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Andrew Leigh 2025
The Hon Dr Andrew Leigh MP
Assistant Minister for Productivity, Competition, Charities and Treasury
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Assistant Minister for Productivity, Competition, Charities and Treasury
Historic first tax treaty between Australia and Croatia signed
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The Albanese Government has signed a landmark tax treaty with Croatia – the first ever between our two nations – marking a major step forward in our growing bilateral relationship.
Consumer Affairs Ministers renew commitment to protecting consumers, with an ambitious agenda for 2026
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Commonwealth, State and Territory Consumer Affairs Ministers met on Friday 21 November 2025 to renew their commitment to a strong national consumer protection framework.
Press conference, Mural Hall, Parliament House, Canberra
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Andrew Leigh:
Thanks for coming out today. My name is Andrew Leigh, the Assistant Minister for Productivity, Competition, Charities and Treasury.
Stopping unfair trading: subscription traps and hidden fees targeted
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The Albanese Labor Government is delivering on our commitment to take on dodgy business tactics head-on, banning unfair trading practices that cost Australians time and money.
Interview with Ellen Fanning, Brisbane Drive, ABC Radio
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Subjects: Productivity, Australia’s mining sector, renewables, net zero, critical minerals
Opinion piece: Room to fall, room to rise – insolvency and economic dynamism
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Published in The Australian
Ministers gather in Canberra to advance new consumer safeguards
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Consumer Affairs ministers and officials from the Commonwealth, States, Territories and New Zealand will meet in Canberra on Friday, 21 November 2025. Alongside ACCC Chair Gina Cass‑Gottlieb, ASIC Commissioner Alan Kirkland, and representatives from consumer groups they will meet to set the next wave of national consumer reforms and an ambitious agenda for 2026.
Address to Public Fundraising Regulatory Association
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Ten years of asking nicely for good causes
Address to the Australian Financial Security Authority Summit, Sydney
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Thank you for the invitation to join this year’s Australian Financial Security Authority Summit. I acknowledge the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation on whose lands you are meeting, and the Ngunnawal people, on whose lands I am recording these remarks.
Address at the launch of the Gender Equality Evidence Hub, Melbourne
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I acknowledge the Ngunnawal people, on whose lands I am recording these remarks. Special congratulations to Dr Leonora Risse on bringing the Gender Equality Evidence Hub to life. Leonora, you’ve long been a leader in showing that gender economics isn’t about ideology, it’s about insight; about using data to light a path towards a fairer, smarter country.