Tomorrow marks the 100th day since Anthony Albanese and his ministers were swept into power, so it’s a good time to assess how the new Labor government has gone so far.
, the government is considering raising it to somewhere between 180,000 and 200,000, with skilled migration remaining at about 70 per cent of the total intake. This is a sensible move, but it can’t be done in isolation.To ensure the increase doesn’t come at the expense of workers’ pay and conditions, the government will need to do more to crack down on the exploitation of foreign workers.
Australians cannot be expected to live on the base rate of $46 a day, and a Labor government should be doing something about it. But after approving more offshore oil and gas exploration, the government is finding medium- and long-term aspirations are conflicting with present reality. If he pulls it off, it will be the greatest leap forward for Indigenous rights in this country since the High Court’s Mabo decision. If the referendum doesn’t get up, it could set the cause back decades.was a genuinely powerful moment, but he needs to keep up the momentum.
On the other hand, among the first things the government did was end pandemic leave payments and decide not to extend free rapid antigen tests for concession cardholders.While many of the issues in aged care relate to the former government’s lax approach, COVID-related deaths in residential aged care have increased by nearly 40 per cent since Labor took over.
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