Andrew Leigh MP

14/05/2026

David Malouf gave Australia sentences with music and landscapes with depth. In honouring him in parliament, I reflected on how he made Brisbane more luminous, Australian literature more spacious, and readers more attentive to memory, history and one another. https://www.andrewleigh.com/speech_statement_on_significant_matters_david_malouf_ao_14_may_2026

14/05/2026

When a discount is advertised, it should be genuine.

Today’s Federal Court decision against Coles is a win for consumers and for the ACCC’s careful, tough enforcement.

Labor is backing that work with stronger penalties, better consumer laws and more funding to keep markets honest.

https://ministers.treasury.gov.au/ministers/andrew-leigh-2025/media-releases/standing-shoppers-backing-accc

14/05/2026

Economists love marginal change, but the inaugural LGBTQ+ Economists & Allies in Asia-Pacific Summit feels closer to a LEAP. Better data, sharper research and stronger collaboration can help build more inclusive economies. https://www.andrewleigh.com/speech_a_leap_forward_evidence_inclusion_and_economic_opportunity_14_may_2026

14/05/2026

For too long, the tax system has rewarded bidding over building.

This Budget changes that: backing more homes, fairer tax settings and a Working Australians Tax Offset for every wage earner.

A Budget for home ownership and a better deal for working Australians.

14/05/2026

A discount should mean a real saving, not a pricing trick.

Today’s Coles decision is an important win for shoppers, and a tribute to the ACCC’s patient, rigorous enforcement of consumer law.

Since 2022, we’ve lifted maximum penalties tenfold and backed the ACCC’s supermarket work, including $67m more in this week’s Budget.

14/05/2026

For too long, Australia has rewarded bidding up assets over building new ones.

This Budget changes the balance: backing housing supply, business investment, competition and working Australians.

It’s a Budget for builders, rather than bidders.

Speech: https://www.andrewleigh.com/speech_address_to_the_anu_post-budget_breakfast_14_may_2026

13/05/2026

What’s an MP’s favourite part of the Budget… and can they guess the last MP’s answer? 🎤 We put Rebecca White, Jo Briskey and Carol Berry MP to the test in our Budget guessing challenge.

13/05/2026

This Budget backs Canberra as both a community and the national capital: more housing infrastructure, better roads and rail, stronger national institutions, and tax relief for working Canberrans. Since coming to office, we’ve invested over $4 billion in the ACT.

Learn more: https://www.andrewleigh.com/media_release_albanese_government_delivers_for_canberra_in_the_federal_budget_13_may_2026

12/05/2026

The Albanese Labor Government is delivering for you.

12/05/2026

12/05/2026

Saddened by the death of Lachlan Muddle, an experienced special forces soldier who died in a parachuting accident in Jervis Bay, in my electorate.

My condolences to his family, mates and Defence colleagues, who will feel his loss keenly.

Warrant Officer Class Two Lachlan Muddle, a highly qualified special forces sniper and military free-fall parachutist, has died after a mid-air collision with another paratrooper during an Army training exercise.