Hume Media

Federal Member for Hume and Shadow Treasurer Angus Taylor has joined charity group Wandering Warriors for Pollie Pedal 2024.

Today’s announcement from Labor is another desperate attempt to hide its two years of failure to address the cost of living crisis. For Australians struggling with the cost of living, this is just a band aid on a bullet wound.

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.