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Senator Dean Smith – Shadow Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury – Media Release – Greater uncertainty, reduced competitiveness for WA resources sector

Media Releases11 February, 2024

SENATOR DEAN SMITH SHADOW ASSISTANT MINISTER FOR COMPETITION, CHARITIES AND TREASURY SENATOR FOR WESTERN AUSTRALIA MEDIA RELEASE 11 February 2025 GREATER UNCERTAINTY, REDUCED COMPETITIVENESS FOR WA RESOURCES SECTOR The Albanese Government has again confirmed it doesn’t have Western Australia’s best interests at heart – or understand the unique competition issues facing the resources sector there.…

Shadow Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury – Media Release – Labor’s Future Made in Australia Another Blow to WA’s Resources Industry

Media Releases3 February, 2024

SENATOR DEAN SMITH SHADOW ASSISTANT MINISTER FOR COMPETITION, CHARITIES AND TREASURY SENATOR FOR WESTERN AUSTRALIA MEDIA RELEASE 3 February 2025 LABOR’S FUTURE MADE IN AUSTRALIA ANOTHER BLOW TO WA’S RESOURCES INDUSTRY The prosperity of Western Australia’s critical mining and resources sector is again under attack from the Albanese Government. Labor’s Future Made in Australia policies…

RADICAL LABOR IR CHANGES THREATEN CHARITIES

Media Coverage, Updates and Videos23 January, 2024

SENATOR DEAN SMITH LIBERAL SENATOR FOR WESTERN AUSTRALIA SHADOW ASSISTANT MINISTER FOR COMPETITION, CHARITIES AND TREASURY MEDIA RELEASE 23 January 2024 RADICAL LABOR IR CHANGES THREATEN CHARITIES Thousands of jobs in Australia’s charity sector risk being plunged into uncertainty thanks to Labor’s industrial relations agenda. As reported in The Australian newspaper…

WA FAMILIES HIT BY LABOR’S RISING BACK TO SCHOOL COSTS

Media Coverage, Updates and Videos, Media Releases22 January, 2024

SENATOR DEAN SMITH LIBERAL SENATOR FOR WESTERN AUSTRALIA SHADOW ASSISTANT MINISTER FOR COMPETITION, CHARITIES AND TREASURY 19 January 2024 WA Liberal Senator Dean Smith, a member of the Coalition economic team, says the concerns of many local parents and carers have been realised due to a sharp hike in education-related costs under the Albanese Government…

Balance crucial in a divisive debate – The Sunday Times

Media Coverage, Updates and Videos, Opinion14 January, 2024

It’s the time of the year when the subject of Australia’s national day, and the date on which we celebrate it, fills the airwaves and column inches. For a couple of weeks it dominates media, political and, more recently, commercial conversations. The decision by Woolworths and Aldi, among others, not to sell Australia Day-themed material…

Albo in line for a frosty reception – The West Australian

Media Coverage, Updates and Videos, Opinion31 December, 2023

Since being elected Prime Minister just over 18 months ago, Labor leader Anthony Albanese has tried hard to make a virtue of his visits to WA. Despite WA’s sweltering summers, when he touches down for his first visit in 2024, he should come prepared for a frosty reception. Having had a bitter taste of Labor,…

Nuclear resistance a COP out – The West Australian

Media Coverage, Updates and Videos, Opinion23 December, 2023

Every COP begins with a small degree of scepticism. For many critics, COP28 in Dubai was yet another UN talkfest, beginning with worldwide media coverage, conspicuous in its largesse, likely to fizzle out in disagreement and a sense of futility. Adding fuel to the scepticism was the fact that year’s host nation, the United Arab…

Why reform would weaken WA – The West Australian

Media Coverage, Updates and Videos, Opinion14 December, 2023

Every few years in Canberra, the topic of electoral reform arises and momentarily grips the attention of certain parliamentarians and public servants. These reforms can usually be distilled into three categories: amending the legal age to vote, ending compulsory voting, and increasing the size of one or both houses of Parliament. It is the last…

Transcript – Interview with Gary Adshead, 6PR Perth

Media Coverage, Updates and Videos24 November, 2023

Topics: Perth Mint Senate Inquiry E&OE Gary Adshead Dean Smith, Liberal Senator for WA, joins me on the line. G’day, Dean. Dean Smith Good morning to you, Gary. Gary Adshead Well, I’ll tell you what, first off, let’s just go back to what AUSTRAC have decided, this enforceable undertaking that Perth Mint have agreed, and…

Don’t fall for Mint gaslighting – The West Australian

Media Coverage, Updates and Videos, Opinion9 November, 2023

Whenever a history of Western Australia is written, you can be certain one word will loom heavy among the pages. That word is gold. Before the discovery of this precious metal in the 1890s, WA was a struggling outpost. The State’s sparse European population, for the most part, toiled thanklessly on the ancient lands they…