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Shadow Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury – Media Release – Urgent Support for Food Donation Bill While Labor Sits on Treasury Advice

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SENATOR DEAN SMITH SHADOW ASSISTANT MINISTER FOR COMPETITION, CHARITIES AND TREASURY SENATOR FOR WESTERN AUSTRALIA MEDIA RELEASE 22 October 2024 URGENT SUPPORT FOR FOOD DONATION BILL WHILE LABOR SITS ON TREASURY ADVICE Charities and industry bodies have described the need for a Bill incentivising food donations to hungry Australians as urgent and called on Federal…

Shadow Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury – Media Release – Not For Profits Slam Dismissive Government Over Bungled Tax Regulation Rollout

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SENATOR DEAN SMITH SHADOW ASSISTANT MINISTER FOR COMPETITION, CHARITIES AND TREASURY SENATOR FOR WESTERN AUSTRALIA MEDIA RELEASE 22 October 2024 NOT FOR PROFITS SLAM DISMISSIVE GOVERNMENT OVER BUNGLED TAX REGULATION ROLLOUT Not for profit organisations have vented their frustration at the Australian Taxation Office and Labor’s implementation of new tax requirements, labelling the Government “dismissive”…

Shadow Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury – Media Release – Grocery Pain Confirmed by Senate Inquiry and Charity Report

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SENATOR DEAN SMITH SHADOW ASSISTANT MINISTER FOR COMPETITION, CHARITIES AND TREASURY SENATOR FOR WESTERN AUSTRALIA MEDIA RELEASE 15 October 2024 GROCERY PAIN CONFIRMED BY SENATE INQUIRY AND CHARITY REPORT The Albanese Government’s failure to bring down grocery prices and the hardship it is causing Australian households dominated the recent Senate Cost of Living Committee hearing…

Jmr – Howarth & Smith – Albanese Government Capitulates In Its War With Local Accountants And Bookkeepers

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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 MEDIA RELEASE 9 October 2024 ALBANESE GOVERNMENT CAPITULATES IN ITS WAR WITH LOCAL ACCOUNTANTS AND BOOKKEEPERS The Albanese Labor Government has relented on controversial new obligations it lobbed at Australia’s 72,000…

Littleproud, Taylor & Smith – JMR – Grocery competition go slow an indictment on a distracted government

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THE HON DAVID LITTLEPROUD MP Leader of the Nationals Shadow Minister for Agriculture Member for Maranoa 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 Monday, 23 September 2024 GROCERY COMPETITION GO SLOW AN INDICTMENT ON A…

Shadow Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury – Media Release – Not-for-profits given a voice on ATO rule changes

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SENATOR DEAN SMITH SHADOW ASSISTANT MINISTER FOR COMPETITION, CHARITIES AND TREASURY SENATOR FOR WESTERN AUSTRALIA MEDIA RELEASE 18 September 2024   NOT-FOR-PROFITS GIVEN A VOICE ON ATO RULE CHANGES In a win for Australian not-for-profit organisations, a Senate inquiry will scrutinise the Albanese Government’s bungled implementation of new tax requirements. A motion introduced by Senator…

Shadow Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury – Opinion Piece – The West Australian – We’re worse off than in GFC

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SENATOR DEAN SMITH SHADOW ASSISTANT MINISTER FOR COMPETITION, CHARITIES AND TREASURY SENATOR FOR WESTERN AUSTRALIA OPINION PIECE – THE WEST AUSTRALIAN 18 September 2024 WE’RE WORSE OFF THAN IN GFC Remember 2008? It was the year the iPhone was first released in Australia, the ABC first aired Q&A, and Federal Parliament heard its first welcome to…

Shadow Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury – Media Release – RBA figures confirm east coast mortgage stress

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SENATOR DEAN SMITH SHADOW ASSISTANT MINISTER FOR COMPETITION, CHARITIES AND TREASURY SENATOR FOR WESTERN AUSTRALIA MEDIA RELEASE 16 September 2024 RBA FIGURES CONFIRM EAST COAST MORTGAGE STRESS Ballooning property prices, combined with 13 interest rate rises since Federal Labor came to power, have resulted in a significant increase in mortgage holders falling behind on their…

JMR – Howarth & Smith – Albanese Government Refuses To Ditch Red Tape For Local Accountants And Bookkeepers

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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 MEDIA RELEASE 11 September 2024 ALBANESE GOVERNMENT REFUSES TO DITCH RED TAPE FOR LOCAL ACCOUNTANTS AND BOOKKEEPERS The Albanese Labor Government has teamed up with the Greens and Senator David Pocock to…

Shadow Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury – Media Release – Coalition to pursue Labor in the Senate over Census chaos

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SENATOR DEAN SMITH SHADOW ASSISTANT MINISTER FOR COMPETITION, CHARITIES AND TREASURY SENATOR FOR WESTERN AUSTRALIA MEDIA RELEASE 6 September 2024 COALITION TO PURSUE LABOR IN THE SENATE OVER CENSUS CHAOS The Albanese Government’s chaotic mismanagement regarding questions in the upcoming Census, and the internal divisions it is exposing, risk undermining public confidence in the entire…