Shadow minister for employment Brendan O'Connor said the labour force participation rate was in “free fall” and that this showed “people have stopped looking for work”. Is that true?
Brendan O'Connor came under interrogation about Labor’s position on weekend penalty rates.
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Normally it is the Coalition that is on the defensive over industrial relations at election time, with Labor claiming workers’ rights are under threat from the conservatives. But currently Labor finds…
Special Minister of State Mathias Cormann has announced that the Senate voting reforms will include a provision for optional preferential voting below the line.
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The government is making a major change to its legislation to reform the Senate voting system after a recommendation from a brief parliamentary inquiry.
“The Australian Federal Police takes [red notices] very seriously but knows it must examine the veracity or otherwise of those claims because quite often claims, even against Australian citizens who’ve…