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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 · Aug 29, 2022

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 · Aug 28, 2022

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”.

The Conversation · Aug 28, 2022

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.

AAP · Aug 27, 2022

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.

ABC News · Aug 27, 2022

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

The Guardian - AU · Aug 26, 2022

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.

ABC News · Aug 26, 2022

Meningococcal spread despite lockdowns

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

AAP · Aug 25, 2022

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 Conversation · Aug 25, 2022

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

The Guardian - AU · Aug 25, 2022