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Australia pays tribute to Gorbachev

Australian political leaders have paid tribute to former Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev who has died aged 91.

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MPs lean on Anthony Albanese, but dumping of tax cuts quashed

Senior Labor sources last night quashed speculation that the government was giving itself room to dump the controversial stage three tax cuts.

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Treasurer Chalmers on boosting migration and a 'resilience' budget

For Treasurer Jim Chalmers, this week’s jobs and skills summit is the prelude to what will be his main game, the October budget.

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Huge profits for fossil-fuel giants Woodside and Santos stoke calls for windfall tax

Senator David Pocock and Bob Carr among those urging Albanese government to claw back massive mining profits

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Increasing paid parental leave to 52 weeks would give billion-dollar boost to economy, unions say

In the lead-up to Labor’s jobs and skills summit, unions have also called for payments to match actual wages and the inclusion of superannuation

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Business cuts to on-the-job training have made Australia increasingly reliant on migrants, experts say

Academic says companies ‘squealing’ to government about worker skill shortage are contributing to it

The Guardian - AU

The ART of the deal: Queensland has a super plan for investing in social housing

What if there were a way to give super funds the returns they need while also letting governments tap Australia’s massive retirement savings pool?

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Liberal MP says stage 3 tax cuts should be scrapped, as Anthony Albanese stands firm

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese reaffirms his party's commitment to keep stage 3 tax cuts for high income earners, despite growing calls for them to be delayed or scrapped.

ABC News

Australia’s jobs and skills summit: who’s going and what’s on the agenda?

Labor hopes together business, unions and the community sector will be able to find ways to lift wages, spur productivity and ease skills shortages

The Guardian - AU

View from The Hill: Albanese seeks 'new culture of co-operation' out of summit

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says the biggest outcome he wants from this week’s jobs and skills summit “is the beginning of a new culture of co-operation”.

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Business and unions on common ground before summit, but Canberra clash looms

The jobs summit brings together unions, business and government, with a focus on industrial relations reform, skills and training reform, and migration.

The New Daily

Unions and businesses unite on TAFE and training ahead of Jobs and Skills Summit

Treasurer Jim Chalmers says he is "energised" by unions and business groups uniting to tackle problems in the training sector, despite them being at loggerheads about whether multi-employer bargaining should return.

ABC News

Australia to probe 'broken' industrial relations at jobs summit

Australia's new government will consider reforms to the country's "broken" industrial bargaining system at a jobs summit this week, Treasurer Jim Chalmers said on Sunday.

Reuters

Upskill not at migration expense: Chalmers

The federal government will hold its signature jobs and skills summit this week where plugging labour shortages will be a key focus.

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Stage set for jobs and skills summit

A range of issues have dominated conversation in the lead-up to this week's jobs and skills summit but there are pieces of the puzzle missing from the debate.

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Desperate farmers say Jobs and Skills Summit must address labour issues rather than being a 'talkfest'

A third of Leo's workers haven't turned up, and he is worried there are not enough people to pick the mangoes.

The Guardian - AU

Business lobby calls to open temporary skilled migration to all jobs earning more than $90,000

Business Council of Australia also calls for migrant intake boost as Greens set up Senate standoff to raise wages in female-dominated industries

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Greens want pay rises for women and minimum wage earners in exchange for supporting jobs summit outcomes

The Greens declare they will push for additional pay rises for workers on the minimum wage and those in women-dominated industries in exchange for supporting any legislative proposals stemming from the government's jobs summit.

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Meningococcal spread despite lockdowns

A new study shows the meningococcal virus increased its spread in 2020 despite restrictive COVID-19 lockdowns.

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Grattan on Friday: Can Albanese government wring consensus from union-business impasse over industrial relations?

The escalating cost of living is your ally when you’re an opposition seeking election, but when you’re in office, it’s a rampaging beast to manage, economically and politically.

The Guardian - AU

What is ‘multi-employer bargaining’? Could it help lift wages growth in Australia?

With workers’ pay rates stagnant for a decade and inflation eating into spending power, here’s what unions are proposing

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The Greens Have Called On The Govt To Freeze Rents Nationwide Bc Shit Is Getting Out Of Control

The Greens want the Federal Government to introduce a freeze on rent prices nationwide for two years to deal with our crippling rental affordability crisis. Apparently all the landlords in parliament are completely (deliberately?) oblivious.Greens MP Max Chandler-Mather called on the government to introduce the rent freeze on Thursday morning…

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Alan Kohler: Evan Thornley’s plan to get super funds into housing

The Keating iron fist in the Chalmers’ velvet glove is that if the super funds don’t invest in housing voluntarily, the Labor government will make them.

AAP

Tech industry and unions sign skills deal

The ACTU and the Tech Council of Australia have agreed on labour force priorities ahead of the jobs and skills summit.

AAP

Super for nest eggs not 'pet projects'

Labor wants super used to bolster housing supply and support the clean energy transition, but the opposition wants retirement savings to come first.

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