Media releases

The Government today announced a new national information initiative to help combat the growing number of scams being targeted at Australian consumers.

The Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer, Senator the Hon Ian Campbell today announced the appointment of two new members to the Commonwealth Consumer Affairs Advisory Council (CCAAC) -

Senator Ian Campbell, Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer and Philip Ruddock, Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs, today welcomed the release by the Austral

The Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer, Senator the Hon Ian Campbell, today alerted the impending commencement on 11 March 2002 of the Government's Financial Services Reforms.

In his keynote address last week to the Committee for Economic Development of Australia, the Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer, Senator the Hon Ian Campbell announced that the deadline

A new set of collector coins will honour the crew of HMAS Perth, which was sunk in battle 60 years ago, the Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer, Senator Ian Campbell, and Minister

The Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer, Senator the Hon Ian Campbell, announced today that he intends to release an issues paper for industry consultation on a framework for compensatio

The Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer, Senator the Hon Ian Campbell, announced today that he intends to move amendments relating to the anti-hawking and insider trading provisions of t

The Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer, Senator the Hon Ian Campbell, announced today that he has directed the Productivity Commission (PC) to undertake an inquiry into the

The Commonwealth Government is taking steps to combat the problem of some merchants using Indigenous Australians' electronic bank cards as security for store credit, the Minister for Immigrat

In October last year the Government released a report on the Independence of Australian Company Auditors prepared by Professor Ian Ramsay of The University of Melbourne, and urged industry to

I have decided to accept the National Competition Council's (NCC's) recommendation not to declare the rail network services provided by Freight Australia which were the subject of an applicat

Senator Ian Campbell, Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer, today announced the appointment of Mr John Collingwood King as a New Zealand member of the Australian Takeovers Panel.

The Sydney Futures Exchange (SFE) has laid further foundations to establish Sydney as the clearing centre for the Asia-Pacific region with the announcement of an agreement to outsource core c

I have asked the Productivity Commission to undertake a research study on the economic and social cost of an outbreak of foot and mouth disease in Australia, and to report within six months.

The Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer, Ian Campbell, today announced the release of the Review of the Managed Investments Act 1998.

The Foreign Investment Review Board's (FIRB) Report for 2000-01 was released today.