Legislation was introduced into Parliament recently to crackdown on multinational tax avoidance.
This comes into effect on July 1, with about $2 billion in tax expected to be clawed back this financial year.
These will be the toughest laws against multinational tax avoidance in the world.
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Country of Origin labelling legislation was passed by Parliament last year.
Very soon, you will begin to notice clearer labels in the supermarket telling you where food comes from, and where it was packaged.
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I recently announce the preferred contractor to build a new one-kilometre-long bridge over the Richmond River at Broadwater.
The bridge is the second of two major new crossings on this section of the upgrade between Woolgoolga and Ballina, and is a major milestone for the duplication to be finished by 2020, weather permitting.
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I am one of 10 MP’s on the Speakers Panel.
I sometimes think my brief time as a school teacher in Casino prepared me well for this role