Increasing Commonwealth rent assistance is among the policies that multiple committees have recommended to the government as it battles rising costs on all fronts.
A 7 per cent increase to the minimum wage would lift the minimum hourly rate to $22.88 – the biggest pay boost in more than 30 years.
The abrupt resignation last week of baby-faced boss Martyn Iles points to ructions within the conservative religious organisation.
The departure of ACL frontman Martyn Iles has exposed sharp disagreements over the group’s strategic direction.
State and territory ministers will discuss banning the import of engineered stone next week as unions say it must happen as soon as possible.
There is demand for Anthony Albanese to say “absolutely” again to a minimum wage hike to meet inflation after he scored a political win by backing a wage rise last year.
Prominent former lawyer Emma Walters alleges police failed to protect her safety after she made multiple family violence claims against the CFMEU union leader.
The Senate passed the industrial relations bill on Thursday night after Tony Burke accused the opposition of filibustering to delay the legislation going through.
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 ACTU has accused the Reserve Bank of taking a heavy-handed approach to inflation at the cost of jobs for ordinary Australians.