All posts by Michelle Grattan
Government announces inquiry into childcare costs, while Chalmers promises ‘conversation’ about budget challenges
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here. The Albanese government will set up an inquiry into the increasing cost of child care, which will start in January and run for a year. Childcare costs have risen by 41% over the last eight years. The inquiry…
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Professor Joseph Ibrahim on COVID in aged care – and the end of nursing homes
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here. Joseph Ibrahim, Professor and Head, Health Law and Ageing Research Unit, Monash University, specialises in aged care issues. He has been a long-term advocate for improving the quality of life for those in residential care and for reform…
Albanese’s commitment to transparency should apply to national cabinet
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here. The change of government has transformed many things but, unfortunately, not the secrecy surrounding national cabinet. Anthony Albanese beats his drum about transparency but he has rejected calls for more light to be shed on the meetings he…
Treasurer Chalmers on boosting migration and a ‘resilience’ budget
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here. For Treasurer Jim Chalmers, this week’s jobs and skills summit is the prelude to what will be his main game, the October budget. The summit, to be held in Canberra on Thursday and Friday, still has many moving…
Government to legislate for multi-employer bargaining, strengthening push for wage increases
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here. The government will bring in early legislation for multi-employer bargaining and a range of other changes to the industrial relations system. Workplace Relations Minister Tony Burke announced the reforms the government will make immediately, at the end of…
Albanese seeks ‘new culture of co-operation’ out of summit
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says the biggest outcome he wants from this week’s jobs and skills summit “is the beginning of a new culture of co-operation”. In a Monday speech to mark his first 100 days in office,…
Politics with Michelle Grattan: David Littleproud on charting his course in opposition
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here. David Littleproud runs his own race. In opposition he’s Nationals leader first and Coalitionist second. Thus he was quick out of the blocks criticising Scott Morrison’s power grab, and when Peter Dutton rejected an invitation to next week’s…
Can Albanese government wring consensus from union-business impasse over industrial relations?
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here. The escalating cost of living is your ally when you’re an opposition seeking election, but when you’re in office, it’s a rampaging beast to manage, economically and politically. Labor railed about real wages stagnating under the Coalition. Now…
Scott Morrison made himself treasurer days before the 2021 budget
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here. Former Prime Minister Scott Morrison installed himself in five portfolios – including treasury – just days before the May 2021 budget. Anthony Albanese gave details of his predecessor’s extraordinary actions at a Tuesday morning news conference. The prime…
Business calls for ‘catch up’ migration, as participants position ahead of Albanese’s jobs summit
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here. Big business wants a “catch up boost” to permanent migration, with at least two thirds of the places going to skilled workers, In proposals for next month’s jobs and skills summit, the Business Council of Australia’s chief executive…