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Today’s delayed release of draft legislation to reform the Food & Grocery Code – more than three months after the government’s hand picked reviewer recommended it – shows that Labor has been distracted and divided on the cost of living.  

The Coalition today circulated Senate amendments to implement our policy to make the Instant Asset Write Off permanent for small businesses.  

The legislation is scheduled for debate this week, almost four months after the budget.   

The National Road Survey created to encourage road users to have their say on some of Australia’s worst roads has been extended to the end of September due to an active and growing participation by people across the country.

Revelations today of APRA investigations into allegations union-appointed super fund directors breached their director duties should raise alarm bells for all Australians.  

Today’s National Accounts shows the slowest GDP growth since the 1990s, outside the pandemic.   

This is the sixth consecutive quarter of negative GDP per person growth.  This is the longest per capita recession in 50 years. 

The latest monthly inflation data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics confirms inflation is still homegrown, too high and sticky.  

I have received correspondence from the Treasurer outlining proposed amendments to his RBA reform legislation.  

As you would expect, we will take our time and work through the detail.  

Labor and the Greens have teamed up to ram through new mandatory disclosure laws which impose an unacceptable compliance burden on the Australian economy.

In the Senate today, the Coalition ensured the passage of key legislation to expand the functionality of the Consumer Data Right (CDR), an important cost of living and competition initiative.

The ABS Labour Force data released today confirms that more Australians are unemployed or looking for work, with seasonally adjusted data showing unemployment has reached its highest level under Labor.