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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

NSW local govt law 'impotent, ineffective'

The NSW local government minister has been quizzed about laws on property developer links to councils that Labor says are failing ratepayers.

AAP

Labor MLA receives apology over university's handling of sexual harassment complaint

Dr Paterson said she had experienced "long-term distress" over the handling of her complaint.

The Canberra Times

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Australia to hold wide-ranging inquiry into automated debt recovery scheme

Australia's Labor government said on Thursday it will hold a wide-ranging inquiry into an automated debt recovery scheme set up by the former conservative coalition which wrongly calculated thousands of welfare recipients owed money to the government.

Reuters

Robodebt royal commission to investigate unlawful debt collection from hundreds of thousands of Australians

The government establishes a promised robodebt royal commission to investigate the former government's illegal debt collection scheme that wrongly attempted to claim almost $2 billion from Centrelink recipients.

ABC News

Vic Liberals pitch new children's hospital

The Victorian coalition has pitched a new children's hospital in Melbourne's outer west as it continues to push to fight the state election on health.

AAP

Australia's new National Cultural Policy: What the arts sector wants, and what the Labor government plans to deliver

Tony Burke has promised a renewed focus on the arts and a suite of reforms to support the sector – but is staying quiet on the question of funding.

ABC News

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Federal government approves two new offshore greenhouse gas storage areas off WA and NT

The federal government issues permits for two new offshore greenhouse gas storage areas, off the coast of Western Australia and the Northern Territory.

ABC News

ACT Senator David Pocock questions Labor's approval of new oil and gas exploration sites

ACT Senator David Pocock says the federal government's decision to approve 10 new offshore sites for petroleum exploration "doesn't make sense" or align with its climate goals.

ABC News

What can unions and the Albanese government offer each other at the jobs summit?

This article is part of The Conversation’s series looking at Labor’s jobs summit. Read the other articles in the series here.

The Conversation

Many jobs summit ideas for lifting wages don't make sense – upskilling does

This article is part of The Conversation’s series looking at Labor’s jobs summit. Read the other articles in the series here.

The Conversation

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.

The New Daily

Dua Ali's death at Sydney hospital highlights NSW's under-pressure health system, Labor says

Dua Ali's death at a Sydney hospital has left her family seeking answers — and Labor says it's evidence of a health network in "crisis".

ABC News

Albanese government to announce details of royal commission into Robodebt scheme

Robodebt used data-matching algorithms in an attempt to identify the overpayment of social security benefits, but it wrongly accused many people of owing the government money.

ABC News

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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.

The Canberra Times

Economy at risk of low productivity: Andrew Leigh

An ACT politician believes a lack of competition and low productivity will stagnate the economy.

The Guardian - AU

Jobs summit must endorse sector-wide pay claims to lift wages, unions say

Sally McManus says industry-level bargaining across workplaces essential to address Australia’s wages crisis

Newcastle Herald

'Anxieties are high': Broke bracing for more rain pain

"With impending rain events anxieties are definitely high here."

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The Guardian - AU

Australian government launches offshore petroleum exploration permits for 47,000 sq km of ocean

Resources minister says exploration ‘central to alleviating future domestic gas shortfalls’ but Greens slam ‘mockery’ of climate target

ABC News

Opal Australia Paper waste-to-energy grant under review after Scott Morrison's approval

A Latrobe Valley project to burn rubbish to power a paper mill, reduce landfill and sustain jobs has been put in doubt as the government reviews a grant announced in the lead-up to this year's election.

AAP

Gas influencer sets 2030 emissions targets

Australia's largest gas pipeline operator, serving some of the most polluting industries, has set emissions reduction goals for 2030 to get to net zero by 2050.

AAP

NSW minister quizzed over 'flying cars'

The NSW roads minister has clashed with Labor MPs over a plan for flying cars at a budget estimates hearing dominated by the issue of toll roads.

AAP

Labor MP's bullying 'internal stitch-up'

A NSW Labor MP facing bullying allegations says the anonymous accusations have not been raised with her and accuses rival party members of white-anting her.

ABC News

Sydney news: Labor MP Tania Mihailuk 'completely rejects' bullying claims and is backed by leader Chris Minns

MORNING BRIEFING: A NSW state Labor MP accused of bullying says she "completely rejects the assertions" in claims raised just days after similar allegations were levelled at a colleague.

The Guardian - AU

Fight over CFMEU’s ability to preselect candidates threatens to split NSW Labor left

Attempt to stop union from voting has prompted the soft left to threaten to divide the faction

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