Source: Labor to target jobs growth with clean energy, avoids gas fired recovery
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In an earlier interview on the Nine Network’s Today show, Mr Albanese said Mr Morrison “doesn’t quite get it yet”. “We need to address gender inequality in our society. That’s why we put our childcare policy at the centre of our budget reply last year. That’s why we need to address issues like domestic and family violence leave. That’s why we need to address the issue of women’s representation in our national Parliament,” he said.
Labor’s Penny Wong, Bill Shorten highlight Morrison government’s gender crisis
Victoria has signed a fresh deal with the Chinese government and its global ‘Belt and Road’ infrastructure project with Premier Daniel Andrew urging other Australian governments to follow suit.
The agreement, signed in Beijing on Wednesday evening, will deepen cooperation between the state and the Communist-ruled country in the key areas of infrastructure, innovation, ageing and trade development.
Wednesday’s deal was signed only a few hours after federal Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton questioned whether the Premier’s trade efforts in China were in the “national interest”.
via Andrews signs new belt-and-road deal with China: ‘the right thing to do’
Both major parties have cited a report by Professor McKibbin in 2015 to back their claims, but he said his latest work showed the economic impact would be smaller than thought four years ago because of advances in technology.
Sorry Morrison go back to the books (ODT)
Federal Election 2019: Key economist Warwick McKibbin lends weight to Labor’s climate policy
Hats off to Iceland. On New Years Day the island nation became the first in the world to slap companies with fines if they pay a woman less than a man, because it is illegal.
Why is Australia so backward? Tunisia and Iceland have gender equality and we argue against it.
via Iceland has mandated equal pay and Australia has to take note
Is Sally McManus, the new secretary of the Australian Council of Trade Unions, the saviour of social democracy in Australia?
Source: Sally McManus: Australian social democracy’s new hero
‘Sometimes, just sometimes ones own problems can be resolved by helping others with theirs’
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