Jobs summit
IR experts push for strikes, union role in multi-employer wage deals
Industrial action should be allowed in multi-employer bargaining, say academics consulting on the government’s promised legislation who also suggest union involvement in enterprise agreements be made compulsory.
- by Angus Thompson
Latest
$100 for a dozen oysters: Food sector warns of Christmas labour crisis
Industry leaders right across the food supply chain have criticised Albanese’s Jobs Summit for doing little to support domestic food security.
- by Jessica Yun
Exclusive
Gender equality
‘Tired of waiting’: Move to force Labor’s hand on paid parental leave
Cross-parliamentary pressure is growing to increase paid parental leave to 26 weeks, as the Liberals, Greens and independents accuse the government of talking big at its jobs summit but failing to deliver for women.
- by Rachel Clun and Katina Curtis
Opinion
Jobs
How we turned helping the disadvantaged find jobs into the Hunger Games
We all have our own mental picture of who’s unemployed. Match your picture against what ACOSS adviser Dr Peter Davidson told the jobs summit.
- by Ross Gittins
Opinion
Opinion
Albanese begins dangerous task of taming the House that bites
The prime minister has vowed to shake up politics, but it is too early to assess his progress. His test will surely come.
- by David Crowe
Opinion
Jobs
Why labour shortages can be good for you – and the economy
Some employers have used high levels of immigration to keep wages low and reduce the need for educating and training our own young people. But those days are numbered.
- by Ross Gittins
‘Not interested’: Business head in union pact wants them out of future pay deals
Opposition is mounting among potential gatekeepers to the government’s proposed industrial reforms after Tasmanian senator Jacqui Lambie said Labor was “bloody dreaming” if it planned to drive through legislation before Christmas.
- by Angus Thompson
Opinion
Anthony Albanese
Pipes unblocked, taboos lifted as jobs summit hits peak enthusiasm
The summit’s explosion of energy and enthusiasm for co-operative problem-solving was a manifestation of the frustration that had built over the past decade.
- by Peter Hartcher
The 30 hours of power that will shape wages for the Albanese age
It was planned and coordinated, but this week’s jobs and skills summit could prove pivotal to the Albanese government’s first term economic and political agenda
- by David Crowe and Shane Wright
Labor starts drafting wage laws as care industries warn of strikes
The nation’s aged care peak body has joined other employers in warning pay deals across employers could lead to widespread strikes.
- by Angus Thompson, Rachel Clun and David Crowe
Analysis
Analysis
You get a gift! You get a gift! Everybody gets a gift!
Anthony Albanese gains an immediate political victory from a successful summit. The hard part for the PM is what comes next.
- by David Crowe
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