Thank you, and good evening. It is a privilege to join COSBOA, its members, partners and advocates at the National Small Business Summit Gala Dinner. I was having a look at the program for this summit earlier, and wow, what a program Skye and the rest of the COSBOA team have put on. And with Read More >
“The Albanese government needs to stop high-fiving falling house prices, because they’re sending first home buyers and Australian families into negative equity”, said Shadow Treasurer, Tim Wilson. Mr Wilson’s comments come as new PropTrack analysis confirms $230 billion has been wiped from Australia’s property market in just four months, with property values falling from $12.77 Read More >
Thank you, Blake, and thank you to the Financial Services Council for the invitation to be here at the Shaping Advice Summit. Can I particularly acknowledge the advisers in the room. You are the people who sit across the kitchen table with millions of Australians as they make the biggest financial decisions of their lives. Read More >
The Coalition is demanding Labor stop its attack on Australian farmers, amid growing concerns that Labor could be putting Queensland’s crucial pineapple industry at risk. Leader of The Opposition Angus Taylor said it was deeply concerning to hear from farmers who are worried about Labor’s new proposal to import pineapples from all areas of India Read More >
“ABS data confirms government spending continues to fuel inflation, and the Albanese government is playing a game of chicken with the Reserve Bank, and daring them to increase interest rates”, said Shadow Treasurer, Tim Wilson. “Yesterday the Reserve Bank Governor directly linked government spending to inflation, and this data confirms the Albanese government’s spending addiction Read More >
The Coalition has welcomed plans to examine a new oil refinery in Karratha, but warned Labor must scrap its carbon taxes for the project to succeed. Leader of the Opposition Angus Taylor said the $4 million pre-feasibility study into Perdaman’s proposal was welcome, but was not a fuel security strategy. “Labor cannot promise a new Read More >
“Anthony Albanese’s hidden divorce and death tax that secretly passed the Parliament should be scrapped immediately, just like he committed to repeal his secret widow’s tax”, said Shadow Treasurer, Tim Wilson. Mr Wilson’s comments follow reports in the Sunday Telegraph / Herald Sun that grieving and vulnerable families will be hit with a hefty capital Read More >
The Coalition supports a workplace relations system that is simple, fair and is easy to comply with. It should deliver timely justice for workers and employers. Workers deserve to be paid every dollar they are owed, and employers have a responsibility to provide fair wages and conditions. Everyone must comply with the law. But Labor’s Read More >
The latest Labour Force data shows the reality behind Labor’s headline jobs claims: Australians are working harder than ever, yet more Australians are unemployed and youth unemployment remains stubbornly high. While the unemployment rate remained steady at 4.4%, the picture is worse in Victoria, where unemployment grew to 5.1% – the highest in the nation. Read More >
Thank you very much, Georgina, for that generous introduction. I am sincerely grateful for the opportunity to speak to you all tonight. It’s great to see so many familiar faces – and a few new ones for that matter, as well! And it is a genuine privilege to be asked to open the Institute’s fourth Read More >
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has serious questions to answer following fresh allegations of corruption and improper government intervention on Victorian Big Build projects. On ABC’s 7.30 on 30 June, the Prime Minister was asked whether he had sought assurances from Premier Jacinta Allan that Commonwealth funding would not end up in the hands of organised crime. His response was Read More >
Gerard and Anne – thank you for hosting me today at the Sydney Institute. And it’s great to have the Sydney Institute’s Chair, Jacquelynne, and Board Members, Mike and George, with us today. A special acknowledgement to Peter Costello – one of Australia’s finest Treasurers. Thank you to all my colleagues here today. And to Read More >
“Today the Albanese government voted to keep the widow’s tax breaking yet another promise to the Australian people”, Shadow Treasurer Tim Wilson said. Mr Wilson’s comments come in the wake of Labor and the Greens voting against Coalition amendments in the Senate to repeal the widow’s tax that the Government legislated last week. “The Treasurer Read More >
“Jim Chalmers has paved the way for yet another broken promise this morning, refusing to confirm that his government will repeal its widows tax”, Shadow Treasurer Tim Wilson said. Mr Wilson’s comments come in the wake of the Treasurer’s desperate ‘clean-up job’ appearance on the ABC’s Insiders program. “Jim Chalmers and Katy Gallagher promised the Read More >
Australians in jobs is always a good thing, but the fact remains that Australians are working harder but going backwards under Labor. While the government boasts about creating 1.25 million new jobs, this has simply kept up with population growth. The population to employment ratio has remained steady since Labor came to office. The fact Read More >
Corruption experts have confirmed Labor’s Building Cooperative Workplaces Bill builds in the risk of corruption on Commonwealth procurement contracts. After fresh warnings from anti-corruption barrister Geoffrey Watson SC today, the Albanese Government must abandon its union tax on Commonwealth procurement contracts. Mr Watson, whose Rotting from the Top report exposed corruption and criminal infiltration within the CFMEU in Victoria, Read More >
“The latest inflation data confirms the Iran inflation spike is evaporating and leaving Australia with high underlying inflation with Jim Chalmers’ spending the culprit”, said Shadow Treasurer Tim Wilson. Mr Wilson’s comments follow ABS data confirming inflation for May is at 4.0 per cent, with home grown inflation at 4.7 per cent. Underlying inflation, which Read More >
The Albanese Government is attempting to sneak a new union procurement regime through Parliament by using Fair Work Commission reforms as a cover for it. These powers risk making procurement uncompetitive, adding a union tax to money future Governments spend. Labor is seeking to gag debate and rush the Workplace Relations Legislation Amendment (Building Cooperative Workplaces Read More >
“The Reserve Bank has been forced to hold interest rates at their highest level under this Labor government because of the Treasurer’s active inflation agenda”, said Shadow Treasurer, Tim Wilson. Mr Wilson’s comments follow the Reserve Bank’s decision today to keep the cash rate on hold at 4.35 per cent, the level households were forced Read More >
The Coalition welcomes reporting that an agreement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and end the fighting may be signed later this week. We want to see the detail, because the precise terms will matter, but Australia’s interests are clear. The Strait of Hormuz must be reopened as soon as possible and freedom of navigation Read More >