Sunday, 14 May 2023 The Shadow Minister for Trade and Tourism has expressed his deep disappointment that the Trade Minister’s visit to China has not delivered any relief from China’s punitive, unfair, and illegal trade sanctions on Australia exports. “I publicly supported the Trade Minister’s visit to China as a positive step in the trade…
Friday 12th May 2023 Labor tourist tax sets back sectors recovery Shadow Minister for Trade and Tourism, Kevin Hogan has joined tourism organisations in slamming the federal government’s budget measures to implement a ‘tourism tax’ on Australian travellers and internationals visitors. “Tuesday nights budget measures to increase the Passenger Movement Charge (PMC) and…
Tuesday 8th May 2023 Shadow Minister for Trade and Tourism, Kevin Hogan has joined tourism industry leaders in their calls for the Prime Minister to urgently reconsider any plans to increase the Passenger Movement Charge (PMC) in tomorrow’s Federal Budget. “The Prime Minister must back our tourism industry, the PMC’s current rate is already one…
Saturday, 6 May 2023 The Shadow Minister for Trade and Tourism, the Hon Kevin Hogan MP has called out the Prime Minister Albanese for misleading on the start date of the Australia – United Kingdom Free Trade Agreement (A-UKFTA) working holiday maker visa arrangements. “The Prime Minister has form when it comes to not being…
Shadow Minister for Trade and Tourism, Kevin Hogan has backed industry calls for the Labor government to adequately resource Tourism Australia as a priority after cutting $35 million in funding from the agency in their October budget. “International visitor numbers in Australia continue to remain well down on 2019 levels. Recently released data worryingly indicates…
The Shadow Minister for Trade and Tourism, Hon Kevin Hogan MP, has called for prosecco, and dairy products such as feta, parmesan, and haloumi to be non-negotiables in Australia’s free trade deal with the European Union. “This is Labor’s test and a fair and reasonable bar to set,” Mr Hogan said. “The FTA with the…
Tomorrow is 12 months since Australia’s biggest natural disaster hit our community. Lismore was the epicentre, but the downriver towns of Broadwater, Woodburn, Coraki and Wardell were hit just as hard. Federal Member for Page Kevin Hogan said the progress of flood recovery is far too slow. “It is 12 months now, too…
Federal Member for Page Kevin Hogan is astonished there is not a bigger focus on flood mitigation in today’s announcement. “The $50 million in projects announced today are part of the $150 million in funding I announced just after the flooding event,” Mr Hogan said. “This funding was intended to be spent on shovel-ready flood…
Shadow Minister for Trade and Tourism, Kevin Hogan has urged Labor to reinstate $35 million in funding cuts to Tourism Australia after the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released new data indicating the return of international tourists to Australia is seriously lagging. “ABS figures confirm the return of international tourists is worryingly low, at…
Flood-affected agricultural processing businesses are being urged to apply for further recovery support through the $22 million Supply Chain Support Program, co-funded by the Federal and State governments. Applications for the Supply Chain Support Program are now open. For more information and to apply, visit: www.nsw.gov.au/supplychainsupport. Federal Member for Page Kevin Hogan said…