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Media releases
2018
Taking action now on bank executive accountability
The Turnbull Government is delivering on its promise to hold banks and their senior executives to account, with tougher consequences if expectations are not met.
Ensuring Australians can purchase agricultural land while foreign investment is geared toward jobs and growth
The Turnbull Government has acted to ensure Australians will get every opportunity to purchase agricultural land holdings by introducing tough new rules that mandate vendors to advertise and market
New conditions on the sale of Australian electricity assets to foreign investors
The Australian Government today announces that all future applications for the sale of electricity transmission and distribution assets, and some generation assets, will attract ownership restricti
Treasurer to meet with US leaders on tax reform, energy and innovation
This week I will be travelling to the United States to meet with a range of US business and state government leaders to exchange views on tax reform, energy and innovation.
S&P affirms Australia’s AAA credit rating under Coalition again
The Turnbull Government welcomes the announcement today that Standard & Poor’s (S&P) has once again affirmed Australia’s AAA credit rating, following the release of the Government’s Mid Yea
US tax cuts fuel global growth, Labor still in denial
The Turnbull Government welcomes the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) upward revision of their forecast for greater global economic growth off the back of the United States’ legislated reduction
Extension of Productivity Commission's Inquiry into Economic Impact of Horizontal Fiscal Equalisation
Today I have agreed to a request from the Chair of the Productivity Commission to extend the timeframe for the PC’s inquiry into the impact on our national economy of Australia’s system of horizont