The measure was originally intended to be an election promise but by introducing the legislation in what could be the final sitting weeks before the election, the government looks to be picking a fight with the Coalition over the issue.
Labor would be pushed to spend millions more in childcare support should it face a hung parliament, as the Greens promise to pressure Anthony Albanese.
COSBOA says Labor’s payday super policy is a disaster waiting to happen and the cost to employers to change and adapt ‘will be immense’.
Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Richard Marles will travel to the US this week to meet his new counterpart, Pete Hegseth, in a move to strengthen security ties with the second Trump administration.
Big business has undermined Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek’s claims her controversial nature-positive laws are ‘better’ for corporates.
Peter Dean has lashed the government for being ‘exceptionally slow’ on addressing the defence force’s workforce crisis, warning young recruits are struggling with the lack of connection to the outside world.
Labor’s plan to take nearly two years to review transgender medicine for children and teens has been condemned as ‘just a device to avoid dealing with the issue’ as the new federal probe effectively halts any attempts by states to ban puberty blockers.
The Greens’ NSW branch has lashed the position of the German Greens on Israel, demanding the party’s sitting members more strongly condemn the Jewish state.
Assistant Treasurer Stephen Jones has become the latest of a growing number of government ministers to quit politics, the 60-year-old making a shock announcement on Thursday.
A firm cap on government spending, scrapping of stamp duty to be scrapped and a minister dedicated to red tape reduction must all be considered by Labor, the ACCI says.
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