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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…

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…