Andrew Leigh

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TV INTERVIEW
SKY NEWSDAY WITH KIERAN GILBERT
WEDNESDAY, 14 AUGUST 2024

SUBJECTS: CFMEU, Middle East conflict, AIS support for our Olympians.

KIERAN GILBERT, HOST: Joining me live in the studio as the Assistant Employment and Competition Minister, along with the responsibility for Charities and Treasury too, Andrew Leigh. Thanks for your time. Looks like there will be a deal on this legislation to put in administrators for the CFMEU. Many in the construction sector say it's not a day too soon.

ASSISTANT MINISTER ANDREW LEIGH: Absolutely, Kieran. We've moved quickly on this as the allegations came to light. We understand that there is no place for bullying and thuggery in the construction sector. These issues have been particularly concerning to people who believe in the power of unions, who've been shocked to see what's gone on within the construction division of the CFMEU. So, the sooner that the Coalition and the Greens work to pass this important legislation, the better.

REMARKS AT ASIALINK YOUNG LEADERS PROGRAM

AsiaLink Leaders Program
Thursday 25 July 2024

Thank you, Sarah. I want to begin by acknowledging the meeting of traditional lands, the Ngunnawal people. I want to acknowledge the First Nations people present today, and commend AsiaLink for your engagement with First Nations stories. I love that conception of Noel Pearson, that the story of Australia can be thought of as the confluence of three rivers: our indigenous story, the European settlement, which has given us so many of our institutions, and; the multicultural story, which is at the heart of what AsiaLink does.

My very first memory at the age of two is a still image in Sarawak in Malaysia. We were there living at the museum in Sarawak because my father was extending his research looking at links between government and business in Malaysia. From ages five to eight I lived in Indonesia - in Jakarta and in Banda Aceh - where for a time I attended a local school, until my mother realized that schooling in Banda Aceh in the late 1970s largely consisted of the Indonesian government having us sing nation-building songs, so all the children would think of themselves as Indonesian first and Acehnese second.

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RADIO INTERVIEW
2CC BREAKFAST WITH STEPHEN CENATIEMPO
TUESDAY, 6 AUGUST 2024

SUBJECTS: Paris Olympics, Philanthropy Australia Conference, Increasing competition at Sydney Airport.

STEPHEN CENATIEMPO, HOST: Time to talk federal politics with Andrew Leigh. He is the Assistant Minister for Charity - Competition, Charities and Treasury and Member for Fenner. Andrew, good morning.

ASSISTANT MINISTER ANDREW LEIGH: Good morning, Stephen. So, great that you did that shout out to the women Olympians. They're remarkable aren't they?

CENATIEMPO: Well, the blokes need to really lift their game, don't they?

LEIGH: I'll say, yeah, we have some extraordinary women. And the notion that one family could be ranked 16th on the medal table, as you say, is just an extraordinary fact about our sporting success.

TRIALLING BETTER SUPPORTS FOR WORKFORCE AUSTRALIA PARTICIPANTS

The Australian Government is undertaking service improvement trials for Workforce Australia Online to better meet the needs of the people that use them.

I am pleased to announce that a key trial is now underway to test whether people using Workforce Australia Online services have better employment outcomes if they use voluntary one-on-one coaching sessions.

People in Workforce Australia Online currently self-manage their own pathway to employment. The trial enables some participants to engage voluntarily with one-on-one additional supports. 

A SYMPHONY OF IMPACT

Philanthropy Australia Conference, Adelaide
6 August 2024

I acknowledge the Kaurna people of the Adelaide Plains, and all First Nations people present today. Thank you to Philanthropy Australia CEO Maree Sidey for the invitation to address you today. I’d also like to acknowledge former CEO Jack Heath AM for his three years of service. I also want to specially recognise the thought leadership of Sam Rosevear and Krystian Seibert, who rejoins Philanthropy Australia after serving as an Associate Commissioner on the Productivity Commission’s landmark report into philanthropy.

