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Shadow Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury – Media Release – Charities and hungry Australians they support “crying out for help” under Labor

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SENATOR DEAN SMITH SHADOW ASSISTANT MINISTER FOR COMPETITION, CHARITIES AND TREASURY SENATOR FOR WESTERN AUSTRALIA MEDIA RELEASE 19 November 2024 CHARITIES AND HUNGRY AUSTRALIANS THEY SUPPORT “CRYING OUT FOR HELP” UNDER LABOR Labor’s cost-of-living crisis has seen millions of Australians unable to afford food and other basic necessities – leaving charities struggling to meet demand…

Taylor and Smith – Joint Media Release – Labor’s opportunity to improve record of competition failure

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The Hon Angus Taylor MP – Shadow Treasurer – Member for Hume Senator Dean Smith – Shadow Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury – Senator for Western Australia MEDIA RELEASE 15 November 2024 LABOR’S OPPORTUNITY TO IMPROVE RECORD OF COMPETITION FAILURE The Albanese Government has been given the chance to finally deliver meaningful competition reform for Australian businesses and…

Shadow Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury – Media Release – Labor puts politics before hungry Australians

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SENATOR DEAN SMITH SHADOW ASSISTANT MINISTER FOR COMPETITION, CHARITIES AND TREASURY SENATOR FOR WESTERN AUSTRALIA MEDIA RELEASE 15 November 2024   LABOR PUTS POLITICS BEFORE HUNGRY AUSTRALIANS   Labor has abandoned vulnerable households and the food relief charities supporting them as Christmas fast approaches. In a Senate Economics Committee report released today, the Albanese Government…

JMR – Howarth / Smith – Labor Still Cannot Explain CDR Hold Up

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The Hon Luke Howarth MP Shadow Assistant Treasurer Shadow Minister for Financial Services Senator Dean Smith Shadow Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury Liberal Senator for Western Australia JOINT MEDIA RELEASE 8 November 2024 LABOR STILL CANNOT EXPLAIN CDR HOLD UP The Coalition is urging Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Financial Services Stephen Jones to…

Shadow Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury – Media Release – Terror linked Australian charities investigated and antisemitism on the rise

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SENATOR DEAN SMITH SHADOW ASSISTANT MINISTER FOR COMPETITION, CHARITIES AND TREASURY SENATOR FOR WESTERN AUSTRALIA MEDIA RELEASE 8 November 2024   TERROR LINKED AUSTRALIAN CHARITIES INVESTIGATED AND ANTISEMITISM ON THE RISE Since the October 7 attacks last year, there have been eight investigations into Australian charities over concerns they are supporting terrorism. The Australian Charities…

Shadow Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury – Media Release – No Relief for Australian Shoppers This Christmas Holidays

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SHADOW ASSISTANT MINISTER FOR COMPETITION, CHARITIES AND TREASURY SENATOR FOR WESTERN AUSTRALIA MEDIA RELEASE 07 November 2024   NO RELIEF FOR AUSTRALIAN SHOPPERS THIS CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS There’ll be no price relief at the checkout this Christmas and summer holidays thanks to Labor’s go slow on supermarkets reform. Treasury officials confirmed during Senate Estimates that Albanese Government…

Shadow Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury – Media Release – Labor Forced to Amend Employment Laws in Major Win for Charities

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SENATOR DEAN SMITH SHADOW ASSISTANT MINISTER FOR COMPETITION, CHARITIES AND TREASURY SENATOR FOR WESTERN AUSTRALIA MEDIA RELEASE 05 November 2024 LABOR FORCED TO AMEND EMPLOYMENT LAWS IN MAJOR WIN FOR CHARITIES The Albanese Government has folded to pressure from the Coalition and Australian charities sector, exempting charities from contracting requirements that would have made their…

Shadow Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury – Media Release – Labor Withholds Information From Not-For-Profits Inquiry

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SENATOR DEAN SMITH SHADOW ASSISTANT MINISTER FOR COMPETITION, CHARITIES AND TREASURY SENATOR FOR WESTERN AUSTRALIA MEDIA RELEASE 1 November 2024 LABOR WITHOLDS INFORMATION FROM NOT-FOR-PROFITS INQUIRY The Albanese Government sat on documents relating to its bungled implementation of tax reporting rules for not-for-profit organisations – deliberately denying a Senate Inquiry access to them. An Order…

Shadow Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury – Opinion Piece – The West Australian – Our Democracy Is In Decline

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SENATOR DEAN SMITH SHADOW ASSISTANT MINISTER FOR COMPETITION, CHARITIES AND TREASURY SENATOR FOR WESTERN AUSTRALIA OPINION PIECE – THE WEST AUSTRALIAN 22 October 2024 OUR DEMOCRACY IS IN DECLINE Former US president Ronald Reagan once commented that “freedom is a fragile thing … it is not ours by way of inheritance; it must be fought for…