Media releases

The Albanese Government is taking action so Australians can continue to pay with cash for essential items if they want to, while also ensuring an orderly transition to phase out cheques.

The Albanese Government will ban dodgy business practices ripping off Australians, today opening public consultation on our plan to ban unfair trading practices. We will ban:

The Australian Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Cook Islands to allow portability of retirement savings between our two countries.

Today the Albanese Government is announcing changes to make it easier for consumers to use the Consumer Data Right (CDR).

The Albanese Government is providing the strongest defences against scammers in the world.

The Albanese Government is delivering on its commitment to ensure big corporations to pay their fair share of tax with a new report revealing a record level of corporate tax receipts.

The Albanese Government has appointed the following new part‑time members to the Ministerial Pool for the Insolvency Practitioner Registration and Disciplinary Committees (IPRDC):

The Albanese Government will appoint Mr David Allen as a full-time Second Commissioner of Taxation to the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) for a seven-year period beginning on 1 November 2024.

The Albanese Government is making Australia the hardest target for scammers – sending a clear message that this harmful practice won’t be tolerated here, and making sure victims know we have their

The Albanese Government has today appointed Mr Michael Bray, Ms Julie Williams and Mr Matthew Green as part‑time accounting members of the Companies Auditors Disciplin

The Albanese Government is committed to ensuring consumers can safely enjoy the benefits of new and emerging artificial intelligence (AI) technologies.

The Albanese Government has unveiled draft legislation that will streamline product safety standards and save businesses $5 billion over 10 years.

The Albanese Government continues its crack down on unethical tax avoidance behaviour with a consultation paper released today to review the tax promoter penalty laws.

The Albanese Government is supporting small businesses to access credit when they need it.

Australians will have greater access to free and simple tax advice thanks to the Albanese Labor Government, with the expansion of the National Tax Clinic program.

The Albanese Government will require super to be paid on payday, a reform that will benefit the retirement incomes of millions of Australians.

The Albanese Government is helping more Australians retire with dignity by taking further steps to improve the superannuation system.

The Albanese Labor Government is releasing landmark legislation to establish the Scams Prevention Framework for public consultation.

The Albanese Government will end the ability to discriminate based on adverse predictive genetic test results by banning their use in life insurance underwriting.

Today, the Albanese Government has tabled the report of the Statutory Review of the Meetings and Documents Amendments.