Under the amendment, votes by workers – to be part of an agreement, to take industrial action, or to accept an agreement – would be at the individual business level, writes MICHELLE GRATTAN.
“I can’t be in all places at once,” Albanese said, justifying his absence; he observed that this COP is about implementation, not new commitments, writes MICHELLE GRATTAN.
New policies have been largely offset across this year and next year to avoid adding to the inflationary problem. But the budget contains alarming news for households, with its estimates of soaring energy prices, writes MICHELLE GRATTAN.
Over the four year period, the budget bottom line is estimated to be more than $42 billion better than what was expected in March, writes MICHELLE GRATTAN.
The budget pays for the largest indexation increase to payments in more than 30 years for allowances and the largest in 12 years for pensions, writes MICHELLE GRATTAN.
Labor is committed to generous spending on areas such as disability. As it should be. But it needs to make sure dollars aren’t squandered in these money guzzlers, writes MICHELLE GRATTAN.
One in three women has experienced physical violence since age 15; the figure for sexual violence is one in five. A woman is killed by a current or former intimate partner every ten days, writes MICHELLE GRATTAN.
Shaping up as an outspoken protagonist in the current “gas wars”, Industry Minister Ed Husic this week launched a barrage of criticism at the producers, writes MICHELLE GRATTAN.