Coalition will change IR laws that will affect wages, PM tells ACTU conference; Chris Minns to say sorry to LGBTQ+ community at midday. Follow all the day’s news live
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Anthony Albanese last night accused the Coalition of “secret” plans to cut wages through changes to industrial relations laws as he hit back against opposition attacks on his “secure jobs better pay” legislation. Speaking to the Australian Council of Trade Unions conference in Adelaide, the prime minister said the Liberal and National parties’ “gut instinct is always to gut workers’ rights”. It comes as Australia teeters on the brink of a recession according to national income figures yesterday. We’ve got more coming up from our economics experts.
Continue reading…Coalition will change IR laws that will affect wages, PM tells ACTU conference; Chris Minns to say sorry to LGBTQ+ community at midday. Follow all the day’s news liveGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastGood morning and welcome to our rolling news coverage. I’m Martin Farrer with some of the best of the overnight stories before my colleague Amy Remeikis takes up the reins.Anthony Albanese last night accused the Coalition of “secret” plans to cut wages through changes to industrial relations laws as he hit back against opposition attacks on his “secure jobs better pay” legislation. Speaking to the Australian Council of Trade Unions conference in Adelaide, the prime minister said the Liberal and National parties’ “gut instinct is always to gut workers’ rights”. It comes as Australia teeters on the brink of a recession according to national income figures yesterday. We’ve got more coming up from our economics experts. Continue reading…