Everyone wanted a piece of the prime minister at corporate Australia’s night of nights.
Albanese played down the tensions on workplace relations reform during a speech to the Business Council of Australia in Sydney on Wednesday night.
A massive blueprint of change says Australians could be $7000 better off,but sweeping reforms must be made across the country for that to occur.
Australia’s most powerful business lobby group has begun the process of finding a new chief executive.
Workers will be promised a new law to lift wages in a federal move that is fuelling industry alarm.
Australia emerged from the manosphere after the May election into a different world altogether.
Unions and employers have backed the case to boost migration from 160,000 to 200,000 places a year.
A backlog of people waiting for partner visas could help fill workforce shortages if allowed,government MPs say,while the ACTU secretary says there’s a chance of an agreement with industry on migration.
The Business Council and ACTU have signalled they’re prepared to give ground at the jobs summit,while coming together with other key industry groups in a rare joint statement.
The chief of the Business Council has broken ranks with other industry groups and urged wages keep pace with rising living costs.
Business Council of Australia head Jennifer Westacott said there was scope for a more targeted scheme to bolster the workforce as daily COVID-19 cases soar.