Arts Minister Tony Burke says all Australia’s cultural institutions are suffering after facing a decade of neglect under the previous government.
The government has shown it can get its way in parliament but it must not become carried away from the political centre.
The Senate passed the industrial relations bill on Thursday night after Tony Burke accused the opposition of filibustering to delay the legislation going through.
Introducing legislation that ends employers’ ability to take out insurance against workers’ deaths,Tony Burke said it was unacceptable that Australians faced the hazard of the potentially fatal lung disease in 2022.
The government secured the passage of the contentious industrial relations bill in the Senate after striking a deal with Pocock on Saturday night.
Key senator David Pocock has negotiated an annual review of welfare payments including JobSeeker in return for his support for Labor’s industrial relations changes.
Overall,for a new Labor government prosecuting a major overhaul of workplace law,the collaborative approach is working.
The independent senator who will determine the fate of the Albanese government’s IR bill is being lobbied day and night by business lobbies and union delegates.
The NSW Liberal minister grappling with repeated strikes has backed the federal government’s push to give the Fair Work Commission power to end industrial action.
Senate review proposes that businesses with 19 or fewer staff could opt out of multi-party bargaining - but the number isn’t high enough for David Pocock.
David Pocock,who controls the fate of the government’s industrial relations laws in the Senate,is pushing to raise the threshold for businesses to be pulled into multi-employer deals.