Media releases

Geelong businesses are taking the opportunity to invest in their businesses under the Government's recent tax changes said Assistant Treasurer, David Bradbury, the Member for Corio, Richard Marles,

The Gillard Government today commenced public consultation on exposure draft legislation for a new tax loss incentive for major infrastructure projects.

At today's forum in Geelong, Tony Abbott needs to come clean about the vicious cuts he intends to inflict on families, pensioners and small businesses in Corio.

The Australian Government today released draft legislation for the new quarterly credits payment option for the R&D Tax Incentive refundable tax offset.

Assistant Treasurer David Bradbury today announced a number of important appointments to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC).

This massive tax hit would target Australia's 3 million small businesses that provide work to 4.8 million Australians. The Coalition is proposing to:

The Gillard Government today commenced public consultation on exposure draft legislation for a statutory definition of charity.

Barnaby Joyce has been dangerously 'freelancing' on the Coalition's foreign investment policy yet again.

Providers of ethics classes in government schools will become eligible for deductible gift recipient (DGR) status, said Assistant Treasurer David Bradbury.

Opposition Leader Tony Abbott should immediately reverse his stated policy of slugging Australians with a $4 billion superannuation tax hike.

The Coalition has massively back flipped on their policy to repeal the mining tax package, with Joe Hockey revealing they will keep a key element.

Large corporate entities would be required to disclose tax payable as part of proposals floated in a discussion paper released today, said Assistant Treasurer David Bradbury.

Tony Abbott needs to front up to Brisbane small businesses about his plans to rip away important tax concessions.

Today's story about levels of debt in The Daily Telegraph is grossly misleading and inaccurate. Here are the facts on debt:

Tony Abbott and Joe Hockey today demanded an 'honest Budget' while at the same time withholding their own costings until the dying days of the election, said Assistant Treasurer David Bradbury.

Assistant Treasurer David Bradbury has today released exposure draft legislation and explanatory materials for consultation on changes to the Pay As You Go (PAYG) system.

Disaster payments to households, small businesses and farmers recovering from the recent Queensland and NSW floods, as well as the Tasmania and Wambelong bushfires, will be made exempt from inco

Minister for Finance and Deregulation Senator Penny Wong and Assistant Treasurer David Bradbury have welcomed the participation of state and territory government officials at a Standard Business

The Coalition has tied itself in knots over their position on changes to the GST distribution.

The Gillard Government has today introduced legislation to ban gag clauses in federal government contracts with the not-for-profit sector.