Portfolio Releases

MORE EVIDENCE OF MORRISON’S FAILURE ON INDIA
20 August 2020
The Morrison Government’s failure to deliver on a plan to boost Australia’s economic ties with India has been underlined by fresh trade data showing India’s share of our exports has fallen to a 17-year low.
STATEMENT ON AUSTRALIAN WINE EXPORTS
18 August 2020
Labor is deeply concerned about reports that China’s Ministry of Commerce has started an anti-dumping investigation into Australian wine.
MORRISON’S WA BORDER DECEIT EXPOSED
07 August 2020
An explosive hearing in the Federal Court today has exposed the Morrison Government’s disgraceful and deceitful conduct in its attempt to undermine Western Australia’s border laws in support of Clive Palmer’s challenge.
MORRISON’S BORDER BACKDOWN: DAMAGE IS ALREADY DONE
02 August 2020
West Australians will not accept Scott Morrison’s belated attempt to wash his hands of his Government’s irresponsible support for Clive Palmer’s legal challenge to the state’s interstate border closure.
MORRISON MUST END SUPPORT FOR PALMER BORDER CHALLENGE
27 July 2020
The Morrison Government must withdraw its support for Clive Palmer’s legal challenge to Western Australia’s interstate border closure.
MORRISON’S TWO YEARS OF INACTION ON INDIA
10 July 2020
The Morrison Government has formally admitted that it is failing to deliver the recommendations of former diplomat Peter Varghese’s landmark 2018 report, An India Economic Strategy to 2035.
INDONESIA TRADE DEAL MUST NOT BECOME A WASTED OPPORTUNITY
06 July 2020
Labor calls on the Morrison Government and the Australian business community to take full advantage of the Indonesia-Australia Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (IA-CEPA) which came into force yesterday.
TAXPAYERS NEED ANSWERS ON MORRISON’S $10 MILLION LOGO SPEND
02 July 2020
The Morrison Government must explain why taxpayers have been billed up to $10 million for a new national brand logo that one of its own MPs describes as “a cross between the coronavirus and bird poo”.
GOVERNMENT FAILS TO COME THROUGH FOR FRIEND IN NEED
02 July 2020
Labor has written to the Foreign Minister and Education Minister, urging the Morrison Government to provide emergency funding to an organisation that has played a key role in forging closer relations between Australia and Indonesia for the past 25 years.
LABOR BACKS PUSH FOR TRANSPARENCY IN TRADE DEALS
19 June 2020