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RADIO INTERVIEW
2CC LIVE & LOCAL WITH LEON DELANEY
MONDAY, 5 AUGUST 2024

SUBJECTS: Death of Terry Snow, Appointments to Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission Advisory Board, Competition in the airline sector

LEON DELANEY: The city of Canberra and the nation of Australia have lost one of its greatest citizens with the passing of Terry Snow at the age of 80. Joining me now, the Federal Member for Fenner and the Assistant Minister for Charities, not-for-profits and various other things - Doctor Andrew Leigh, good afternoon.

ASSISTANT MINISTER ANDREW LEIGH: Good afternoon, Leon. Great to be with you.

MEDIA RELEASE

APPOINTMENTS – DEPUTY CHAIR AND MEMBER

AUSTRALIAN CHARITIES AND NOT-FOR-PROFITS COMMISSION ADVISORY BOARD

I am pleased to announce that the Government has appointed a new Deputy Chair and a new member to the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC) Advisory Board.

The Advisory Board supports the ACNC Commissioner by providing sector-specific advice relating to charities.

Ms Sara Harrup has been appointed as the part-time Deputy Chair (and member) in recognition of the contributions she has made as a member since 1 August 2023. Her appointment as Deputy Chair will commence on 2 August 2024 and continue through to 1 August 2026.

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RADIO INTERVIEW
HIT104.7 CANBERRA WILKO & COURTS
MONDAY, 5 AUGUST 2024

SUBJECTS: Passing of Terry Snow

NEIL WILCOCK: We heard the news last night that at the age of 80, businessman, philanthropist, very prominent here in the Canberra community, Terry Snow had passed away.

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TERRY SNOW: Mandatory that you got a passion. And this word passion gets thrown around a lot, but passion does really mean a commitment to excel, to lead, and to do very, very well. And I'm very passionate about what I do. And I think that the reason I've been successful is because of this passion and commitment. And it's not about money. My life is not about money.

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​WILCOCK: Yeah. So, it's a super sad day. But also we get to reflect on all the great things that Terry has done for our community and the ACT in general.

​COURTENAY KNEEN: Yeah. And he's one of those names where I feel like a lot of people know the name but - and they wanted to know him personally, but he felt just out of reach.

DOORSTOP - CARRINGTON INN, BUNGENDORE

WEDNESDAY, 31 JULY 2024

SUBJECTS: Launch of new circulating coin to recognize 100 years of Cobb and Co..

ANDREW LEIGH, ASSISTANT MINISTER FOR COMPETITION, CHARITIES AND TREASURY, ASSISTANT MINISTER FOR EMPLOYMENT: Thank you all of you for coming out on this beautiful Bungendore day. I acknowledge the traditional owners of the lands on which we are meeting today.

Back in 1853, Freeman Cobb, an American migrant to Australia took inspiration from the stagecoaches that had been criss-crossing his home country to set up Cobb and Co. He did so with three mates and created a stagecoach network that spanned the East Coast. That carried people, packages, sometimes gold, through Queensland, Victoria, New South Wales.

Cobb and Co coaches would travel around 50 miles a day. But the same set of horses wouldn't do the whole run. Typically they’d change horses every 10 miles or so. At a place just like the Carrington Inn. Chatting to proprietor Richard Graham, who appropriately enough is American born, he was telling me that the Carrington Inn was set up with seven rooms for guests to stay. That showed that they were inspired even then, to be not just the place where the horses could be changed, but also a place where the stagecoach riders could stay the night. Cobb and Co was an extraordinary Australian institution, and it did its final ride on the 14th of August 1924.

SPEECH

EVIDENCE-BASED DEVELOPMENT

Asian Development Bank Institute Research Conference on efforts to increase inclusive economic growth, in honour of Dr Peter McCawley
Manila, Philippines
Wednesday, 24 July 2024

Thank you to the Asian Development Bank Institute, the Asian Development Bank and Australian National University for hosting this conference on inclusive economic growth.

It’s an honour to be here representing the Australian Government and to have the opportunity to pay tribute to a great Australian and international citizen, Dr Peter McCawley.

It’s especially pleasing to be invited to speak at an event jointly organised by my friend Professor Hal Hill, one of Australia’s greatest-ever development economists, and Dr Daniel Suryadarma, one of my former PhD students, who has gone on to make a huge contribution to research and policymaking, including in his role at the Asian Development Bank Institute.