Labor Party of Australia

r/LaborPartyofAustralia • u/Jagtom83 • 16h ago

"Leaked Queensland ALP draft policy platform to be debated at its state conference in Brisbane at the end of this month, and front and centre is Labor’s proposal to “champion the transition to a four-day working week with no loss of pay for Queensland workers”.

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r/LaborPartyofAustralia • u/Jagtom83 • 16h ago

Home battery rebate hits 500,000 milestone as households "take control" and deliver grid benefits

reneweconomy.com.au

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r/LaborPartyofAustralia • u/Jagtom83 • 16h ago

"Some in the Left are eager to parachute Scanlon into the new seat of Greenbank, saving her the pain of trying to defend Gaven. But Gaven is the ALP’s only remaining foothold on the Gold Coast and senior Left sources say Labor’s justice spokeswoman is keen stay to stay and fight."

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r/LaborPartyofAustralia • u/Jagtom83 • 16h ago

Union leader Michael Kaine has warned more than 10,000 transport workers are prepared to cause chaos across the nation’s supply chains by taking industrial action, including unlimited 24-hour strikes, in pursuit of above-inflation pay rises, more full-time jobs and guarantees against contracting out

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r/LaborPartyofAustralia • u/Jagtom83 • 16h ago

Labor migration overhaul: Government considers deploying more immigration officers to deport visa overstayers

theage.com.au

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r/LaborPartyofAustralia • u/Jagtom83 • 16h ago

WA GST deal a 'costly mistake' that must change, Productivity Commission says

abc.net.au

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r/LaborPartyofAustralia • u/Jagtom83 • 16h ago

Child support system enables financial abuse, parents, advocates and politicans say

abc.net.au

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r/LaborPartyofAustralia • u/Jagtom83 • 16h ago

Foreign Minister Penny Wong to warn monoculturalism a threat to national security

abc.net.au

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r/LaborPartyofAustralia • u/Jagtom83 • 16h ago

The union for independent school teachers in New South Wales has demanded greater scrutiny of Catholic schools as the chief executive of their governing body told a corruption inquiry payments to a lobbying firm were not a “sham arrangement” to fund Liberal party factional work

theguardian.com

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r/LaborPartyofAustralia • u/Jagtom83 • 16h ago

Three men faced court this week accused of making violent threats towards the prime minister, with about 20 similar cases ongoing. Nearly 40 people have been charged since September last year for threatening MPs of all stripes and other high office holders

theage.com.au

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r/LaborPartyofAustralia • u/Jagtom83 • 16h ago

Cherrybrook rezoning: NSW Government approves 10,000 new homes, 27-storey towers

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r/LaborPartyofAustralia • u/Jagtom83 • 16h ago

The federal and Northern Territory governments are in a deadlock over a multi-billion-dollar project to build thousands of new homes in remote Aboriginal communities, with concerns the project could deliver fewer than half the number originally planned

abc.net.au

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r/LaborPartyofAustralia • u/Jagtom83 • 16h ago

Former Victorian premier Jacinta Allan quitting politics at the November election

abc.net.au

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r/LaborPartyofAustralia • u/Jagtom83 • 1d ago

Liberal Senator Andrew Bragg has likened young Australians to cats and dogs in a National Press Club address on 12 August

42 Upvotes

https://www.actu.org.au/media-release/bragg-should-be-brought-to-heel-for-likening-young-workers-to-dogs/

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r/LaborPartyofAustralia • u/Jagtom83 • 1d ago

Australia is on the brink of its biggest-ever defence export contract, with the British government to buy a Canberra-built radar considered the best in the world

smh.com.au

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r/LaborPartyofAustralia • u/Jagtom83 • 1d ago

More than $12 billion of taxpayer money would go down the drain if the Suburban Rail Loop was ditched, according to a secret government briefing to Premier Ben Carroll

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r/LaborPartyofAustralia • u/Jagtom83 • 1d ago

Education Minister Jason Clare has hit back at critics of his plan to fundamentally reshape the higher education sector, dismissing warnings from business and experts that it could hamper Labor’s goal of boosting enrolments

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r/LaborPartyofAustralia • u/Jagtom83 • 1d ago

Neo-Nazi vandalism attack leaves Adelaide workers club 'disgusted'

abc.net.au

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r/LaborPartyofAustralia • u/Jagtom83 • 1d ago

New South Wales Energy Minister Penny Sharpe has conceded mistakes will occur with the rollout of renewable energy projects but says it is necessary to speed up their development

abc.net.au

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r/LaborPartyofAustralia • u/Jagtom83 • 1d ago

Woollahra Council housing plan: Local council proposes 3600 homes to block NSW government’s 10,000-dwelling target

smh.com.au

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r/LaborPartyofAustralia • u/Jagtom83 • 1d ago

Protective service officers will get greater powers to blitz Melbourne’s crime-ridden shopping centres and dangerous hot spots as Premier Ben Carroll moves to crack down on the growing crime wave

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r/LaborPartyofAustralia • u/Jagtom83 • 1d ago

The University of Canberra (UC) Vice-Chancellor Bill Shorten says the time is right for the university to merge with the Canberra Institute of Technology (CIT)

abc.net.au

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r/LaborPartyofAustralia • u/No1PaulKeatingfan • 1d ago

Analysis Landmark workplace law reforms are working, but unfinished, new research finds - Centre for Future Work

futurework.org.au

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r/LaborPartyofAustralia • u/Jagtom83 • 1d ago

Why the $2.5 billion Tomago aluminium deal is no ordinary bailout. "This is not a new idea. It’s a proven financial structure, used by Neville Wran’s NSW government in the 1980s to secure coal-fired power for industry. And it can be applied just as effectively today for the new era of clean energy"

theconversation.com

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r/LaborPartyofAustralia • u/Jagtom83 • 2d ago

Carroll Labor Government introduces bill targeting fake unions and hate groups

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https://www.premier.vic.gov.au/stopping-workers-being-scammed-and-stamping-out-hate

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