Independent MP Allegra Spender has joined the criticism of the Albanese government’s industrial relations changes saying they are “the most far-reaching industrial relations reform since John Howard’s Work Choices”.
The government is intensifying pressure on Senate crossbenchers to pass the IR bill by December 1 to avoid a lengthy debate.
The government needs the vote of one more senator to pass the wide-scale changes.
Independent senator Jacqui Lambie says Labor has betrayed the very people it is meant to represent while they struggle to navigate a cost-of-living crisis.
Thirty-four years after Australia’s first state-based anti-corruption commission was legislated,we’re about to get a federal one.
The PM has told the industry chiefs he wants to increase public investment in mining as the government gained ground in negotiations to pass a new law to enforce emissions cuts.
Lambie,who,with new Senate colleague Tammy Tyrrell makes up two votes in the upper house,says many of the proposed reforms will have to go to inquiries before being put to parliament.
The debate on Labor’s climate change bill sets up the first major test of the Albanese government’s relationship with the Senate crossbench.
The Albanese government would have the numbers to axe the stage three tax cuts in the Senate.
It’s a no-brainer that salaries for public school teachers need to increase and workloads need to be reduced to attract more people to the profession.
Not enough is being done to help the 6000 defence force veterans each year,many still in their 20s,who face the challenge of adjusting to civilian life.