Australian Labor party politician, currently shadow assistant treasurer
September 2024
ABS warned Albanese government that excluding LGBTQ+ questions risked the success of census
Australian Bureau of Statistics also told MP Andrew Leigh not including questions on sexual orientation and gender would do ‘damage’
August 2024
‘Impossible’ to make policy for LGBTQ+ community without extra census questions, crossbenchers say
‘Invisible and demeaned’: proposed census question for LGBTQ+ Australians dumped by Albanese government
April 2024
From dance instructors to boilermakers: Labor says non-compete clauses are holding back wages
Andrew Leigh takes aim at ‘agreements between competitors’ not to poach workers, saying regulating the practice could lead to bigger pay rises
February 2024
Labor review into alleged supermarket price gouging to examine whether suppliers are too scared to complain
Inquiry head Craig Emerson suggests mandatory code could resolve disputes more quickly
August 2023
Labor launches new body to evaluate public programs using randomised trials
Assistant Treasury minister Andrew Leigh says Australian Centre for Evaluation could help save government money and make spending fairer
August 2022
Grogonomics
Large firms are consolidating power like Scott Morrison consolidates jobs – and it’s hurting productivity
Greg Jericho
In a speech today, the assistant minister for competition, Andrew Leigh, will point the finger at big business over the inflation crisis
July 2022
Labor vows to shake up ‘cosy monopolists’ with fines of up to $50m for anti-competitive behaviour
Andrew Leigh says stopping ‘excessive market concentration’ is key to lifting competition to benefit workers and consumers
August 2019
Australia entering 'second convict age' as imprisonment rates soar
Andrew Leigh on how Labor's deluge of ideas helped it lose the election
February 2019
The transparency project
Labor seeks inquiry into firm's donations to Liberals despite financial trouble
Andrew Leigh asks Asic to investigate donations by Shac Communications while it still owed creditors
October 2018
Labor plans crackdown on deductions for travel to tax havens
Anyone wanting to claim back costs of visiting a designated tax haven would have to convince the tax commissioner
September 2018
Labor says Productivity Commission has overly 'sunny' view of inequality
Labor says women must head economic agencies if tax inequality is to change
October 2016
Bill Shorten calls refugee ban 'ridiculous' as Coalition attacks Labor for indecision
Labor senator Lisa Singh and MP Linda Burney express personal concerns about ‘cruel’ and ‘inhumane’ plan, but Shorten has reserved the party’s position
July 2016
Andrew Leigh unperturbed by $40k pay cut to stay on the Labor frontbench
‘Let’s not worry about people in the top couple of per cent of the income distribution,’ says shadow assistant treasurer of pay cut, the result of a deal to save Kim Carr
Tanya Plibersek gets education portfolio in new shadow ministry
Penny Wong takes over foreign brief as Bill Shorten announces opposition ministry with a record 32 members
Kim Carr to remain on expanded Labor frontbench after right faction's backing
Bill Shorten forced to expand size of shadow ministry to accommodate veteran Victorian powerbroker as well as factionally non-aligned MP Andrew Leigh
April 2016
Panama Papers: a special investigation
Panama papers: neither major Australian party will outlaw shell companies
Neither Liberals nor Labor plan to act, despite 800 Australians being on files of Mossack Fonseca and contrary to pledges at Brisbane G20 meeting in 2014
July 2014
Guardian Australia whiteboard explainers
Andrew Leigh explains why tax office job cuts will cost more than they save – whiteboard explainer video
Shadow assistant treasurer Andrew Leigh reckons Joe Hockey's plan to shed tax office jobs is a dud, given ATO data which suggest they make more in revenue than their sackings will save. Join him in front of the Guardian Australia whiteboard for a show and tell – it's 'Smokin' Joe' in the firing line as Leigh makes the case for the number-crunching civil servants
Guardian Australia whiteboard explainersAndrew Leigh explains why tax office job cuts will cost more than they save – whiteboard explainer video