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‘We’ll get down to business’: Labor’s policy agenda awaits Albanese

Tom McIlroy
Tom McIlroyCanberra Bureau Chief

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Anthony Albanese will move quickly to advance legislation for Labor’s proposed federal anti-corruption commission, push to implement changes to childcare supplements and call state and territory leaders to Canberra for talks on health funding.

Promising to begin work on Labor’s policy agenda on Wednesday – after a lightning trip to Tokyo for the Quad leaders’ summit – the incoming prime minister says he wants to change Australia’s national politics, including through a reset in relations with the state premiers and chief ministers.

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Tom McIlroy is the Financial Review’s Canberra bureau chief based in the press gallery at Parliament House. He was previously the AFR’s political correspondent. Connect with Tom on Twitter. Email Tom at thomas.mcilroy@afr.com

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