A landmark pay rise for aged care workers arrived on Friday,just days before the federal government attempts to rush laws designed to deliver pay rises across the economy.
Warringah MP Zali Steggall says her key concern is the prospect of industrial action that brings sectors such as childcare to a standstill and ropes in small to medium-sized businesses.
A passion for running will briefly unite federal Independent MP Zali Steggall and NSW Environment Minister James Griffin when they compete in the Bondi to Manly ultra-marathon.
Cross-parliamentary pressure is growing to increase paid parental leave to 26 weeks,as the Liberals,Greens and independents accuse the government of talking big at its jobs summit but failing to deliver for women.
The new anti-corruption watchdog is unlikely to be legislated before the end of the year.
The political debate will now shift to cost of living pressures as electricity prices spike and Labor seeks ambitious goals for clean energy.
An examination of the May federal election will look at whether spending caps and more transparency around donations should be put in place.
The Warringah MP will also ask for the prime minister to be stripped of the power to decide parliamentarians’ staffing.
Affable Anthony Albanese is a maestro of exercising power while seeming not to. Witness the artful thwarting of the teal contingent sitting on the parliamentary crossbench.
Once,a government went disco over killing a carbon tax. Now,a major climate change bill passes without so much as a high five. Climate wars are exhausting.
Cuts to the staffing allocation of crossbench MPs is a slap in the face for newly elected independents and a setback for good governance and cultural renewal in Canberra.