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Andrew Leigh 2022
The Hon Dr Andrew Leigh MP
Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury, Assistant Minister for Employment
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Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury, Assistant Minister for Employment
Interview with Leon Delaney, 2CC
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LEON DELANEY:
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s Supermarket Inquiry public hearings have begun today. Joining me now, Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities, Treasury and Employment, not to mention our local member here in the seat of Fenner, Dr Andrew Leigh. Good afternoon.
ANDREW LEIGH:
Government welcomes commencement of supermarket hearings
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Australian shoppers deserve a fair deal at the supermarket checkout. That’s why Labor is taking action to ensure competition delivers cost of living relief.
Today’s commencement of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s Supermarket Inquiry public hearings is an important milestone to getting a fair go for Australian families and farmers.
Interview with Saskia Mabin, Canberra Drive, ABC Radio
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SASKIA MABIN:
Andrew Leigh has jumped on the line to talk with me about a range of things going on in his world. How are you?
ANDREW LEIGH:
Very well, Saskia. How are you?
MABIN:
Opinion piece: Farming Power games squeeze the little guys
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Many Australian markets are dominated by a few big firms. Worse, over recent decades, market concentration has increased.
A lack of competition doesn’t just harm consumers; it can also hurt businesses that have to deal with monopolies.
Albanese Government’s corporate tax crackdown
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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.
Opinion piece: Non-compete clauses are costing workers $7 billion a year
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One in 5 Australian workers are subject to a non‑compete clause in their employment agreement, impeding them from moving to a better job. Workers who want to switch to a nearby firm can find themselves barred from moving unless they take months off work.
Interview with Kieran Gilbert, NewsDay, Sky News
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KIERAN GILBERT:
As the Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury, Andrew Leigh, it’s all pretty ugly, isn’t it? This stuff about Qantas?
ANDREW LEIGH:
Address to the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences
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I acknowledge the Ngunnawal people, on whose traditional lands we meet, and pay respect to all First Nations people here today.
Economist John Crawford started his public service career in the 1940s working under Nugget Coombs in the Department of Post‑War Reconstruction (Miller 2007, Uhr 2006).