Summit achieves kumbaya moment, with one exception
On industrial relations, the Labor government hopped on board much of the union movement’s agenda, while business leaders just had to grit their teeth.
The common ground Anthony Albanese craved bookended the first day of the Jobs and Skills Summit.
But the two-hour session in the middle on industrial relations highlighted it was not all “kumbaya”, as the Labor government hopped on board much of the union movement’s agenda, while business leaders just had to grit their teeth and mutter that the devil will be in the detail.