Tony Burke
Labor ditches Coalition’s $2.5m ‘jobdobber’ hotline for employers
Service let employers report jobseekers who rejected jobs or submitted inappropriate applications
Luke Henriques-Gomes Social affairs and inequality editor
07, Feb, 2023 @10:00 PM
Workplace reforms back on agenda when parliament returns next week, Tony Burke says
Albanese government to launch new industrial relations negotiations but all but rules out bringing back bargaining fees for non-union members
Paul Karp
01, Feb, 2023 @7:11 AM
‘The government has listened’: Australia’s peak bodies praise $300m federal arts policy
Launched by Anthony Albanese at Melbourne live music pub the Espy, the policy offers welcome support for the beleaguered industry
Kelly Burke
30, Jan, 2023 @4:57 AM
Federal government to intervene in transport union’s high court fight against Qantas
Tony Burke to be represented in case as airline seeks to overturn November decision which found it illegally outsourced ground staff jobs
Paul Karp
24, Jan, 2023 @1:58 PM
National Library of Australia’s free digital archives may be forced to close without funding
With only six months worth of funding left, library’s director general faces ‘very big decisions’ on the future of Trove
Kelly Burke
05, Jan, 2023 @2:00 PM
Labor to impose streaming content quotas and boost funding for writers and musicians
Arts minister Tony Burke reveals policy that will also put ‘First Nations first’ and ensure artists get more ‘fair remuneration’
Paul Karp
30, Dec, 2022 @4:20 AM
Labor’s industrial relations bill passes despite late Coalition filibuster
Labor’s workplace reforms – the biggest for decades – go through despite attempts by Michaelia Cash to thwart its passage
Paul Karp and Amy Remeikis
01, Dec, 2022 @6:06 PM
Scott Morrison becomes first former Australian prime minister to be censured by parliament
Former PM claims he would have answered truthfully if asked about any of the secret ministries he held and repeated past defence of arrangements
Paul Karp
30, Nov, 2022 @2:39 AM
Dodson ‘taken aback’ by Nationals’ call on Indigenous voice – as it happened
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Mostafa Rachwani and Amy Remeikis (earlier)
28, Nov, 2022 @8:01 AM
Cash claims IR law will lead to ‘chaos and confusion’ – as it happened
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Lisa Cox and Royce Kurmelovs (earlier)
27, Nov, 2022 @6:48 AM
David Pocock to give crucial support to IR bill after deal on jobseeker and welfare
Agreement struck with key independent boosts safeguards for small and medium businesses
Paul Karp
27, Nov, 2022 @12:28 AM
Federal industrial relations minister Tony Burke blasts NSW government over train dispute
State ministers accused of ‘political games’ after asking Canberra to intervene to stop industrial action
Michael McGowan
17, Nov, 2022 @7:42 AM
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