Andrew Leigh 2025

Solly:

Stephen Cenatiempo:

Assistant Minister for Productivity, Competition, Charities and Treasury and the Member for Fenner, Andrew Leigh. Andrew, Happy New Year!

Andrew Leigh:

Happy New Year Stephen, great to be back with you.

Cenatiempo:

After a decade of Coalition inaction, grocery prices soared while competition was left in the bargain bin. The Albanese government has been working hard to fix a system that left shoppers, farmers and suppliers short‑changed.

Let’s put the claims on the conveyor belt and scan the facts.

Heidi Murphy

2026 is the year that unfair trading practices like subscription traps will be banned thanks to the Albanese Government.

As Australians make New Year’s resolutions, many will sign up for services designed to help build better habits. A gym membership to get moving. A meditation platform to stress less. A meal kit to eat more healthily. A language app to finally learn Italian.

The government has today declared the Jewish Community Foundation, associated with the Jewish Communal Appeal, as a community charity.

We’re supporting the invaluable work of community organisations that are helping the victims of the Bondi Beach terrorist attack and their families and bringing the community together in such difficult times.

The Albanese Labor Government will level the playing field for Australia’s wine and grape sector with the introduction of a new mandatory code of conduct for wine grape purchases.

The introduction of a mandatory code of conduct will deliver fairer trading conditions and responds to the recommendations of Dr Craig Emerson’s wine and grape sector review.

The Christmas shopping rush has settled into its familiar rhythm. Shopping centres packed at odd hours, parcels stacked on doorsteps, inboxes filling with discount codes and expiring offers. For retailers, it is the most intense trading period of the year. For households, it is a constant calculation between generosity and budget.

The Albanese Labor Government has made new regulations to ban supermarket price gouging.

We’re cracking down on supermarket price gouging to help Australians get a better deal at the checkout.

This is all about getting a fairer go for families in their weekly shop.

We have directed the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission to extend its fuel price monitoring program for an extra five years.

This is about making sure consumers get a better deal at the bowser through better competition and the ACCC’s quarterly reports play an important role in that.