS JOIN MORTGAGE HOLDERS AS VICTIMS OF LABOR’S ECONOMIC MISMANAGEMENT Recent data analysis shows low-income WA renters would need to spend around two-thirds of their income to access an average rental property in the…
Senator Dean Smith Shadow Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury Tuesday 8 August 2023 Old Parliament House, Canberra Opening remarks I begin by acknowledging the traditional custodians of the land on which we meet today, the Ngunnawal people, and pay my respects to elders past, present and emerging. And I extend the Coalition’s appreciation…
Senator Dean Smith Shadow Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury Liberal Senator for Western Australia MEDIA RELEASE 2 August 2023 RECORD COST OF LIVING PAIN REVEALED IN NEW ABS DATA Living Cost Indexes released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics lay bare the rising cost of living under the Albanese Government, especially for…
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…
Senator Dean Smith Shadow Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury Liberal Senator for Western Australia MEDIA RELEASE 11 July 2023 LABOR TALKFEST CONTINUES WHILE AUSTRALIAN CHARITIES WAIT FOR REAL RESULTS Another round of charities town hall meetings is being held by the Albanese Government while it neglects key decisions affecting the Australian charity and…
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.
