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BCA Press Conf:
Peter: The question I want to ask is, is why would a business pay higher wages if they don’t have to?
Jennifer: Well, .. they pay higher wages because the agreement they’ve reached with their union.
#JoinYourUnion @unionsaustralia
Shorter @PressClubAust address by Israeli ambassador:
1. We did nothing wrong
2. Accidents happen
3. Our photos are real
4. Your photos are fake
5. It’s all Iran’s fault anyway
Coorey, Sheridan, Savva, led by Speers then interviewing Hastie will provide today’s “balanced” ABC assessment of Australian politics.
Should be a hoot! #insiders
20% of the housing stock in the 60s was public housing. That kept a lid on both rents and house prices for the boomers (like me). It’s time to reinvest in public housing for today’s working families.
#auspol
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“One out, all out.” Kevin Hogan from the Nats declares support for collective action on #abc730
Does this mean that the LNP war on union members is over? #AusUnions
Phil Coorey mouthing neo-con econobabble about subsidised child care being unproductive and higher wages for early childhood educators stealing workers from the private sector. Misses the point about quality child care lifting workforce participation. #insiders
Why the RBA’s rates decision is an insult to working Australians
- excellent piece by Steve Murphy from @theamwu
thenewdaily.com.au/finance/f…
Explains the “Make Australia Happy Again” (variation on reported Make Australia Smile Again) lines I heard from those in blue shirts in Richmond NSW at pre-poll the other day. Whether the war cry is MAHA or MASA , it is scarily close to Trump’s MAGA.
#DontRiskDutton
🚨The Exclusive Brethren, a secretive sect that shuns voting, is covertly campaigning for the Coalition marginal seats.
Multiple reports of hundreds of brethren members telling voters to “Make Australia Smile Again”.
What do they hope to get in return?
smh.com.au/politics/federal/…
I’m shocked (said no-one).
#DontRiskDutton #Auspol2025
Geoff Derrick retweeted
According to Peter Dutton’s candidate for the must-win seat of Braddon, employers should be able to pay older workers $10 an hour to pick fruit and vegetables. More proof of what we always knew – Dutton will wind back Labor’s workplace laws and cut your pay.
Geoff Derrick retweeted
How can people vote for @PeterDutton_MP when he does this…..
This alone is a reason not to vote for him.
Seriously…….
So Dutton commits $21 billion more in unspecified defence spending while the LNP confirms:
- increasing income tax
- abandoning Labor’s 20% HECS debt reduction
- increasing child care costs for young families
Does he still pretend to care about cost of living?
#DontRiskDutton
I may be old fashioned but I thought that your income might be relevant in a cost of living election. Nevertheless NINE’s #GreatDebate runs for 75 minutes without a single question from the network’s panel of 4 in-house “journalists” about wages or workers’ rights. Why?
Geoff Derrick retweeted
The Coalition have preferenced One Nation ahead of ALP in 139 out of 147 seats.
John Howard put One Nation last and Scott Morrison put them below Labor in every seat in 2019.
Dutton’s Coalition has done a comprehensive nationwide preference deal with One Nation.
Despite 3 years of contested IR reform, current debates about working from home and same job / same pay, a minimum wage case underway, new attacks on penalty rates, but not one question about workers’ rights in #LeadersDebate
Why?
WTAF? #DontRiskDutton
School curriculum should be decided by educators not politicians.
#DontRiskDutton
#TemuTrump
#auspol25
He’s at it again.
All this stuff Peter Dutton says about “indoctrination” is a cut and paste from the United States.
Parents aren’t interested in this rubbish. They want their kids to learn to read and write and count.
That’s exactly what the reforms we are funding are all about. And Peter Dutton wants to cut funding from education.
Geoff Derrick retweeted
Today the PM said he supports a real wage increase for Australia’s lowest paid workers. The Coalition does not.
You can’t be serious about addressing the cost of living without supporting pay rises.